Company
Global Digital Systems Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John DunneDirector · since 2026
- Dr Benjamin James TaylorDirector · since 2025
- Ian AylingDirector · since 2025
- Liam David WheelerDirector · since 2024
- Dr Tim PrestidgeDirector · since 2024
- Danela WardDirector · since 2023
- Mark Stephen LavelleDirector · since 2017
- Bradley Leonard OrmsbyDirector · since 2015
- Clayton Hunter George DoddDirector · since 2014
- Karl SnellingDirector · since 2012
- Glynn Carl ReeceSecretary · since 2018
Previous officers 7
- Ralph Leslie Cohen 2012-2015 View profile
- David Barnbrook 2012-2017 View profile
- David Elie Cicurel 2012-2026 View profile
- Jeremy Andrew Sutton 2012-2022 View profile
- Patrick Hooker 2012 View profile
- Christopher Talbot 2015-2018 View profile
- Dr Bruce Keith Menzies 2012 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 05/11/1979
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.
- Judges Scientific PLC
75-100% shares · notified 2016-07-05
Group
- Global Digital Systems Limited
is controlled by Judges Scientific PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-07-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Judges Scientific PLC.
23 other companies in this group
- Coolled Limited
- Aitchee Engineering Limited
- Sircal Instruments (U.K.) Limited
- Judges Capital Limited
- Quorum Technologies Limited
- Armfield Limited
- GDS Instruments Limited
- Oxford Cryosystems Limited
- DIA-Stron Limited
- Polaron Instruments Limited
- Stanton Redcroft Limited
- Korvus Technology LTD
- Armfield Technical Education Company Limited
- EM Technologies Limited
- Fire Testing Technology Limited
- UHV Design Limited
- EWB Solutions LTD.
- FTT Scientific Limited
- Gatehouse Engineering Limited
- PE. Fiberoptics Limited
- Scientifica LTD
- Deben UK Limited
- Judges Scientific PLC
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.
10 directors on the board
- Clayton Hunter George Dodd Director · appointed 2014
- Liam David Wheeler Director · appointed 2024
- Mark Stephen Lavelle Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Tim Prestidge Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Benjamin James Taylor Director · appointed 2025
- John Dunne Director · appointed 2026
- Danela Ward Director · appointed 2023
- Ian Ayling Director · appointed 2025
- Bradley Leonard Ormsby Director · appointed 2015
- Karl Snelling Director · appointed 2012
Directors past 6 years
- Clayton Hunter George Dodd Director · appointed 2014
- Mark Stephen Lavelle Director · appointed 2017
- Bradley Leonard Ormsby Director · appointed 2015
- Karl Snelling Director · appointed 2012
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Clayton Hunter George Dodd Director · appointed 2014
- Dr Benjamin James Taylor Director · appointed 2025
- Danela Ward Director · appointed 2023
- Ian Ayling Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (6)
- Liam David Wheeler Director · appointed 2024
- Mark Stephen Lavelle Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Tim Prestidge Director · appointed 2024
- John Dunne Director · appointed 2026
- Bradley Leonard Ormsby Director · appointed 2015
- Karl Snelling Director · appointed 2012
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- David Elie Cicurel Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- 01459108
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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