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KWS UK Limited

KWS UK Limited is an active UK company (number 01578784), incorporated 1981, with 3 current directors including Benjamin Edward Bishop and Anna Christa Schneider. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 20

  1. Vienoth Muruhesapillai 2021-2026 Director View profile
  2. William George Compson 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Dr Christopher Rudolf Ahrens 2006-2011 Director View profile
  4. Jurgen Leitzke 2005-2011 Director View profile
  5. Dr Christopher Robert Tapsell 2005-2021 Director View profile
  6. Andrew David Newby 2005-2023 Director View profile
  7. Salvador Patrick James Potter 2004-2005 Director View profile
  8. Karl Heinz Doerr 2002-2005 Director View profile
  9. Dr Christopher Amberger 2001-2002 Director View profile
  10. Theodor Brunon Labuda 1995-2001 Director View profile
  11. Felix Jonathan Patton 1995-1996 Director View profile
  12. John Alexander Blackman 1995-2004 Director View profile
  13. Gilmour, Roger Hugh, Doctor 1993 Director View profile
  14. Raymond John Spreadbury 2005 Director View profile
  15. Lili Zhao 2015-2017 Secretary View profile
  16. Nigel Henry Moore 2005-2015 Secretary View profile
  17. Michael Brown 2004-2006 Secretary View profile
  18. Robert Shankland Brodie 2003-2004 Secretary View profile
  19. Martin Michael Kaziow 2002-2003 Secretary View profile
  20. David James Hamilton 2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Recommended List Variety Trials Buyer: Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    The AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds Recommended Lists (RLs) provide levy payers and the wider industry with independent information on the characteristics and market options for new cereal and oilseed varieties. The information provided by the RL…

About

Incorporated
10/08/1981

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above KWS UK Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

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.

Grants received

4 grants · £169,135 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £169,135 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £3,3002022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £-10,1782022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £-3,0802022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £179,0932018-04-01
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.

3 directors on the board

4.3y median 0.7y
average tenure
11.5y
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.

Dormant 2Education 1Property 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
01578784
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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