The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Gooch & Housego PLC

Company 00526832 Active

Company details

Number00526832
StatusActive
TypePublic Limited Company
Incorporated12/12/1953
AddressDOWLISH FORD, ILMINSTER, SOMERSET, TA19 0PF
Accounts next due31/03/2027
Accounts last made up30/09/2025

Industry (SIC)

26701 - Manufacture of optical precision instruments

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (32)

  • Lang, Serena Director · appointed 2026
  • Corte, James Roger Secretary · appointed 2026
  • Searle, Susan Jane Director · appointed 2023
  • Peppiatt, Charles St John Stewart Director · appointed 2022
  • Haynes, Jim Director · appointed 2021
  • Evans, Louise Margaret Director · appointed 2020
  • Bullard, Gary Director · appointed 2018
  • Crowe, Gareth James Former Secretary · appointed 2026 · resigned 2026
  • Hopcroft, Martin Peter Former Secretary · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
  • Jewell, Christopher Adrian Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
  • Bauernfeind, David Gregory Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
  • Phillipson, Brian Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2024
  • Warnock, Alexander Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2019
  • Crowe, Gareth James Former Secretary · appointed 2014 · resigned 2025
  • Webster, Mark John Alexander Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2022
  • Bordui, Peter Frank Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2021
  • Boteler, Andrew Norman Former Secretary · appointed 2009 · resigned 2019
  • Heal, Paul Bentley Former Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2017
  • Quinn, Peter John Former Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
  • Scribbins, Terry Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2014
  • Blogh, Julian, Doctor Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2014
  • Virgin, Andrew William John Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
  • Jones, Gareth Colin Watson Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2018
  • Bayer, Ian William Former Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2008
  • Arthurs, Eugene Gerard Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2012
  • Davison, Andrew John Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1999
  • Melles, Jan Anne Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2012
  • Schneider, William Emil Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
  • Heals, Anthony William Mark Former Secretary · resigned 1999
  • Gooch, Archibald William Charles Former Director · resigned 2005
  • Virgin, Heather Cameron Former Director · resigned 2003
  • Irish, David Edwin Former Director · resigned 2003

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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