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Open University Worldwide Limited

Educational support services

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 55

  1. Kevin Morris Shakesheff 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Professor Fary Mahamedi Cachelin 2019-2023 Director View profile
  3. Fiona Jane Roberts 2017-2019 Director View profile
  4. Laurence James Holden 2017-2019 Director View profile
  5. Jonathan Charles Wylie 2017-2018 Director View profile
  6. David Mel Zuydam 2017-2017 Director View profile
  7. Dr Rebecca Susan Taylor 2015-2017 Director View profile
  8. Keith Alan Zimmerman 2015-2017 Director View profile
  9. Kevin Ian Hetherington 2015-2021 Director View profile
  10. Peter Horrocks 2015-2017 Director View profile
  11. Timothy John Blackman 2014-2015 Director View profile
  12. Charles Rodway Clarke 2013-2015 Director View profile
  13. Martin George Bean 2013-2014 Director View profile
  14. Professor Musa Jafar Abdul Mihsein 2013-2015 Director View profile
  15. Steven John Hill 2012-2017 Director View profile
  16. Dr Anthoula Madden 2010-2011 Director View profile
  17. Svava Bjarnason 2005-2007 Director View profile
  18. Dr Kemp Neil Reginald 2005-2013 Director View profile
  19. Professor James Fleck 2005-2011 Director View profile
  20. Anthony St George Gribbon 2004-2011 Director View profile
  21. Professor Linda Joyce Jones 2004-2007 Director View profile
  22. Professor David Michael Vincent 2004-2010 Director View profile
  23. Professor Brenda Mary Gourley 2003-2004 Director View profile
  24. Dr Gerald Francis Hancock 2002-2004 Director View profile
  25. Baroness Elspeth Rosamund Morton Howe of Idlicote 2001-2004 Director View profile
  26. Geoffrey Peters 2001-2003 Director View profile
  27. Susan Elizabeth Knights 2001-2002 Director View profile
  28. Dr Ann Rosalind Floyd 2000-2004 Director View profile
  29. Alexander Fraser Woodburn 2000-2015 Director View profile
  30. Jane Victoria Barker 2000-2001 Director View profile
  31. Professor David Alexander Brannan 2000-2006 Director View profile
  32. Dr Philip Vilton Sarre 1999-2000 Director View profile
  33. Miles Stuart Hedges 1999-2016 Director View profile
  34. Godfrey Roland Kaye 1999-2004 Director View profile
  35. Robert William Masterton 1997-2000 Director View profile
  36. David Asch 1997-1998 Director View profile
  37. Dr Keith Williams 1997-2000 Director View profile
  38. Dr Elizabeth Hawkins Nelson 1997-2001 Director View profile
  39. Anne Stevens 1997-1999 Director View profile
  40. Dr Michael Lewis Meade 1997-1999 Director View profile
  41. Philip William Keith Rathkey 1997-2000 Director View profile
  42. Richard Wayne Lewis 1997-2000 Director View profile
  43. Graham Roderick Nixey 1997-2001 Director View profile
  44. Richard Anthony Maidment 1995-1997 Director View profile
  45. Sir John Sagar Daniel 2001 Director View profile
  46. Philip John Glynne Marsh 1997 Director View profile
  47. Dr Kenneth John Richard Edwards 1993 Director View profile
  48. Professor Stuart Hall 1995 Director View profile
  49. Norman Henry Smith 1999 Director View profile
  50. Professor Andrew William John Thomson 1997 Director View profile
  51. Paul David Bowen 1997 Director View profile
  52. Jeremy Norman Chapple 1997 Director View profile
  53. John David Boyle 2002-2024 Secretary View profile
  54. Roger John Hall 2001-2001 Secretary View profile
  55. James Alan Clarke 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Educational support services
Incorporated
25/05/1976
Registered office
Buckinghamshire

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. Open University Worldwide Limited is controlled by The Open University
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by The Open University.

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
£8,897
Total assets
£8,897
Cash
£8,274
Employees
91
Turnover
£13,643
Profit/loss
£6,536

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. 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

4.7y median 4.7y
average tenure
6.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

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.

Dormant 6Education 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
01260275
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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