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Company · Swindon

Connect Limited

Non-trading company

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

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Previous officers 20

  1. Paul Martin Baker 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Anthony Liam Grace 2018-2021 Director View profile
  3. Jozef Opdeweegh 2018-2019 Director View profile
  4. David Gregory Bauernfeind 2016-2018 Director View profile
  5. Nicholas John Gresham 2010-2016 Director View profile
  6. Mark Richard Cashmore 2006-2018 Director View profile
  7. Alan John Humphrey 2006-2010 Director View profile
  8. Alan James Stewart 2005-2006 Director View profile
  9. Kathryn Elizabeth Swann 2003-2006 Director View profile
  10. Richard Gordon Handover 2001-2003 Director View profile
  11. Beverley Cliffe Hodson 2001-2004 Director View profile
  12. John Anthony Warren 2000-2005 Director View profile
  13. Gerard Maxwell Hughes 1994-1998 Director View profile
  14. Philip Alan Stevens 1994 Director View profile
  15. Richard Chisholm Thorpe 1996 Director View profile
  16. Christopher Stanley Rule 1998 Director View profile
  17. Mark Hopwood Charlton 2006-2011 Secretary View profile
  18. Ian Houghton 1996-2006 Secretary View profile
  19. Colin Anthony White 1996-2001 Secretary View profile
  20. Susan Helen Bull 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Non-trading company
Incorporated
10/04/1986
Registered office
Swindon
Previous names
Smiths News 2006 Limited (until 21/11/2013)

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. Connect Limited is controlled by Smiths News Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Smiths News Holdings Limited is controlled by Smiths News PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Smiths News PLC.

22 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
£1
Total assets
£1
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. 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.

2 directors on the board

3.6y median 3.6y
average tenure
6.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

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.

Professional services 28Retail and trade 6Business services 3Dormant 2Finance 2Tech and media 2

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
02008952
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/05/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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