Company · Huddersfield
Sundrops Limited
Manufacture of cleaning and polishing preparations
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 15
- Volker Sydow 2025-2025 View profile
- Nigel David Stephenson 2023-2025 View profile
- Kathryn Maria Heywood 2023-2023 View profile
- Roger Lidderdale Scarlett-Smith 2019-2022 View profile
- Charles Ashley Brierley 2018-2019 View profile
- Edwin Charles Blythe 2018-2023 View profile
- Dieno George 2017-2018 View profile
- Luc Maurice Godelieva Slegers 2013-2017 View profile
- Jonathan Henry Thornton 2013 View profile
- Nancy Whiteley 2001 View profile
- David Gerrie Brown 1998 View profile
- Ralph Thornton 2004 View profile
- Vernon Ellerker Ross 1993 View profile
- Geoffrey Martin Adams 2016-2018 View profile
- Janet Alpin 2016 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Manufacture of cleaning and polishing preparations; Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.; Dormant Company
- Incorporated
- 01/04/1938
- Registered office
- Huddersfield
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.
- Stada UK Holdings LTD.
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-07-01
Group
- Sundrops Limited
is controlled by Stada UK Holdings LTD.
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-07-01 · source: Companies House PSC register - Stada UK Holdings LTD.
is controlled by Capvest Partners LLP
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2026-03-31 · source: Companies House PSC register - Capvest Partners LLP
is controlled by Penelope Kate Briant
Evidence
active 25-50% surplus assets (LLP) · notified 2022-06-30 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Penelope Kate Briant.
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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.
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.
2 directors on the board
- Craig Richard Shaw Director · appointed 2025
- James David Collett Director · appointed 2023
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Craig Richard Shaw Director · appointed 2025
- James David Collett Director · appointed 2023
Left in the last 12 months
- Volker Sydow Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
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.
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
- 00338772
- 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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