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Simpson Spence Young LTD

Sea and coastal freight water transport

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 120

  1. Filippos Thomas Tripodakis 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. William Gordon Leslie Luther 2017-2019 Director View profile
  3. Dominic Lewellin Parker 2017-2021 Director View profile
  4. Rupert Christopher David Lawson 2017-2024 Director View profile
  5. Michael Victor Peters 2015-2016 Director View profile
  6. James William Harrington 2015-2016 Director View profile
  7. John Huram Daniel Bamford 2015-2017 Director View profile
  8. James Harold Kitching 2014-2016 Director View profile
  9. Athanasios Pasialis 2014-2016 Director View profile
  10. Robert James Lowe 2013-2016 Director View profile
  11. Giles Dominic Havill 2012-2026 Director View profile
  12. Claire Ellen Rangel 2012-2012 Director View profile
  13. Daisuke Yamagishi 2012-2016 Director View profile
  14. Jun Gyue Lee 2012-2016 Director View profile
  15. Charles Anthony James Brough 2012-2012 Director View profile
  16. George Hedley Bolton 2011-2013 Director View profile
  17. Simon William Romer-Lee 2010-2021 Director View profile
  18. John Nadin 2010-2016 Director View profile
  19. Nicholas John Horton 2010-2013 Director View profile
  20. Terence William John Warwick 2010-2014 Director View profile
  21. Stephen James Vaughan 2010-2016 Director View profile
  22. Dr Robert Neil Webb Thomas 2010-2016 Director View profile
  23. Norman Charles Eveleigh 2010-2011 Director View profile
  24. Chao Xu 2010-2010 Director View profile
  25. Opeyemi Olusoji Otudeko 2010-2016 Director View profile
  26. Amanda Jane Gray 2010-2016 Director View profile
  27. Carl Fitsell 2010-2016 Director View profile
  28. Charles Andrew Craft 2009-2011 Director View profile
  29. Andrew Duncan Hairs 2009-2014 Director View profile
  30. James William Palmer 2009-2018 Director View profile
  31. Andrew James Richer 2009-2016 Director View profile
  32. David Slater 2008-2012 Director View profile
  33. Christopher Mark Underhill 2008-2016 Director View profile
  34. Simon James Henry Lester 2008-2009 Director View profile
  35. Anthony Grenfell 2008-2016 Director View profile
  36. Ulrich Alexander Roman Kempf 2008-2012 Director View profile
  37. Bin Wu 2008-2010 Director View profile
  38. Stephen Crane 2008-2016 Director View profile
  39. Andrew Dawson 2007-2014 Director View profile
  40. Christopher John Cheney 2007-2009 Director View profile
  41. Daniel Matthew Whick 2007-2011 Director View profile
  42. Mark Charles Speirs 2006-2011 Director View profile
  43. Petros Dovas 2006-2010 Director View profile
  44. Edward Romer Lee 2006-2007 Director View profile
  45. Simon Boycott Jones 2006-2006 Director View profile
  46. James Christopher Friend 2006-2007 Director View profile
  47. Leonard Garth Bousfield 2006-2016 Director View profile
  48. Cam Beaupre Bannenberg 2006-2008 Director View profile
  49. Alistair John Mcluskie 2006-2010 Director View profile
  50. Shaun Bruce Lyon 2005-2011 Director View profile
  51. Mark Hughes 2005-2008 Director View profile
  52. Giuseppe Carmine Rosano 2005-2006 Director View profile
  53. Fraser Charles Gordon Nightingale 2005-2005 Director View profile
  54. Simon Michael Johnathon Roberts 2005-2005 Director View profile
  55. Grahame Stuart Fleet 2004-2007 Director View profile
  56. Mark James Richardson 2004-2022 Director View profile
  57. Barry James Rogers 2004-2016 Director View profile
  58. Gareth James Woodward 2004-2016 Director View profile
  59. Michael Paul Dunwell 2004-2010 Director View profile
  60. Matthew James Frobisher Summerson 2004-2007 Director View profile
  61. Peter Johnathan Antoine Heathcote 2004-2005 Director View profile
  62. Richard Prince 2003-2005 Director View profile
  63. John Peter Kearsey 2002-2018 Director View profile
  64. Thomas Francis Garrett 2002-2005 Director View profile
  65. Patrick Stephen O'Neill 2001-2002 Director View profile
  66. James Geoffrey Thomas Tribe 2001-2005 Director View profile
  67. Timothy William Mansell Brangham 2001-2016 Director View profile
  68. Susan Ellen Martin 2001-2016 Director View profile
  69. Patrick Dominic French 2001-2009 Director View profile
  70. David Richard Leslie Barham 2001-2001 Director View profile
  71. Bernard Anthony Coughlan 2001-2009 Director View profile
  72. Ole Daus-Petersen 2000-2007 Director View profile
  73. Christopher John Dahl 1999-2017 Director View profile
  74. Dr Philip George Rogers 1999-2000 Director View profile
  75. Sonia Suarez Pindelski 1999-2016 Director View profile
  76. Michael Woods 1999-2011 Director View profile
  77. Simon Michael Blayney 1999-2006 Director View profile
  78. Blake Jarrett Hampton-Davies 1999-1999 Director View profile
  79. Stephen Patrick Kelley 1998-2016 Director View profile
  80. Colin Cridland 1997-2002 Director View profile
  81. Lars Waaler 1996-2015 Director View profile
  82. Toby Richard Beaumont Owles 1996-2005 Director View profile
  83. David Robert Walter Cross 1996-2013 Director View profile
  84. James Edward Talbot 1996-2005 Director View profile
  85. Nicholas John Ralph 1996-1996 Director View profile
  86. John Lewis 1996-1998 Director View profile
  87. Roy George Arnold 1996-2002 Director View profile
  88. Nigel James Whaler 1996-2016 Director View profile
  89. Mark James Taylor 1996-2018 Director View profile
  90. Farid Victor Jundi 1996-2004 Director View profile
  91. Simon David Guy Hobbs 1995-2017 Director View profile
  92. John Mason Jackson 1994-1997 Director View profile
  93. Soren Einar Staffan Bulow 1993-2001 Director View profile
  94. Mark Graham Meade 1993-2016 Director View profile
  95. Anthony Thomas Holman 1993-2008 Director View profile
  96. David Christopher Beard 1993-2016 Director View profile
  97. Stephen Boniface 1993-2016 Director View profile
  98. Terence George Parmenter 1992-1998 Director View profile
  99. Richard John Barber 1992-1997 Director View profile
  100. John Alfred Welham 1992-2018 Director View profile
  101. Michael John Baxter 2010 Director View profile
  102. Clive William Poel 2001 Director View profile
  103. Peter Marshall Kitching 2001 Director View profile
  104. Christopher Michael Reilly 1998 Director View profile
  105. James Masters William Norman 1994 Director View profile
  106. Graham Douglas St John Bagnall 2011 Director View profile
  107. Perdita Sarah Amanda Lucy Hay 2000 Director View profile
  108. Stephen Michael Ballard 2016 Director View profile
  109. David George Giles 1998 Director View profile
  110. Michael Thomas Richard Brown 2009 Director View profile
  111. Robert John Prince 2005 Director View profile
  112. Martin John Lusher 2018 Director View profile
  113. Mark Carlisle 2017 Director View profile
  114. Michael Phillip Aishford 2006 Director View profile
  115. Michael Andrew Keane 1992 Director View profile
  116. Warren William Brook 2011 Director View profile
  117. Brian Bond 1992 Director View profile
  118. Mark James Richardson 2019-2020 Secretary View profile
  119. David John Mark Soutter 2006-2018 Secretary View profile
  120. Leslie Hayes 2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Sea and coastal freight water transport
Incorporated
12/01/1972
Registered office
London
Previous names
Simpson, Spence & Young Limited (until 16/01/2015)

Ownership

Owned by (8) 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.

  • Stanko Georgiev Jekov
    significant influence · notified 2018-04-25
  • Robin Alexender Marc Hudson
    significant influence · notified 2018-12-19
  • Toby John Richard English
    significant influence · notified 2023-01-01
  • Sean Martin Miller
    significant influence · notified 2024-01-22
  • David John Mark Soutter ceased 2018-12-19
    25-50% shares · notified 2017-01-01
  • John Alfred Welham ceased 2018-04-25
    25-50% shares · notified 2017-01-01
  • Dominic Lewellin Parker ceased 2021-10-01
    significant influence · notified 2018-04-25
  • Rupert Christopher David Lawson ceased 2024-01-22
    significant influence · notified 2018-04-25
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Simpson Spence Young LTD is controlled by Stanko Georgiev Jekov
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2018-04-25 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Stanko Georgiev Jekov.

7 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.

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.

9 directors on the board

9.6y median 7.5y
average tenure
20.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (6)

Also govern a charity

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.

Transport 15Property 2Finance 1Tech and media 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

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01037999
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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