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Stansted Airport Limited

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

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Previous officers 48

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Janine Bramall 2020-2025 Director View profile
Steve Mark Griffiths 2020-2022 Director View profile
Andrew David Cowan 2016-2017 Director View profile
Neil Philip Thompson 2013-2020 Director View profile
Andrew David Harrison 2013-2016 Director View profile
Charles Thomas Cornish 2013-2020 Director View profile
James Christopher O'Sullivan 2012-2013 Director View profile
Nicholas Barton 2010-2013 Director View profile
Fidel Lopez-Soria 2010-2012 Director View profile
David Ian Johnston 2009-2010 Director View profile
Stephen Hedley Peat 2009-2010 Director View profile
Stewart Wingate 2007-2009 Director View profile
Donal Dowds 2006-2007 Director View profile
Jose Leo 2006-2013 Director View profile
Margaret Ewing 2004-2006 Director View profile
Dr Duncan Steven Garrood 2004-2006 Director View profile
Mark Patrick Joseph Murphy 2003-2004 Director View profile
Christine Stewart 2003-2004 Director View profile
Terence David Morgan 2002-2009 Director View profile
Joanna Astor 2002-2004 Director View profile
Michael Clasper 2001-2004 Director View profile
Robert David Herga 2001-2009 Director View profile
Andrew Wolstenholme 2000-2002 Director View profile
Christopher Michael Butler 2000-2004 Director View profile
David Jonathan Griffiths 1998-2002 Director View profile
Christopher Robin John Bush 1998-2003 Director View profile
John Norman 1997-2003 Director View profile
Mathew John Riley 1997-2000 Director View profile
Clifford John Phythian 1997-1998 Director View profile
John Julian Stent 1997-2002 Director View profile
David Field 1996-2000 Director View profile
Mears, Andrew John, Bsc (Econ) Aca 1996-2004 Director View profile
Daniel Sloan 1995-1996 Director View profile
Murray Russell Thomas 1995-1997 Director View profile
John Alan Speakman 1993-1997 Director View profile
Colin Edward Hobbs 1995 Director View profile
Adrian James Wright 1994 Director View profile
Sir John Leopold Egan 1999 Director View profile
Ronald Michael John Paternoster 2000 Director View profile
Sir Michael Stewart Hodgkinson 2001 Director View profile
Eric George Lomas 1994 Director View profile
Diane Valerie Ovenden 1996 Director View profile
Shu Mei Ooi 2008-2010 Secretary View profile
Susan Welch 2006-2008 Secretary View profile
Rachel Rowson 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
Maria Bernadette Lewis 1997-2005 Secretary View profile
Gabrielle Mary Williams Hamer 1995-1997 Secretary View profile
Peter John Lott 1995-1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £852,464 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

Stanstead GA Agreements (various).Published for completeness, see description for details Buyer: Home Office £852,464 2015-02-28 CPV 63731000 Source: Contracts Finder
Stanstead GA Agreements (various).This contract award predates the launch of this current version of Contracts Finder. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing departmental contracts.

About

Incorporated: 19/02/1986

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

Stansted Airport Limited 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

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.

Grants received

3 grants · £8,042,563 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Department for Transport · £8,000,000
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £42,563 (2 grants)

Most recent

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £36,4332024-04-01
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £6,1302023-04-01
Department for Transport £8,000,0002020-04-01

Contracts awarded

1 contract · £1,000,000 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

Unknown supplier · £1,000,000

Most recent

United Kingdom-Stansted: Repair and maintenance services of rolling stock Supplier: Unknown£1,000,0002015-10-24

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.

3 directors on the board

John Kenneth O'Toole Director · appointed 2013
Marie Anne Joyce Director · appointed 2026
Gareth William Powell Director · appointed 2022

5.9y median 3.7y

average tenure

13.4y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

John Kenneth O'Toole Director · appointed 2013

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

John Kenneth O'Toole Director · appointed 2013
Marie Anne Joyce Director · appointed 2026
Gareth William Powell 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.

Property 24Professional services 21Transport 14Construction 4Finance 4Business services 2Retail and trade 2Other services 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.

Sources

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

Record details

Company number: 01990920
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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