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Specac Limited

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

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Previous officers 26

  1. Kevin O'Donovan 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. James Melville Jackson 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Shannon Jyles Postma 2020-2024 Director View profile
  4. William Arthur Edward Selfe 2015-2017 Director View profile
  5. David John Smith 2011-2021 Director View profile
  6. David Robert Hill 2009-2015 Director View profile
  7. Richard John Paddison 2009-2015 Director View profile
  8. Paul Alan Hayter 2002-2008 Director View profile
  9. David Malcolm Spencer 2000-2001 Director View profile
  10. Charles Mark Stuttard 1999-2002 Director View profile
  11. Poulter, Graham, Doctor 1999-2015 Director View profile
  12. Roger Clive Ellis 1999-2000 Director View profile
  13. John Cooper 1999-1999 Director View profile
  14. Nicholas Paul Chamberlin 1997-2002 Director View profile
  15. Paul John Lester 1995-1997 Director View profile
  16. John Peter Robert Brown 1993-1995 Director View profile
  17. Christopher Paul Fowler 1992-1993 Director View profile
  18. Andrew Wallace Little 1999 Director View profile
  19. Trevor Peter Thrower 1991 Director View profile
  20. Stanley Alfred Ranson 1995 Director View profile
  21. Adam David Powell 2012-2015 Secretary View profile
  22. David Michael Whiting 2009-2012 Secretary View profile
  23. Neil Robert Burdett 2000-2009 Secretary View profile
  24. Alan Smith 1997-2000 Secretary View profile
  25. Malcolm Robert Hensby 1992-1997 Secretary View profile
  26. Donald Henry John Lester 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
22/04/1971

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.

Group

  1. Specac Limited is controlled by Specac International Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Specac International Limited is controlled by Specac Holdco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-03-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Specac Holdco Limited.

3 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
£15,642,391
Total assets
£15,844,809
Cash
£2,414,672
Employees
76
Turnover
£12,145,290
Profit/loss
£704,525

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

1 grant · £41,150 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 · £41,150

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £41,1502020-07-01
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

2.1y median 2.2y
average tenure
2.3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

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.

Finance 4Professional services 2Arts and leisure 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
01008689
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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