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Foseco International Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 39
- Ian Neil Delaney 2019-2024 View profile
- Ian James Lawson 2017-2019 View profile
- Sunderrajan Venkatraman 2016-2025 View profile
- Nicolas Dominique Marie-Cecile Mathei 2015-2016 View profile
- Kim Fong Siow 2014-2016 View profile
- Anthony James Harrison 2013-2014 View profile
- Garry Smith 2012-2019 View profile
- Richard Mark Sykes 2012-2015 View profile
- Rachel Sara Fell 2010-2013 View profile
- Andrew John Stead 2008-2013 View profile
- Bryan Richard Elliston 2008-2014 View profile
- Richard Martin Hilary Malthouse 2008-2013 View profile
- Dr Gary Millar 2007-2008 View profile
- Lee A Plutshack 2006-2009 View profile
- Roland Johnson 2002-2011 View profile
- Paul David Dean 2002-2008 View profile
- David Gordon Hussey 1998-2008 View profile
- Roger William Barwick 1998-2001 View profile
- Victor Charles Watton 1996-1998 View profile
- Geoffrey Smith 1996-1998 View profile
- Warren Ernest Inall Galloway 1995-1998 View profile
- John Martin Trotter 1995-1996 View profile
- Deryck Michael Spence 1995-1996 View profile
- Anthony Sleight 1995-1996 View profile
- Alan Malcolm Chater 1993-1998 View profile
- Martin Barry Jones 1993-2001 View profile
- Peter John Garner 1995 View profile
- Dr Gerald Digby Torrington Owen 1995 View profile
- David William Hobbins 1999 View profile
- John Robert Land Dee 1993 View profile
- Michael Bailey Dearden 1997 View profile
- John Elliott 1994 View profile
- Briggs, John, Doctor 1996 View profile
- Rebecca Jayne Wright 2001-2001 View profile
- Alan Paul Busson 2000-2001 View profile
- Amanda Jane Sin Fai Lam 1999-2000 View profile
- Sharon Mary Roberts 1998-2008 View profile
- Edward Geoffrey Parker 1996-1999 View profile
- John Edward Lamb 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 06/05/1949
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.
- Vesuvius Overseas Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Foseco International Limited
is controlled by Vesuvius Overseas Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Vesuvius Overseas Limited
is controlled by Vesuvius Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Vesuvius Holdings Limited
is controlled by Vesuvius PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Vesuvius PLC.
39 other companies in this group
- Minerals Separation Limited
- Brazil 1 Limited
- Vesuvius UK Limited
- Vesuvius Pension Plans Trustees Limited
- Vesuvius-Premier Refractories (Holdings) Limited
- Foseco Pension Fund Trustee Limited
- Foseco (FS) Limited
- Vesuvius VA Limited
- Foseco Limited
- Vesuvius Life Plan Trustee Limited
- Vesuvius Overseas Investments Limited
- Foseco Steel (Holdings) China Limited
- Vesuvius Minerals Limited
- Foseco Holding International Limited
- Foseco Technology Limited
- Vesuvius Management Services Limited
- John G. Stein & Company Limited
- Foseco Holding (Europe) Limited
- Vesuvius Management Limited
- Vesuvius Holdings Limited
- Wilkes-Lucas Limited
- Vesuvius Ceramics Limited
- Vesuvius China Limited
- Foseco Transnational Limited
- Foseco (UK) Limited
- Vesuvius Investments Limited
- Foseco Overseas Limited
- Foseco (RUL) Limited
- Unicorn Industries Limited
- Vesuvius Pigments (Holdings) Limited
- Vesuvius Overseas Limited
- Vesuvius Financial 1 Limited
- Vesuvius Group Limited
- Foseco Holding Limited
- NEW Foseco (UK) Limited
- Foseco Steel (UK) Limited
- Vesuvius Zyalons Holdings Limited
- Vesuvius K.S.R. Limited
- Vesuvius PLC
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
4 grants · £482,243 total360Giving 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 Science, Innovation and Technology · £244,120 (2 grants)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £238,123 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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
- Christopher Lewis Director · appointed 2024
- Michael Satterthwaite Director · appointed 2008
- Henry James Knowles Director · appointed 2013
Directors past 6 years
- Michael Satterthwaite Director · appointed 2008
- Henry James Knowles Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Christopher Lewis Director · appointed 2024
- Michael Satterthwaite Director · appointed 2008
- Henry James Knowles Director · appointed 2013
Left in the last 12 months
- Sunderrajan Venkatraman Director · appointed 2016 · 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00468147
- 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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