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DNV Business Assurance UK Limited

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Previous officers 32

  1. Robert Thomas Stebbings 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Brett Neil Hosken 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. Massimo Berlin 2018-2019 Director View profile
  4. Mervyn Cajetan Fernandez 2018-2022 Director View profile
  5. Jason Cosmo Smerdon 2016-2018 Director View profile
  6. Jahn Henry Lovaas 2013-2018 Director View profile
  7. David Kay Sutcliffe 2013-2016 Director View profile
  8. David Salmon 2011-2017 Director View profile
  9. Douglas Davidson Milne 2007-2016 Director View profile
  10. Rolf Tommy Backelin 2006-2010 Director View profile
  11. Dr Richard Stolk 2005-2007 Director View profile
  12. Paul Stewart Campbell 2002-2003 Director View profile
  13. Michael Richard Stout 2002-2008 Director View profile
  14. Iain Michael Light 2000-2002 Director View profile
  15. Antony Melville Gray 2000-2005 Director View profile
  16. Alan Philip Calder 1998-2002 Director View profile
  17. John Alan Darby 1998-2002 Director View profile
  18. Stephen Charles Preiswerk Tupper 1995-2002 Director View profile
  19. Peter Rodholm 1995-2000 Director View profile
  20. Michael Herbert Forrester 1994-2002 Director View profile
  21. Michael Terence Cullen 1993-2002 Director View profile
  22. Richard Peter Harris 1993 Director View profile
  23. Maurice Resnick 1993 Director View profile
  24. George Alexander Mowatt 1996 Director View profile
  25. Dr Eric Douglas Pape 1995 Director View profile
  26. Rex Burke 1995 Director View profile
  27. Brian William Small 1992 Director View profile
  28. Donald Brown 1994 Director View profile
  29. Anil Sharma 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  30. Ewa Teresa Hardwick 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  31. Kelvin George Alfred Carlton 1993-2000 Secretary View profile
  32. Bruce Pritchard Rees 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
01/10/1987
Registered office
London
Previous names
DNV GL Business Assurance UK Limited (until 07/05/2021)
DNV Certification Limited (until 07/07/2014)

Ownership

Owned by (4) 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. DNV Business Assurance UK Limited is controlled by Jason Cosmo Smerdon
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-01-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Jason Cosmo Smerdon.

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.

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

10.3y median 10.3y
average tenure
16.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
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.

Professional services 4

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
02172892
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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