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Appleton Woods Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 4

  1. Nathaniel Luke Housley 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Christopher Moore 2020-2025 Director View profile
  3. Derek Francis Brown 2011 Director View profile
  4. June Moreen Brown 2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £200,200,000 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.

  • Supply of Swabs and consumables Buyer: UK Health Security Agency £200,000 2026-07-16 CPV 33140000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Contract for swabs and general consumables supplied by Appleton Woods via the marketplace.

  • Lab Equipment (General) and Associated Services Buyer: London Universities Purchasing Consortium £200,000,000 2025-09-30 CPV 38000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    LUPC tendered to establish a multi-supplier framework agreement for the supply of general laboratory equipment. The requirement is covered through 10 lots for specific equipment types. The agreement term is of 3 years with an optional exten…

About

Incorporated
30/05/1967

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. Appleton Woods Limited is controlled by Christopher Lindon Brown
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2025-07-14 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Christopher Lindon Brown.

2 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.

Financials

Net assets
£1,140,639
Total assets
£1,210,435
Cash
£303,334
Employees
26
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

1 directors on the board

4.3y median 4.3y
average tenure
4.3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

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.

Professional services 7Finance 2Education 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.

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00907224
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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