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Company · Cambridge

Graticules Optics Limited

Manufacture of optical precision instruments

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

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Previous officers 11

  1. Neil Blackford 2019-2026 Director View profile
  2. Mike Creedon 2019-2024 Director View profile
  3. Paul Cyril Ellwood 2011-2015 Director View profile
  4. Clare Hough 2001-2019 Director View profile
  5. John Donald Shave 1998 Director View profile
  6. Philip Atkin 2011 Director View profile
  7. Dr William Owen Saxton 2006 Director View profile
  8. Jonathan Paul Abell 2019-2022 Secretary View profile
  9. Avril Farnham 1999-2001 Secretary View profile
  10. Mark Harvey Edwards 1997-1999 Secretary View profile
  11. Martin Glenn Delahunty 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of optical precision instruments
Incorporated
20/10/1978
Registered office
Cambridge
Previous names
Advanced Technology Ventures Limited (until 13/02/2019)
Image Techniques of Cambridge Limited (until 03/09/2014)

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. Graticules Optics Limited is controlled by SDI Group PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by SDI Group PLC.

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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.

3 directors on the board

4.7y median 3.9y
average tenure
7.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

0
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.

Manufacturing 47Dormant 4Professional services 4Finance 2Property 2Tech 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01395088
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/01/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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