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Company · Dorset

Mission Systems Wimborne Limited

Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.

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Previous officers 39

  1. Kim Clark 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Jo Stanbrook 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Marcus Lee 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Jonathan Samuel Connell 2021-2022 Director View profile
  5. Daniel Malcolm Quartey 2021-2023 Director View profile
  6. David Alan Clapp 2020-2021 Director View profile
  7. Kevin Joseph Mckeown 2020-2021 Director View profile
  8. James Barber 2018-2020 Director View profile
  9. Paul Watson 2018-2020 Director View profile
  10. Duncan Thorndike 2018-2021 Director View profile
  11. Kenneth Kota 2017-2018 Director View profile
  12. Alan David Ephgrave 2015-2017 Director View profile
  13. Martin David Parmenter 2010-2014 Director View profile
  14. Patrick Quinn O'Connor 2008-2009 Director View profile
  15. Michelle Jane Vincent 2008-2015 Director View profile
  16. Stewart Mark Partridge 2007-2008 Director View profile
  17. Rolf Kristian Berndtson Soderstrom 2004-2007 Director View profile
  18. Andrew John Stevens 2003-2007 Director View profile
  19. Warren Gordon Tucker 2003-2004 Director View profile
  20. John Richard Tyson 2003-2008 Director View profile
  21. Allan Edward Cook 2001-2004 Director View profile
  22. Brian John Smith 1998-2004 Director View profile
  23. Peter Scott Turner 1996-2004 Director View profile
  24. Philip Walter Syms 1994-1995 Director View profile
  25. Martin James Hardy Johnston 1993-1994 Director View profile
  26. Philip Michael Peter Moore 1993-1994 Director View profile
  27. Robin Hartley Ledgerd Clark 2003 Director View profile
  28. Gordon Francis De Courcy Page 2001 Director View profile
  29. John Stuart Adamson 1998 Director View profile
  30. Mervyn Mitchell Leonard 1993 Director View profile
  31. Alastair Giles Irwin 2003 Director View profile
  32. Richard John Annett 2000 Director View profile
  33. John Robert Gane 2018-2020 Secretary View profile
  34. John Paul Martin Nightingale 2008-2018 Secretary View profile
  35. Richard George Sismey 2005-2008 Secretary View profile
  36. Paul Christopher Banning 2004-2005 Secretary View profile
  37. Wayne Ian French 1994-2004 Secretary View profile
  38. Blair Wallis 1993-1995 Secretary View profile
  39. Brian Moore 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
Incorporated
29/10/1934
Registered office
Dorset
Previous names
Cobham Mission Systems Wimborne Limited (until 09/03/2022)
Flight Refuelling Limited (until 24/09/2019)

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Cobham Limited ceased 2021-06-01
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Mission Systems Wimborne Limited is controlled by Cobham Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2021-06-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Cobham Limited is controlled by AI Convoy Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2020-01-17, ceased 2024-10-23 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. AI Convoy Bidco Limited is controlled by Cobham Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-07-18 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Cobham Group Limited.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

6 grants · £2,530,334 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £2,324,609 (3 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £205,725 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £305,9262022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £211,9642022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £1,806,7202021-01-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £141,2002020-08-24
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £12,2282020-08-24
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

3 directors on the board

3.2y median 2.8y
average tenure
4.9y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Manufacturing 3Finance 2Professional services 2Business services 1Retail and trade 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00293529
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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