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Bowmer and Kirkland Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 12

  1. Keith Whitmore 2000-2004 Director View profile
  2. Ralph Charles Jones 1999-2026 Director View profile
  3. John Paul Lomas 1999-2022 Director View profile
  4. Melvin Stuart Sheldon 1995-2015 Director View profile
  5. Kenneth Sydney Lee 2001 Director View profile
  6. Alan Pashley 1993 Director View profile
  7. David James Walker 2008 Director View profile
  8. Robert Malcolm Kirkland 2019 Director View profile
  9. Howard Parkin 2000 Director View profile
  10. John Nigel Kirkland 2019 Director View profile
  11. John Henry Betterton 2009 Director View profile
  12. Robert John Bowmer 2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

29 contracts · £392,526,676 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

About

Incorporated
30/08/1961

Ownership

Owned by (12) 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. Bowmer and Kirkland Limited is controlled by John Alexander Charles Kirkland
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by John Alexander Charles Kirkland.

14 other companies 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 · £2,232,342 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 Education · £2,232,342 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £2,230,3422021-04-01
  • Department for Education £2,0002020-04-01
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.

8 directors on the board

9y median 5.9y
average tenure
17.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (7)

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.

Construction 22Property 7Professional services 5Finance 4Manufacturing 4Arts and leisure 3Business services 3Other services 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
00701982
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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