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

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Previous officers 60

  1. Lord Mark Philip Sedwill 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Dame Carolyn Julie Fairbairn 2021-2022 Director View profile
  3. Revathi Advaithi 2018-2020 Director View profile
  4. Elizabeth Pauline Lucy Corley 2016-2025 Director View profile
  5. Gerard Joseph Demuro 2014-2020 Director View profile
  6. Sir Roger Martyn Carr 2013-2023 Director View profile
  7. Christopher Montague Grigg 2013-2023 Director View profile
  8. Ian Paul Tyler 2013-2022 Director View profile
  9. Lee Alan Mcintire 2011-2013 Director View profile
  10. Paula Rosput Reynolds 2011-2020 Director View profile
  11. Peter John Lynas 2011-2020 Director View profile
  12. Harriet Green 2010-2019 Director View profile
  13. Nicholas Charles Rose 2010-2020 Director View profile
  14. Linda Parker Hudson 2009-2014 Director View profile
  15. Paul Milton Anderson 2009-2014 Director View profile
  16. Carl George Symon 2008-2015 Director View profile
  17. Ravi Kant Uppal 2008-2011 Director View profile
  18. Andrew George Inglis 2007-2010 Director View profile
  19. Walter Perry Havenstein 2007-2009 Director View profile
  20. Ian Graham King 2007-2017 Director View profile
  21. Sir Anthony Nigel Russell Rudd 2006-2009 Director View profile
  22. Roberto Quarta 2005-2011 Director View profile
  23. Philip Joseph Carroll Jnr 2005-2010 Director View profile
  24. Peter Amory Weinberg 2005-2008 Director View profile
  25. Sir Richard Lake Olver 2004-2014 Director View profile
  26. Michael James Hartnall 2003-2012 Director View profile
  27. Sir Peter James Mason 2003-2013 Director View profile
  28. Rt Hon Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo 2002-2006 Director View profile
  29. Christopher Vincent Geoghegan 2002-2007 Director View profile
  30. Mark Henry Ronald CBE 2002-2006 Director View profile
  31. Professor Susan Joyce Birley 2000-2007 Director View profile
  32. Paolo Scaroni 2000-2004 Director View profile
  33. Steven Lewis Mogford 2000-2007 Director View profile
  34. Cartellieri, Ulrich, Doctor 1999-2007 Director View profile
  35. Michael Lester 1999-2006 Director View profile
  36. Sir Charles Beech Gordon Masefield 1999-2003 Director View profile
  37. Sir Peter Oliver Gershon 1999-2000 Director View profile
  38. George Wilfred Rose 1998-2011 Director View profile
  39. Robert Patten Bauman 1994-1998 Director View profile
  40. Sir Robin Adair Biggam 1994-2003 Director View profile
  41. John Pix Weston 1994-2002 Director View profile
  42. Michael John Turner 1994-2008 Director View profile
  43. Lord Thomas Alexander Hesketh 1994-2005 Director View profile
  44. Richard Douglas Lapthorne 1992-1999 Director View profile
  45. Richard Harry Evans 1992-2004 Director View profile
  46. Robert Leonard Kirk 1997 Director View profile
  47. Sydney Gillibrand 1995 Director View profile
  48. Blyth of Rowington, James, Baron Blyth of Rowington 1994 Director View profile
  49. Sir Judson Graham Day 1993 Director View profile
  50. Frank Bailey Saundry 1992 Director View profile
  51. Brian Cookson 1992 Director View profile
  52. Lord George Simpson 1994 Director View profile
  53. Keith Clark Brown 2003 Director View profile
  54. Lord Clive Richard Hollick of Notting Hill 1997 Director View profile
  55. Sir Ronald Claus Hampel 2002 Director View profile
  56. John Conway Cahill 1994 Director View profile
  57. Harold Raymond Mould 1992 Director View profile
  58. David Stanley Parkes 1999-2024 Secretary View profile
  59. Stuart Paul Carroll 1996-1999 Secretary View profile
  60. Susan Doreen Windridge 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
31/12/1979

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above BAE Systems PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

163 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.

Grants received

9 grants · £16,576,017 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Education · £15,986,889 (3 grants)
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £265,605 (2 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £233,197 (3 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £90,327

Most recent

  • Department for Education £7,889,3602023-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £38,3902022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £108,3182022-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £227,2152021-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £99,9012020-08-01
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.

12 directors on the board

5.5y median 6y
average tenure
10.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (6)

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 4Finance 3Property 2Business services 1Manufacturing 1Tech and media 1Transport 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01470151
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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