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GKN Aerospace Services Limited

Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 44

  1. Susan Kathleen Gladys Schofield 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Julie Smyth 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Matthew Gregory 2022-2026 Director View profile
  4. Gwenael Rouy-Poirier 2021-2022 Director View profile
  5. William David Logsdail 2020-2020 Director View profile
  6. Craig Russell 2020-2020 Director View profile
  7. Matthew John Richards 2018-2024 Director View profile
  8. Neil Michael Pragg 2018-2020 Director View profile
  9. David Robinson 2018-2020 Director View profile
  10. Hans BÜThker 2018-2020 Director View profile
  11. Gordon Rankin Pitman 2016-2020 Director View profile
  12. William James Hoy 2016-2020 Director View profile
  13. Michelle Anne Hache 2016-2020 Director View profile
  14. Gavin Wesson 2015-2021 Director View profile
  15. Anna Keeling 2015-2018 Director View profile
  16. Russell Gary Dunn 2015-2020 Director View profile
  17. Kevin Lee Cummings 2014-2017 Director View profile
  18. Neil James Mcmanus 2014-2016 Director View profile
  19. Paul Robert Jones 2013-2016 Director View profile
  20. Richard Mark Oldfield 2011-2014 Director View profile
  21. Robert Murray Soen 2010-2017 Director View profile
  22. Nicholas Anthony John Waters 2009-2016 Director View profile
  23. Philip Antony Swash 2009-2014 Director View profile
  24. Jeffrey Peter Armitage 2005-2015 Director View profile
  25. Ernest Peake 2005-2015 Director View profile
  26. Andrew Dutton 2004-2017 Director View profile
  27. Marcus James Stirling Bryson 2003-2014 Director View profile
  28. Cornelius Joseph Keating 2003-2004 Director View profile
  29. Graham Chisnall 2002-2005 Director View profile
  30. Kevin Smith 2000-2003 Director View profile
  31. Clive Rushton 1994-1998 Director View profile
  32. Bernard Graham Hinton 1992-1997 Director View profile
  33. John Maxwell George 1992-2000 Director View profile
  34. Christopher Clark Gustar 2002 Director View profile
  35. William Lascelles Hall 1992 Director View profile
  36. Frank Winter 1994 Director View profile
  37. Jonathon Colin Fyfe Crawford 2018-2023 Secretary View profile
  38. Ian Birch 2013-2020 Secretary View profile
  39. Antony Durbacz 2003-2004 Secretary View profile
  40. Graham Andrew Chipchase 2001-2003 Secretary View profile
  41. GKN Group Services LTD 1999-2019 Corporate-secretary View profile
  42. Alastair Hewgill 1998-2001 Secretary View profile
  43. David Blackett Rimington 1992-1994 Secretary View profile
  44. Herbert William Paice 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
Incorporated
12/08/1939
Registered office
Birmingham

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.

  • Westland Group PLC
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. GKN Aerospace Services Limited is controlled by Westland Group PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Westland Group PLC is controlled by GKN Aerospace Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2019-09-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. GKN Aerospace Holdings Limited is controlled by GKN Enterprise Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-09-16 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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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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

50 grants · £57,807,206 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 · £47,856,412 (23 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £9,709,943 (24 grants)
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £231,851
  • Department for Education · £9,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £69,9002024-07-29
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £615,3222024-04-02
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £106,6762024-03-21
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £882,2872023-12-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £413,8102023-07-27
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.

6 directors on the board

5.1y median 4.4y
average tenure
10.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (5)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Dormant 156Professional services 62Manufacturing 16Finance 10Business services 4Property 4Construction 1Education 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
00355922
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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