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Company · Sandbach

Cova Security Gates Limited

Installation of industrial machinery and equipment

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

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Previous officers 13

  1. Jonathan Huseyin Gerald Cowan 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Adrian Harry Kevin Lewis 2018-2018 Director View profile
  3. Jonathan Paul Trott 2018-2024 Director View profile
  4. Susan Mary Wear 2013-2024 Director View profile
  5. Ritchie Bignell 2010-2010 Director View profile
  6. Barry Gordon Wilding 2010-2016 Director View profile
  7. Richard Walter Lawrence 2006-2011 Director View profile
  8. Jeremy Owen Tettmar 2005-2013 Director View profile
  9. Dr Carl Anthony Fermor 2005-2006 Director View profile
  10. Lawrence James Dale 1998-1999 Director View profile
  11. Richard Alan Donaldson 1993-1994 Director View profile
  12. Michele Volpin 2024 Director View profile
  13. Gerald John Denis Cowan 2024 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
Incorporated
11/03/1987
Registered office
Sandbach

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.

Group

  1. Cova Security Gates Limited is controlled by Gerald John Denis Cowan
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-12-13, ceased 2024-06-21 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Gerald John Denis Cowan.

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
£700,783
Total assets
£716,860
Cash
£390,102
Employees
46
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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.

4 directors on the board

2.1y median 2.1y
average tenure
2.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

0
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.

Business services 6Finance 3Other services 2Transport 2Construction 1Dormant 1Manufacturing 1Property 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
02108888
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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