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Automated Language Processing Services Limited

Activities of head offices

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

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Previous officers 21

  1. Sophie Elisabeth Croft 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Christopher Mark Storey 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Dominique Francois Lionnel Lalli 2022-2022 Director View profile
  4. Timothy Mark Everitt 2020-2022 Director View profile
  5. Robert Cant 2019-2020 Director View profile
  6. Christopher Coker 2017-2019 Director View profile
  7. Mark Grant 2014-2017 Director View profile
  8. SDL Limited 2013-2024 Corporate-director View profile
  9. Matthew Knight 2012-2013 Director View profile
  10. Joanne Elizabeth Bridgman 2012-2014 Director View profile
  11. Andrew Nicholas Buckingham 2009-2012 Director View profile
  12. John Hunter 2008-2012 Director View profile
  13. Iain Mcfarlane 2007-2009 Director View profile
  14. Alastair Neil Gordon 2002-2008 Director View profile
  15. John William Adams 2002-2010 Director View profile
  16. Paul Alan Harris 1999-2002 Director View profile
  17. John William Wittwer 2002 Director View profile
  18. Thomas Frank Seal 1997 Director View profile
  19. Michael Edward Harradence 2000-2003 Secretary View profile
  20. David John Marshall 1992-2000 Secretary View profile
  21. Gordon Henry Riddle 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
28/10/1987
Registered office
Manchester

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. Automated Language Processing Services Limited is controlled by RWS Holdings PLC
    Evidence
    active appoints directors · notified 2024-05-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. RWS Holdings PLC is controlled by Andrew Stephen Brode
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares (trust) · notified 2017-06-26, ceased 2020-11-04 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Andrew Stephen Brode.

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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.

3 directors on the board

1.9y median 2.1y
average tenure
3.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

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 20Tech and media 8Finance 7

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
02184473
Status
Liquidation
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/06/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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