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Dowlais Industries Limited

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

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Previous officers 60

  1. Emma Jayne Hayward 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Roberto Fioroni 2019-2021 Director View profile
  3. John David Nicholson 2019-2026 Director View profile
  4. Jader Hilzendeger 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Baljinder Singh Bains 2019-2020 Director View profile
  6. Mark Jeremy Gabriel 2019-2021 Director View profile
  7. Thomas Giese 2018-2019 Director View profile
  8. Matthew John Richards 2018-2023 Director View profile
  9. Diego Laurent 2018-2018 Director View profile
  10. Shahbaz Idriss 2017-2019 Director View profile
  11. Simon Nicholas Meadows 2017-2018 Director View profile
  12. Scott Marshall Mullens 2016-2018 Director View profile
  13. Andrew Harvey 2016-2016 Director View profile
  14. John Richard Searle 2015-2018 Director View profile
  15. Mohammed Zameer 2015-2019 Director View profile
  16. Monique Patrica Carter 2015-2016 Director View profile
  17. Robert Roy Willig Jr 2015-2016 Director View profile
  18. Adam Paul Nock 2011-2012 Director View profile
  19. John James Mckenna 2011-2012 Director View profile
  20. Paul Stephen Hutchings 2010-2011 Director View profile
  21. Richard Thomas Heath 2010-2012 Director View profile
  22. Alfred William Curral 2010-2017 Director View profile
  23. Derek Stanley Butler 2010-2012 Director View profile
  24. Michael Fairbrother 2006-2014 Director View profile
  25. Duncan Alan Varnes 2005-2011 Director View profile
  26. Pierre Hyvernat 2005-2006 Director View profile
  27. Christopher Paul Granger 2003-2005 Director View profile
  28. Michael Greene 2001-2002 Director View profile
  29. Jonathan Charles Soar 2000-2005 Director View profile
  30. Ernie Johnson 2000-2002 Director View profile
  31. Ignacio Martin San Vicente 2000-2000 Director View profile
  32. Luis Ruperto Jimenez Vargas 2000-2001 Director View profile
  33. Miguel Alvarez Caperochipi 2000-2002 Director View profile
  34. Paul Nigel Foster 1998-2000 Director View profile
  35. Alison Karen Jones 1998-2000 Director View profile
  36. Michael Cleaver Colyer 1998-2002 Director View profile
  37. Derek Donald Hands 1997-2000 Director View profile
  38. Neil Charles Geldard-Williams 1997-2000 Director View profile
  39. Christopher Patrick Marston Gubbey 1996-1997 Director View profile
  40. Geoffrey Steven Pearce 1995-1996 Director View profile
  41. Malcolm Hugh Bird 1995-1998 Director View profile
  42. Maureen Constantine 1995-1998 Director View profile
  43. Leslie Joseph Owen 1995-1998 Director View profile
  44. Andrew Roger Dixey 1993-1994 Director View profile
  45. Ian Kenneth Strangward 1992-1994 Director View profile
  46. Ian Roy Griffiths 1993 Director View profile
  47. Trevor Courtnay Bonner 1993 Director View profile
  48. Thomas Wood 1998 Director View profile
  49. Anthony Ernest John Newton Broom 1993 Director View profile
  50. Winfried Esser 1993 Director View profile
  51. Rodney Stephen Hodgkins 2000 Director View profile
  52. Anthony Michael Bell 1994 Director View profile
  53. John Nicholson 2019-2026 Secretary View profile
  54. Jonathon Colin Fyfe Crawford 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  55. Julian Spencer Fitzsimmons 2012-2015 Secretary View profile
  56. Paul Hutchings 2010-2011 Secretary View profile
  57. Ryan James Callaghan 2005-2010 Secretary View profile
  58. Andrew Peter Uttley 2002-2005 Secretary View profile
  59. GKN Group Services LTD 2002-2019 Corporate-secretary View profile
  60. Stephen Michael Harrop 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
07/06/1940
Registered office
London
Previous names
GKN Driveline Mexico (UK) Limited (until 13/12/2022)
GKN Driveline Walsall Limited (until 18/06/2015)

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.

Group

  1. Dowlais Industries Limited is controlled by GKN Automotive Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. GKN Automotive Limited is controlled by GKN Automotive Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-09-18 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. GKN Automotive Holdings Limited is controlled by GKN Industries Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-08-14 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. GKN Industries Limited is controlled by GKN Enterprise Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2023-02-28 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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.

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

0.1y median 0.1y
average tenure
0.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

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 27Professional services 21Business services 3Finance 3Manufacturing 3

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
00361671
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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