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Qinetiq Target Systems Limited

Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 29

  1. Michael Laren Andrae 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Antonio Sagnelli 2024-2024 Director View profile
  3. Graham Clifford Ollis 2024-2024 Director View profile
  4. Mark David Sydenham 2024-2025 Director View profile
  5. Heather Anne Cashin 2023-2024 Director View profile
  6. Gary Robert Stewart 2023-2025 Director View profile
  7. Richard Duncan Ackerman 2020-2023 Director View profile
  8. Andy Timothy Thorp 2020-2023 Director View profile
  9. John Edward Tobias Clark 2019-2026 Director View profile
  10. Peter Raymond Longstaff 2017-2020 Director View profile
  11. Iain David Farley 2017-2020 Director View profile
  12. Stephen Webster 2016-2017 Director View profile
  13. Michael Patrick Collier 2016-2019 Director View profile
  14. Kim Maria Michelle Garrod 2016-2017 Director View profile
  15. Douglas Russell Webb 2013-2016 Director View profile
  16. Charles James Andrews 2010-2014 Director View profile
  17. Derek John O'Neill 2010-2016 Director View profile
  18. Ian Keith Pargeter 2010-2016 Director View profile
  19. Mark Lees Young 2006-2013 Director View profile
  20. Terence Twigger 2005-2013 Director View profile
  21. Stephen Gareth Young 2005-2016 Director View profile
  22. David Trevor Morgan 2001-2005 Director View profile
  23. Philip Ernest Green 1994-2016 Director View profile
  24. Brian Lionel Hill 1992-1994 Director View profile
  25. Malcolm Selwyn Shaw 1994 Director View profile
  26. Jon Messent 2016-2022 Secretary View profile
  27. Simon Robert Grant 2016-2016 Secretary View profile
  28. Marina Louise Thomas 2006-2016 Secretary View profile
  29. David Henry Clark 2007 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
Incorporated
15/01/1985
Registered office
Farnborough
Previous names
Meggitt Defence Systems Limited (until 23/12/2016)

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. Qinetiq Target Systems Limited is controlled by Qinetiq Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-12-21 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Qinetiq Holdings Limited is controlled by Qinetiq Group Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Qinetiq Group Holdings Limited is controlled by Qinetiq Group PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Qinetiq Group PLC.

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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.

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.

4 directors on the board

0.8y median 0.8y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

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 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

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

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01877695
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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