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Samson Materials Handling Limited

Samson Materials Handling Limited is an active UK company (number 01206240), incorporated 1975, with 2 current directors, Matthew Leigh Jones and Pietro De Michieli. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

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Previous officers 23

  1. Dr Ulrich David 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Alexander Franciskus Martinus Van Denderen 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Martin Dummigan 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Dale Lockley 2018-2023 Director View profile
  5. Friedrich Landwehrmann 2016-2018 Director View profile
  6. Malcolm Youll 2015-2017 Director View profile
  7. Dr Silke Landwehrmann 2013-2016 Director View profile
  8. Walter Gottfried Wittwer 2013-2018 Director View profile
  9. Andrew Blythe 2011-2015 Director View profile
  10. Andreas Christian Klottka 2008-2022 Director View profile
  11. Peter Michael Slee-Smith 2008-2012 Director View profile
  12. Andrew Lee Mitchell 2004-2011 Director View profile
  13. Barry Woodbine 2003-2015 Director View profile
  14. Franz-Walter Aumund 2002-2023 Director View profile
  15. Hartmut Deussen 2002-2008 Director View profile
  16. David Chapman 1995-2002 Director View profile
  17. Graham Cant 2002 Director View profile
  18. Phyllis Catherine Mary Brown 1992 Director View profile
  19. Gary Victor Johnson 2002 Director View profile
  20. Peter Brown 1992 Director View profile
  21. Thomas Roderick Aske Brown 1992 Director View profile
  22. David Chapman 2002-2003 Secretary View profile
  23. Redolphine Alice Woodbine 2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
04/04/1975

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.

  • Franz-Walter Aumund ceased 2023-08-04
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Samson Materials Handling Limited is controlled by Franz-Walter Aumund
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2023-08-04 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Franz-Walter Aumund.

1 other company 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
£2,341,531
Total assets
£2,413,359
Cash
£128,340
Employees
0.3
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£14,810

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

2 directors on the board

2.9y median 2.9y
average tenure
3.3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

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.

Professional services 4

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
01206240
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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