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Hiden Analytical Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 8

  1. Lee James Ainscough 2018-2021 Director View profile
  2. Richard James Neale 2016-2026 Director View profile
  3. Paul Andrew Jones 2016-2024 Director View profile
  4. Dr David Lawrence Seymour 2007-2015 Director View profile
  5. Thomas Hutchinson Russell 2003 Director View profile
  6. John Alexander Smith 1992 Director View profile
  7. Ian Derek Neale 2018 Director View profile
  8. Carmel Clare Neale 2018 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £2,000,000 total

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.

  • Mass Spectrometry Maintenance, Support and Equipment purchasing Buyer: CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED £2,000,000 2026-08-18 Source: Find a Tender

    CPI intends to establish a framework agreement with suitably qualified and experienced suppliers for the provision of servicing, maintenance, and support of mass spectrometers, as well as the supply of new mass spectrometers, across all CPI…

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About

Incorporated
10/11/1981

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.

Group

  1. Hiden Analytical Limited is controlled by Hiden Instruments Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Hiden Instruments Limited is controlled by Robert William Blacas
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Robert William Blacas.

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.

Financials

Net assets
£18,396,284
Total assets
£18,462,430
Cash
£2,082,687
Employees
1.06
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£3,833,172

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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.

5 directors on the board

14.1y median 10y
average tenure
33.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Manufacturing 2Education 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
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01596907
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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