Company · Guildford
Acal Electronics Limited
Non-trading company
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 24
- Joanna Alwen Harkus Madge 2017-2019 View profile
- Stephen Charles Sydes 2008-2009 View profile
- Malcolm Howard Cooper 2008-2010 View profile
- Jagjit Singh Virdee 2006-2008 View profile
- Steven Carr 2003-2006 View profile
- Andrew Mark Litherland 2003-2006 View profile
- Darren Louis Gray 2000-2010 View profile
- Richard Allen 1999-2004 View profile
- Dennis Aubrey Mcquillan 1997-1999 View profile
- Philip Andrew Taylor 1996-1997 View profile
- Paul Vincent Reeve 1993-2006 View profile
- Clifford John Blakeway 1992-2002 View profile
- Denis Leon Hooper 1990-2006 View profile
- John Osborne 1996 View profile
- Anthony Joseph Laughton 2008 View profile
- Peter William Storey 1993 View profile
- Nigel Lester Offley 1995 View profile
- Nicholas Rowe 2019-2019 View profile
- Gary Preston Shillinglaw 2008-2017 View profile
- Nicholas Rowe 2006-2008 View profile
- Andrew Thomas Bucknell 2003-2005 View profile
- Charles Peter Bithell 2000-2003 View profile
- Simon Brain 1996-2000 View profile
- Mark Wallis 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Non-trading company
- Incorporated
- 05/02/1985
- Registered office
- Guildford
- Previous names
- Discoverie Group Limited (until 28/11/2017)
Acal Electronics Limited (until 08/08/2017)
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.
- Discoverie Holdings LTD
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Acal Electronics Limited
is controlled by Discoverie Holdings LTD
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Discoverie Holdings LTD
is controlled by Discoverie Group PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Discoverie Group PLC.
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- Amega Group Limited
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- Vertec Scientific Limited
- Sedgemoor Group Supplementary Pension Trustees Limited
- Sedgemoor Holdings Limited
- Herga Technology Limited
- Variohm Holdings Limited
- Contour Holdings Limited
- Bosunmark Limited
- Amega Electronics Limited
- Gothic Crellon Limited
- Discoverie Holdings LTD
- Antenova Limited
- Discoverie Nordic Holdings Limited
- 01974765
- Discoverie Electronics Limited
- Eurosensor Limited
- Ixthus Instrumentation Limited
- Cursor Controls Holdings Limited
- Sedgemoor Limited
- Sedgemoor Group Pension Trustees Limited
- Stortech Electronics Limited
- Townsend-Coates Limited
- Heason Technology Limited
- Radiatron Components Limited
- Positek Limited
- Radiatron Holdings Limited
- Cursor Controls Limited
- Noratel UK LTD
- Discoverie Management Services Limited
- Variohm-Eurosensor Limited
- Hivolt Capacitors Limited
- Discoverie Group PLC
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.
2 directors on the board
- Simon Mark Gibbins Director · appointed 2010
- Gregory Davidson-Shrine Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Simon Mark Gibbins Director · appointed 2010
- Gregory Davidson-Shrine Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Simon Mark Gibbins Director · appointed 2010
- Gregory Davidson-Shrine Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
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.
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
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01882927
- 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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