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Who leads it
Previous officers 41
- Ben Wallace 2024-2025 View profile
- Stephen Henry Rice 2019-2020 View profile
- Mark Jonathan Austin 2019-2020 View profile
- Kevin Buckley 2019-2019 View profile
- Phillip Edward Pluck 2017-2018 View profile
- Laim Williamson 2017-2019 View profile
- Stephen John Payne 2017-2018 View profile
- William John Agnew 2017-2025 View profile
- Gareth Edwin Jones 2017-2021 View profile
- Brian Neville Smith 2014-2017 View profile
- Philip Stanley Tweedie 2006-2017 View profile
- Simon James Jarman 2001-2012 View profile
- John David Minkley 1999-2000 View profile
- Rodney Paul Tomlinson 1999-2001 View profile
- Graham Beverley Hinett 1999-2002 View profile
- Nigel John Richmond 1998-2009 View profile
- Trevor George Conway 1998-2006 View profile
- Gregory James O'Donoghue 1996-1998 View profile
- Robert Ferguson Aitken 1996-1998 View profile
- Peter William Gray 1996-2008 View profile
- Victor John Mccarthy 1996-1998 View profile
- John Byron-Jones 1995-1996 View profile
- David Peter Herman 1995-1996 View profile
- David Edward Ballard 1994-2001 View profile
- Martin James Mumford 1994-1998 View profile
- Bryan Harold Kennedy Hern 1994 View profile
- James Derek Morrella 1993 View profile
- Michael Weston Smith 1998 View profile
- Henry Maurice Baker 1996 View profile
- Michael John Miles 1994 View profile
- Alan William Arthur Smith 1996 View profile
- William Frederick Buys 1994 View profile
- William John Agnew 2024-2025 View profile
- Anthony Gerald Morgan 2017-2018 View profile
- Jane Mccallion 2015-2017 View profile
- David Wynne Beaumont 2014-2015 View profile
- Ashabye Pyndiah 2013-2024 View profile
- Eian Clark Hardacre 2007-2013 View profile
- Gary Paul Hopkins 2004-2006 View profile
- Nigel Denton Rees 2002-2016 View profile
- Michael Thomas Helm 2004 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 21/12/1979
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.
- Hsbc Marking Name Nominee (UK) Limited
75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2024-04-29
Group
- G.G.F. Fund Limited
is controlled by Hsbc Marking Name Nominee (UK) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2024-04-29 · source: Companies House PSC register - Hsbc Marking Name Nominee (UK) Limited
is controlled by Hsbc Bank PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-10-26 · source: Companies House PSC register - Hsbc Bank PLC
is controlled by Hsbc Holdings PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2021-06-21 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Hsbc Holdings PLC.
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- Hsbc (BGF) Investments Limited
- Dorrington Hatton Limited
- Assetfinance Limited
- Hsbc Private Equity Investments (UK) Limited
- Capital & District Properties Limited
- Hsbc Investment Company Limited
- Hsbc Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited
- Dorrington Estates Limited
- Foxall and Chapman Limited
- Swan National Leasing (Commercials) Limited
- Hsbc Wealth Client Nominee Limited
- Deposit Bridge 1 Limited
- Dorrington Midtown Limited
- Assetfinance March (F) Limited
- Sarsfield Properties Limited
- Dorrington City Limited
- Coif Nominees Limited
- Assetfinance December (R) Limited
- Marks and Spencer Financial Services Limited
- The Hanover Group Limited
- Throgmorton Securities Limited
- MP Payments UK Limited
- Ocular Integration Limited
- Scot Roads Partnership Project LTD
- Hsbc Finance Transformation (UK) Limited
- Sgms Limited
- Hsbc Investment Bank Holdings Limited
- South Yorkshire Light Rail Limited
- Solent Village Management Company Limited
- The Venture Catalysts Limited
- Dorrington Developments Limited
- OYO Properties Limited
- Hsbc Property Funds (Holding) Limited
- 10 Ladbroke Square Freehold Limited
- Billingsgate Nominees Limited
- LK Advisers Limited
- Griffin International Limited
- Synectics Security Networks Limited
- Dorrington Property Developments Limited
- Synectic Systems Group Limited
- Synectics Mobile Systems Limited
- Midsummer Place Limited
- Dorrington Investment Holdings PLC
- Union Street Limited
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
- £104,695
- Total assets
- £104,695
- Cash
- £3,640,106
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- -£3,889,842
Filed as Full accounts.
Five-year trend
| Period ending | Turnover | Net assets |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | Not reported | £104,695 |
| 2024-12-31 | Not reported | £3,994,537 |
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
- Timothy Paul Simmons Director · appointed 2025
- Anthony Mason Smith Director · appointed 2017
4.7y median 4.7y
average tenure
8.9y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Anthony Mason Smith Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Anthony Mason Smith Director · appointed 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Timothy Paul Simmons Director · appointed 2025
0
also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Ben Wallace Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
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.
Other services 2Business services 1Finance 1Professional services 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01468216
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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