Skip to content
Governance Register
Sign inFind yourself
Find yourselfSign in
Search How it works For organisations For professionals

Edition

United Kingdom (current)IrelandUnited StatesNew ZealandCanadaAustraliaScotlandNorthern Ireland

Company

Octapharm Limited

Octapharm Limited is an active UK company (number 01771643), incorporated 1983, with 3 current directors including Victoria Ann Giles and L Rowland & CO (Retail) Limited. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

How am I connected?
More
View network map Report an issue

Official record Companies House · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources

Network

The large node is Octapharm Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.

Who leads it

Previous officers 19

  1. Caren Anne Steele 2019-2020 Director View profile
  2. Peter James Christopher Sutcliffe 2017-2023 Director View profile
  3. Kenneth John Black 2016-2019 Director View profile
  4. Robert Douglas Proctor 2016-2017 Director View profile
  5. Mahmood Dullah Chaudhry 2013-2019 Director View profile
  6. Gary Taylor 2011-2019 Director View profile
  7. L Rowland & CO (Retail) LTD 2007-2016 Corporate-director View profile
  8. Joseph Jonathan Penn 2006-2011 Director View profile
  9. Chaudhry Pharmacy Limited 2003-2013 Corporate-director View profile
  10. Mahmouhd Dullah Chaudhry 2003 Director View profile
  11. Boots UK Limited 2016 Corporate-director View profile
  12. National CO-Operative Chemists Limited 1998 Corporate-director View profile
  13. Nijkar & Tozer LTD 2007 Corporate-director View profile
  14. Vera Carmen Smith 1998 Director View profile
  15. Margaret Hemingway 1995 Director View profile
  16. Michael Blakeman 2011-2019 Secretary View profile
  17. Ranald Sidney John Macdonald 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
  18. Gregory John Carter 2004-2005 Secretary View profile
  19. John Anthony Leach 2004 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

About

Incorporated
21/11/1983

Ownership

Owned by (7) 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.

  • Robert Douglas Proctor ceased 2016-04-06
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Gary Taylor ceased 2016-04-06
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Mahmood Dullah Chaudhry ceased 2016-04-06
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Kevin Robert Hudson ceased 2021-07-31
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Kenneth John Black ceased 2016-04-06
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Davies Chemists (Havant) Limited
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • L.Rowland & Company (Retail) Limited
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Possible match - 4 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 4 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Octapharm Limited is controlled by Stephen William Anderson
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2018-08-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Stephen William Anderson.

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

Total assets
-£247,763
Cash
£21,169
Employees
0.07
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
-£155,920

Filed as Small company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.

1 directors on the board

3.6y median 3.6y
average tenure
3.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months
2
corporate seats

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01771643
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data