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Shell Chemicals U.K. Limited

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

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Previous officers 51

  1. Sean Clarry 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Stephen Brian Fowler 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Anthony Gerard Mckenna 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Thomas Maarten Casparie 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Edward James Thomas Humfrey 2020-2021 Director View profile
  6. Owen Glynn Price-James 2019-2022 Director View profile
  7. Colin Bruce Mckendrick 2019-2020 Director View profile
  8. Nicola Simpson 2017-2019 Director View profile
  9. Andy Rae 2016-2018 Director View profile
  10. Sharon Liow 2014-2017 Director View profile
  11. Thierry Capelle 2013-2021 Director View profile
  12. Jacobus Gerardus Maria Eggels 2012-2016 Director View profile
  13. Peter John Stewart 2012-2013 Director View profile
  14. Cynthia Ann Gaddis 2010-2014 Director View profile
  15. Jennifer Susan Lovell 2010-2012 Director View profile
  16. Robertus Jan Mooldijk 2010-2011 Director View profile
  17. David Bryan Topliffe 2009-2019 Director View profile
  18. George Cornelis Sebregts 2007-2009 Director View profile
  19. Jonathan Richard Forbes-Lane 2006-2009 Director View profile
  20. Clive William Grant 2006-2016 Director View profile
  21. David Keith Young 2005-2010 Director View profile
  22. Kenneth John Rivers 2005-2007 Director View profile
  23. Graham Robert Van'T Hoff 2005-2006 Director View profile
  24. Hans Lap 2004-2005 Director View profile
  25. Hans Von Der Linde 2003-2006 Director View profile
  26. Paul Henry Newman 2000-2003 Director View profile
  27. Trevor Keith Luckie 2000-2005 Director View profile
  28. Colin Bruce Mckendrick 2000-2002 Director View profile
  29. Guy Albrecht 1999-2000 Director View profile
  30. William Scott Stothart 1998-2000 Director View profile
  31. Michael Ellis 1998-2003 Director View profile
  32. John Franklin Hudson 1998-1999 Director View profile
  33. Alan Goldsmith 1996-1997 Director View profile
  34. Graham Lawrence Footitt 1994-1996 Director View profile
  35. William Alexander Colquhoun 1994-1998 Director View profile
  36. Richard Max Wiseman 1994-1999 Director View profile
  37. Dr Trevor Hobson 1994-1996 Director View profile
  38. Dr Christopher Ernest Fay 1993-1998 Director View profile
  39. Richard Brown 1993-1994 Director View profile
  40. Graeme Henry Crombie 1992-1994 Director View profile
  41. Ronald Land 1994 Director View profile
  42. Graham Dewick 1992 Director View profile
  43. Robert Stevenson Clark 1993 Director View profile
  44. Evert Henkes 1992 Director View profile
  45. Sir John Alexander Collins 1993 Director View profile
  46. Shell Corporate Secretary Limited 2000-2022 Corporate-secretary View profile
  47. Charles James Buchan 1998-2000 Secretary View profile
  48. Deirdre Mary Alison Watson 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  49. Stephen Alexander Kersley 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  50. Alan Howard Watkins 1996-1996 Secretary View profile
  51. Richard Beresford Langtry 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
28/03/1946

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. Shell Chemicals U.K. Limited is controlled by Shell Holdings (U.K.) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Shell Holdings (U.K.) Limited is controlled by The Shell Petroleum Company Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% shares (firm), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. The Shell Petroleum Company Limited is controlled by Shell Group Holding Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-10-25 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Shell Group Holding Limited is controlled by Shell PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-05-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Shell 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.

2 directors on the board

4.2y median 4.2y
average tenure
7.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months
1
corporate seats

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.

Business services 2Professional services 2Agriculture 1Construction 1Manufacturing 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
00407234
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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