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Artemis Optical Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 30

  1. Martin Peter Hopcroft 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Christopher Adrian Jewell 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Matthew John Hall 2017-2023 Director View profile
  4. Jamie Lee Pindard 2015-2023 Director View profile
  5. Nicholas Graham Hurst 2015-2023 Director View profile
  6. Ian Scott Moyes 2008-2013 Director View profile
  7. Claire Jody Burke 2008-2012 Director View profile
  8. Kevin Reginald Mackrodt 2008-2020 Director View profile
  9. Stuart Thomas Allan 2008-2023 Director View profile
  10. Peter Adam White 2005-2008 Director View profile
  11. Peter Gewan Girow 2003-2005 Director View profile
  12. William David Marks 2003-2008 Director View profile
  13. Richard Charles Ivimey Cook 2001-2002 Director View profile
  14. Stephen Reginald Turner 1999-2001 Director View profile
  15. Dr Alexander David Wilson 1997-2001 Director View profile
  16. Richard John George Clarke 1997-2001 Director View profile
  17. Ian Booth 1997-2001 Director View profile
  18. Geoffrey John Eades 1995-1997 Director View profile
  19. Richard Whitman Duggan 1995-1997 Director View profile
  20. David William Marks 1999 Director View profile
  21. Gilbert David Williams 1995 Director View profile
  22. Robin Anthony Elsworth 1999 Director View profile
  23. Derek Richard Read 1994 Director View profile
  24. Gareth James Crowe 2023-2025 Secretary View profile
  25. Robert Martin Priddle 2008-2023 Secretary View profile
  26. David Scott Fleming 2003-2008 Secretary View profile
  27. Mark Anthony Rees 1996-2008 Secretary View profile
  28. Edward Bernard Gore 1994-1997 Secretary View profile
  29. David Lewis Jeffries 1993-1995 Secretary View profile
  30. Richard Penkethman 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
17/12/1952

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. Artemis Optical Limited is controlled by Artemis Optical (Holdings) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Artemis Optical (Holdings) Limited is controlled by Nicholas Graham Hurst
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2023-03-24, ceased 2023-07-21 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Nicholas Graham Hurst.

1 other company in this group

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

2 grants · £22,509 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 · £15,084
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £7,425

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £15,0842022-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £7,4252021-08-26
Board analysis for researchers

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

1.6y median 1.6y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

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.

Manufacturing 25Dormant 2Finance 2Professional services 2Property 2

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
00514290
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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