Company
Doughty Engineering Limited
Doughty Engineering Limited is an active UK company (number 00972614), incorporated 1970, with 4 current directors including Daniel Phillips and Donald Chorley. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.
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Who leads it
Previous officers 4
- Nigel Dean Curtis 2004-2011 View profile
- Harold George Durrant 2001-2005 View profile
- George Chiverton 1999 View profile
- Pamela May Chiverton 2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 17/02/1970
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.
- Mervyn Boyd Thor Lister
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Doughty Engineering Limited
is controlled by Mervyn Boyd Thor Lister
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Mervyn Boyd Thor Lister.
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
- £3,661,874
- Total assets
- £4,240,651
- Cash
- £434,919
- Employees
- 53
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Five-year trend
| Period ending | Turnover | Net assets |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | Not reported | £3,661,874 |
| 2026-01-31 | Not reported | £3,661,874 |
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2026-01-31. 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.
4 directors on the board
- Julian Chiverton Director · appointed 1999
- Stephen Charles Wright Director · appointed 2005
- Daniel Phillips Director · appointed 2023
- Donald Chorley Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Julian Chiverton Director · appointed 1999
- Stephen Charles Wright Director · appointed 2005
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Julian Chiverton Director · appointed 1999
- Daniel Phillips Director · appointed 2023
- Donald Chorley Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Stephen Charles Wright Director · appointed 2005
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00972614
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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