Company
GKN Aerospace (FFT) Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 24
- Matthew John Richards 2018-2024 View profile
- Paul Richard Hewitt 2018-2019 View profile
- Gavin Wesson 2016-2019 View profile
- Christopher John Cockroft 2016-2018 View profile
- Ian Birch 2014-2016 View profile
- Paul Robert Jones 2012-2016 View profile
- Jeffrey Peter Armitage 2005-2014 View profile
- Andrew Dutton 2005-2016 View profile
- Graham Chisnall 2002-2005 View profile
- Christopher Clark Gustar 1993-2002 View profile
- David Blackett Rimington 1993-1994 View profile
- Wallace Barrie Dannatt Wardle 1992 View profile
- Dr Ralph Major Edward Sullivan 1993 View profile
- Terence Lee Woodcock 1993 View profile
- Cyril Frank Cooper 1991 View profile
- Jonathon Colin Fyfe Crawford 2018-2023 View profile
- Steven Christopher Holmes 2004-2005 View profile
- Anthony Durbacz 2003-2004 View profile
- Marcus James Stirling Bryson 2003-2012 View profile
- Graham Andrew Chipchase 2001-2003 View profile
- GKN Group Services LTD 1999-2019 View profile
- Alastair Hewgill 1998-2001 View profile
- Clive Rushton 1994-1998 View profile
- John Robert Phear 1994-1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 24/07/1939
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.
- GKN Enterprise Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- GKN Aerospace (FFT) Limited
is controlled by GKN Enterprise Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - GKN Enterprise Limited
is controlled by GKN Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - GKN Holdings Limited
is controlled by GKN Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-04-19 · source: Companies House PSC register - GKN Limited
is controlled by Melrose Industries PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-08-16 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Melrose Industries PLC.
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- GKN Westland Overseas Holdings Limited
- GKN Cylinder Liners UK Limited
- GKN Fasteners Limited
- Melrose NOK Investments Limited
- GKN Building Services Europe Limited
- A.P. Newall & Company Limited
- Dowlais Automotive Limited
- GKN Ventures Limited
- Rzeppa Limited
- GKN 3 Trustee 2024 Limited
- Melrose GBP Investments Limited
- Autostructures UK Limited
- GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems (Luton) Limited
- GKN Sinter Metals Limited
- GKN Westland Services Limited
- GKN Driveline Birmingham Limited
- GKN Finance (UK) Limited
- British Hovercraft Corporation Limited
- Firth Cleveland Limited
- GKN USD Investments Limited
- GKN Westland Limited
- GKN Investments II LP
- GKN SEK Investments Limited
- GKN Limited
- Melrose Euro Investments Limited
- GKN Bound Brook Limited
- GKN Driveline UK Limited
- G.K.N. Group Services Limited
- GKN Cedu Limited
- P.F.D. Limited
- GKN Westland Aerospace Holdings Limited
- G.K.N. Powder MET. Limited
- GKN 2 Trustee 2018 Limited
- GKN Defence Limited
- Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, Limited
- GKN Marks Limited
- GKN Defence Holdings Limited
- Ball Components Limited
- GKN U.S. Investments Limited
- GKN Automotive Holdings Limited
- GKN Service UK Limited
- GKN 1 Trustee 2018 Limited
- GKN Overseas Holdings Limited
- GKN Sankey Finance Limited
- GKN 3 Trustee 2018 Limited
- Moveero Limited
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.
4 directors on the board
- Warren Fernandez Director · appointed 2023
- Michael Payne Director · appointed 2024
- Richard Paul Gough Director · appointed 2024
- Sarah Anne Anderson Director · appointed 2024
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- Warren Fernandez Director · appointed 2023
- Michael Payne Director · appointed 2024
- Richard Paul Gough Director · appointed 2024
- Sarah Anne Anderson Director · appointed 2024
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
- 00355317
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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