Company
Special Quality Alloys Limited
Special Quality Alloys Limited is an active UK company (number 01985443), incorporated 1986, with 7 current directors including Nicholas Andrew Bury and Michael James Greensmith. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nicholas Andrew BuryDirector · since 2023
- Michael James GreensmithDirector · since 2022
- Dean John MatthewsDirector · since 2015
- Darren Michael PryceDirector · since 2006
- Bennett John BeardshawDirector · since 2005
- Simon Gerald Scott MarshallDirector · since 1998
- Alan Kenneth BeardshawDirector
- Alan Christopher BeardshawSecretary · since 2005
Previous officers 6
- Jason Miller 2017-2024 View profile
- Raymond Wood 1998-2023 View profile
- Roderick Loudon Stevens 1998-2016 View profile
- Peter Green 1993-1995 View profile
- David Birch 1998 View profile
- James Cain 2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 04/02/1986
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- Alan Christopher Beardshaw
25-50% shares · notified 2025-06-01 - Bennett John Beardshaw
25-50% shares · notified 2025-06-01 - Alan Kenneth Beardshaw ceased 2025-06-01
50-75% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Special Quality Alloys Limited
is controlled by Alan Christopher Beardshaw
Evidence
active 25-50% shares · notified 2025-06-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Alan Christopher Beardshaw.
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
- £57,407,424
- Total assets
- £58,555,103
- Cash
- £4,491,148
- Employees
- 0.98
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- £7,592,502
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-05-31. 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.
7 directors on the board
- Michael James Greensmith Director · appointed 2022
- Simon Gerald Scott Marshall Director · appointed 1998
- Alan Kenneth Beardshaw Director
- Dean John Matthews Director · appointed 2015
- Nicholas Andrew Bury Director · appointed 2023
- Bennett John Beardshaw Director · appointed 2005
- Darren Michael Pryce Director · appointed 2006
Directors past 6 years
- Simon Gerald Scott Marshall Director · appointed 1998
- Dean John Matthews Director · appointed 2015
- Bennett John Beardshaw Director · appointed 2005
- Darren Michael Pryce Director · appointed 2006
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Dean John Matthews Director · appointed 2015
- Nicholas Andrew Bury Director · appointed 2023
- Darren Michael Pryce Director · appointed 2006
Portfolio (4)
- Michael James Greensmith Director · appointed 2022
- Simon Gerald Scott Marshall Director · appointed 1998
- Alan Kenneth Beardshaw Director
- Bennett John Beardshaw Director · appointed 2005
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
- 01985443
- 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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