Company
Manchester Airport PLC
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Previous officers 104
- Janine Bramall 2020–2025 View profile
- Karen Smart 2020–2022 View profile
- Andrew David Cowan 2017–2020 View profile
- Neil Philip Thompson 2011–2020 View profile
- Andrew David Harrison 2011–2011 View profile
- Penny Ann Coates 2010–2012 View profile
- Charles Thomas Cornish 2010–2020 View profile
- Kenneth Duncan 2008–2011 View profile
- Andrew John Cornish 2007–2010 View profile
- Richard Neil Pike 2005–2007 View profile
- Rowena Burns 2004–2008 View profile
- Johnson, John, Cllr 2003–2003 View profile
- David Roger Jones 2003–2003 View profile
- Geoffrey Muirhead 2003–2010 View profile
- David Anthony Lancaster 2003–2003 View profile
- David William Leather 2003–2003 View profile
- John Byrne 2002–2003 View profile
- David Mario Kennedy 2002–2002 View profile
- Michael Geoffrey Medlicott 2002–2003 View profile
- Acton, David, Councillor 2002–2003 View profile
- John Richard Clayton Spooner 2002–2003 View profile
- Norman John Renfrew 2002–2002 View profile
- Kathleen Theresa Robinson 2002–2003 View profile
- Howarth, Robert Lever, Councillor 2002–2002 View profile
- Wiiliam John Heynes 2002–2003 View profile
- Risby, William Thomas, Cllr 2002–2003 View profile
- Charles William Victor Hinds 2002–2003 View profile
- Andrew David Meehan 2002–2003 View profile
- John Michael Hancock 2002–2002 View profile
- Margaret Salmon 2002–2002 View profile
- Philip Martin Ridal 2001–2005 View profile
- Mather, Brian John, Councillor 2001–2001 View profile
- Dr Richard David Knowles 2000–2001 View profile
- Gerald Jones 2000–2000 View profile
- Howard Sykes 2000–2001 View profile
- John Flanagan 2000–2001 View profile
- Morris, Clifford, Councillor 2000–2001 View profile
- Gordon Conquest 1999–2000 View profile
- Collins, Leo, Councillor 1999–2001 View profile
- Candler, Martin Edward, Cllr 1999–2001 View profile
- Roy Blake Walters 1999–2001 View profile
- Hugh Barrett 1999–2000 View profile
- Evans, Glynn, Councillor 1998–2001 View profile
- Ashley, Simon Charles, Councillor 1998–2001 View profile
- John David Merry 1998–2001 View profile
- Shaw, Derek, Councillor 1998–2001 View profile
- Claire Margaret Mary Nangle 1998–2002 View profile
- Dr Pauleen Alice Lane 1997–2001 View profile
- Horace Frederick Ridley 1997–2002 View profile
- Cooley, Susan, Councillor 1997–2001 View profile
- Allen John Brett 1997–2002 View profile
- Margaret Sheila Smith 1997–1999 View profile
- Roberts, Peter Lewis, Councillor 1997–2002 View profile
- William Henry Savage 1997–2001 View profile
- Peter John Joinson 1996–2001 View profile
- Keller, Joyce Enid, Councillor 1996–2002 View profile
- Griffith Berry 1996–2001 View profile
- Pagel, Martin Donald, Councillor 1996–2001 View profile
- James Dobbin 1996–1997 View profile
- Rowswell, Kevin John, Councillor 1996–1998 View profile
- Rt Hon Baroness Beverley June Hughes 1995–1997 View profile
- Dorothy Anne Rathbone 1995–1999 View profile
- Jones, John Roger, Councillor 1994–1998 View profile
- Stephen Richard Perkins 1994–2001 View profile
- Anthony James Stuart 1994–1997 View profile
- Geoff Muirhead 1993–2002 View profile
- Malcolm Charles Edis 1993–1995 View profile
- Egerton, William, Councillor 1993–1994 View profile
- Warren, Niel, Councillor 1993–1999 View profile
- Needham, John Colin, Councillor 1993–1994 View profile
- Colin Macalister 1993–1999 View profile
- Paul Anthony Connellan 1992–1996 View profile
- Raymond Douglas Colley 1992–1996 View profile
- Frank Henry Eadie 1995 View profile
- Brian Jerome Strett 2002 View profile
- Colin Warbrick 1996 View profile
- Harrison, Brian, Councillor 2003 View profile
- Lord Peter Richard Charles Smith 2002 View profile
- Sir Richard Charles Leese 2001 View profile
- Graham Eric Stringer 1997 View profile
- Burns, Anthony, Councillor 1999 View profile
- Wareing, Martin, Councillor 1996 View profile
- Sir Gilbert Williamson Thompson 1993 View profile
- Bullas, John Laurence, Councillor 1994 View profile
- William Moores 1993 View profile
- John Neil Pantall 1997 View profile
- Paul John Rowen 1996 View profile
- Laurence Jackson 1993 View profile
- John Flanagan 1996 View profile
- Riley, Margaret, Councillor 1996 View profile
- Samuel Roy Oldham 2001 View profile
- Keith Arthur Whitmore 1998 View profile
- Johnson, Helen, Councillor 1995 View profile
- Dunn, Valerie Elizabeth, Councillor 1996 View profile
- John Arthur Foster 2000 View profile
- Silverman, Sidney Carl, Councillor 1993 View profile
- Bullows, May, Councillor 1995 View profile
- John Bernard Battye 2000 View profile
- Peter Girvan Hilton 1996 View profile
- Smith, Winifred, Councillor 1995 View profile
- Nilofar Alderman Siddiqi 2001 View profile
- David Arthur Teale 2001 View profile
- Franklin, Kenneth, Councillor 2001 View profile
- Mark Hendrick 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 18/11/1985
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.
- Manchester Airport Group Finance Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Manchester Airport PLC
is controlled by Manchester Airport Group Finance Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Manchester Airport Group Finance Limited
is controlled by Manchester Airport Group Investments Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2018-03-29 · source: Companies House PSC register - Manchester Airport Group Investments Limited
is controlled by Manchester Airport Finance Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Manchester Airport Finance Holdings Limited
is controlled by Manchester Airports Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Manchester Airports Holdings Limited.
38 other companies in this group
- Manchester Airport Aviation Services Limited
- MAG Overseas Investments LTD
- M.A.G DC Pension Trustee LTD
- MAG Investments US LTD
- Manchester Airport Group Finance Limited
- Worknorth Limited
- East Midlands Airport Property Investments (Offices) Limited
- Manchester Airport Group Property Developments Limited
- Stansted Airport Limited
- Manchester Airport Property Investments (Industrial) Limited
- Manchester Airport Group Funding PLC
- Manchester Airport CAR Park (1) Limited
- East Midlands Airport Property Investments (Hotels) Limited
- Airport Petroleum Limited
- Manchester Airport Property Investments (Hotels) Limited
- East Midlands Airport Core Property Investments Limited
- Ringway Handling Limited
- Airport Services International Limited
- MAG US (Apollo) Limited
- Manchester Airport Finance Holdings Limited
- Emia Pension Trustee LTD
- Manchester Airport Group Property Services Limited
- Cavu Group Limited
- Ringway Developments Limited
- Worknorth II Limited
- Airport Advertising Limited
- East Midlands International Airport Limited
- East Midlands Airport Property Investments (Industrial) Limited
- MAG Bahamas Holdings LTD
- Manchester Airport Group Investments Limited
- East Midlands Airport Nottingham Derby Leicester Limited
- MAG Airport Limited
- M.A.G Pension Trustee Limited
- Ringway Handling Services Limited
- Manchester Airport Ventures Limited
- Bainsdown Limited
- Manchester Airport Property Investments (Offices) Limited
- Manchester Airports Holdings Limited
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 for researchers
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.
3 directors on the board
- John Kenneth O'Toole Director · appointed 2022
- Marie Anne Joyce Director · appointed 2026
- Chris Woodroofe Director · appointed 2022
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- John Kenneth O'Toole Director · appointed 2022
- Marie Anne Joyce Director · appointed 2026
- Chris Woodroofe Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Janine Bramall Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01960988
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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