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Metaswitch Networks LTD

Metaswitch Networks LTD is an active UK company (number 01578918), incorporated 1981, with 2 current directors, Bryan Scott Bell and Brian Quinn Beutler. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Previous officers 36

  1. Benjamin Lance King 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Keith Ranger Dolliver 2020-2025 Director View profile
  3. Benjamin Owen Orndorff 2020-2025 Director View profile
  4. Kelvin Trevor Barber 2019-2019 Director View profile
  5. Jason Aaron Brein 2017-2020 Director View profile
  6. Christopher John Mairs 2016-2018 Director View profile
  7. John Christopher Mairs 2016-2016 Director View profile
  8. Hans Martin Nielsen Lund 2015-2020 Director View profile
  9. Stephen Patrick Mullaney 2014-2020 Director View profile
  10. William Coughran Jr 2011-2014 Director View profile
  11. Jeffrey Allen 2011-2017 Director View profile
  12. Graeme Macarthur 2009-2019 Director View profile
  13. Kevin Denuccio 2008-2014 Director View profile
  14. Deep Shah 2008-2020 Director View profile
  15. Benjamin Hales Ball 2008-2017 Director View profile
  16. James Goetz 2008-2020 Director View profile
  17. Christopher John Mairs 2002-2008 Director View profile
  18. Colin Michael Dancer 1997-2008 Director View profile
  19. Michael Jeffrey Evans 1996-2008 Director View profile
  20. Mark Lawrence Norton 1993 Director View profile
  21. John Bennett Palombo 2008 Director View profile
  22. Nigel Stuart Ratcliffe 1997 Director View profile
  23. Gary John Walker 2008 Director View profile
  24. Ian Stewart Ferguson 2020 Director View profile
  25. Philip Jeremy Mcconnell 2009 Director View profile
  26. Anthony Michael Downes 2008 Director View profile
  27. Marion Earl Getz 1996 Director View profile
  28. John Mark Cooper 1997 Director View profile
  29. Dr Andrew Christopher Eastwood 1996 Director View profile
  30. Sir John Wilfred Lazar 2016 Director View profile
  31. Philip Jonathan May 2008 Director View profile
  32. Clive Stanley Partridge 2008 Director View profile
  33. Versec Secretaries Limited 2016-2020 Corporate-secretary View profile
  34. Jonathan Smith 2015-2016 Secretary View profile
  35. Stephen Halstead 2010-2015 Secretary View profile
  36. Derek William Brooker 2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
10/08/1981

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. Metaswitch Networks LTD is controlled by Alianza UK Technologies Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-03-03 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Alianza UK Technologies Limited.

3 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

5 grants · £3,494,551 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 Science, Innovation and Technology · £2,068,998 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,425,553 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £530,4712023-09-14
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £1,457,2782023-09-14
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £81,2492022-03-14
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £857,6022022-03-14
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £567,9512022-03-14
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

1y median 1y
average tenure
1.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

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.

Finance 2Tech and media 2

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
01578918
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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