Company
The British Oxygen Company Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 17
- Benjamin Patterson 2018-2024 View profile
- Dorian Kevin Thomas Devers 2013-2017 View profile
- Nathan Palmer 2012-2016 View profile
- Michael Dennis 2009-2012 View profile
- Dr Thorben Finken 2008-2013 View profile
- Nigel Andrew Lewis 2008-2009 View profile
- Gareth Mostyn 2007-2008 View profile
- Patrick Charles Gordon Spence 2007-2007 View profile
- Nicholas Deeming 2001-2007 View profile
- Caroline Mary Lloyd 2000-2001 View profile
- Andrew John Moberly 1999-2000 View profile
- John Mark Selwyn Prebble 1994-1995 View profile
- Carol Anne Hunt 1994-2006 View profile
- Ian Kenneth Hood Baker 2000 View profile
- Andrew Christopher Brackfield 2007-2018 View profile
- Sarah Louise Larkins 2006-2007 View profile
- David Gordon Pavey 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 27/03/1957
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.
- The BOC Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- The British Oxygen Company Limited
is controlled by The BOC Group Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - The BOC Group Limited
is controlled by Linde UK Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Linde UK Holdings Limited.
65 other companies in this group
- W & G Supplies Limited
- Linde Canada Holdings Limited
- The BOC Foundation
- Glps Trustees Limited
- GAS & Equipment Limited
- The BOC Group Limited
- Linde Investments NO.1 Limited
- BOC Distribution Services Limited
- B O C Holdings
- Welder Equipment Services Limited
- Ehvil Dissentients Limited
- Leengate Industrial & Welding Supplies (Nottingham) LTD
- Pennine Industrial & Welding Supplies LTD
- Linde Cryogenics Limited
- Fluorogas Limited
- Leen Gate Industrial & Welding Supplies (Scotland) Limited
- BOC Retirement Benefits Scheme Trustees Limited
- Handigas Limited
- British Industrial Gases Limited
- BOC Services Limited
- BOC Healthcare Limited
- Leengate Industrial & Welding Supplies (Lincoln) LTD
- BOC Trustees Limited
- BOC Dutch Finance
- BOC Korea Holdings Limited
- Storeshield Limited
- Intellemetrics Limited
- Linde UK Private Medical Trustees Limited
- Medispeed
- BOC Investments NO. 7
- Industrial Supplies & Services Limited
- Hick,Hargreaves and Company Limited
- G.L Baker (Transport) Limited
- GAS & Gear Limited
- Cryostar Limited
- Future Industrial and Welding Supplies LTD.
- Allweld Industrial and Welding Supplies Limited
- BOC Limited
- Welding Products Holdings Limited
- Rock Industrial & Welding Supplies LTD
- Ryval GAS Limited
- BOC Investments NO.5
- IWS (Industrial & Welding Supplies) Limited
- Industrial and Welding Management Limited
- Industrial & Welding Supplies (North West) LTD
- Wessex Industrial & Welding Supplies LTD
- Medishield
- BOC Gases Limited
- BOC Pension Scheme Trustees Limited
- BOC Netherlands Holdings Limited
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.
4 directors on the board
- Sally Ann Williams Director · appointed 2016
- Susan Kathleen Kelly Director · appointed 2007
- Christopher James Cossins Director · appointed 2021
- Julian Michael Bland Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Sally Ann Williams Director · appointed 2016
- Susan Kathleen Kelly Director · appointed 2007
- Julian Michael Bland Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- Sally Ann Williams Director · appointed 2016
- Susan Kathleen Kelly Director · appointed 2007
- Christopher James Cossins Director · appointed 2021
- Julian Michael Bland Director · appointed 2018
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
- 00580964
- 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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