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Qioptiq Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 22

  1. Melanie Cibik 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Benedict Joseph Stas 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Ronald C. Keating 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Sarah Jayne Cotton-Williams 2023-2025 Director View profile
  5. Keith Spolton 2017-2023 Director View profile
  6. James Vincent Rao 2014-2023 Director View profile
  7. David Adam Nislick 2014-2023 Director View profile
  8. Steven David Shaw 2010-2017 Director View profile
  9. Richard Charles Ivimey-Cook 2010-2013 Director View profile
  10. William David Marks 2003-2013 Director View profile
  11. Benoit Bazire 2000-2010 Director View profile
  12. Robin Paul Thompson 1999-2003 Director View profile
  13. Thomas O'Neill 2001 Director View profile
  14. Trefor Glyn Jones 2000 Director View profile
  15. Robert Rylance 1992 Director View profile
  16. Alison Mary Chapman 2015-2025 Secretary View profile
  17. Richard William Groves 2014-2017 Secretary View profile
  18. David Scott Fleming 2003-2008 Secretary View profile
  19. Jean Yves Bernard Francois Haagen 2002-2003 Secretary View profile
  20. Mark Anthony Rees 2001-2015 Secretary View profile
  21. Robert Henderson 1999-2002 Secretary View profile
  22. Judy Ann Owen 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
01/04/1966

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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. Qioptiq Limited is controlled by Rhombi Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-10-27 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Rhombi Holdings Limited.

27 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

3 grants · £170,663 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 · £170,663 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £-1102022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £155,0732019-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £15,7002018-04-01
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

3.3y median 1.2y
average tenure
9.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
0
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 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.

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00876004
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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