Company · Highfield, Southampton
University of Southampton Holdings Limited
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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Previous officers 48
- Tamsin Gail Dickinson 2024-2025 View profile
- Julie Marie Fielder 2023-2024 View profile
- Dr Lorna Mairi Colquhoun 2020-2021 View profile
- Ian Derek Dunn 2017-2019 View profile
- Barbara Helen Elizabeth Halliday 2017-2022 View profile
- James Elliot Sturgess 2016-2017 View profile
- Sarah Catherine Pook 2015-2023 View profile
- Professor Judith Petts 2014-2016 View profile
- Michael Sedley Killingley 2009-2015 View profile
- Simon David Higman 2007-2010 View profile
- Rex Herbert Moss Symons 2006-2008 View profile
- Professor Philip Arthur Nelson 2005-2013 View profile
- Prof David Williams 2005-2011 View profile
- Malcolm James Ace 2005-2014 View profile
- Alan James Walker 2005-2009 View profile
- Prof Adam Armstrong Wheeler 2002-2005 View profile
- Dr Bruce Gordon Smith 2001-2006 View profile
- Sir William Arnot Wakeham 2001-2005 View profile
- Professor Ian Diamond 2001-2002 View profile
- Sir Peter John Gregson 2000-2004 View profile
- Professor Paul James Curran 2000-2005 View profile
- Dame Yvonne Moores 2000-2005 View profile
- Professor Kathleen Elizabeth Mcluskie 1999-2005 View profile
- Rennie Fritchie 1998-2000 View profile
- Professor Katharine Mary Crouan 1998-2000 View profile
- Godfrey Whitehead 1997-2003 View profile
- Sir John Whitaker Fairclough 1996-2001 View profile
- Professor Nicholas John Cook 1996-1998 View profile
- Professor Alistair Mitchell Ulph 1995-2001 View profile
- Philip Thomas Ely 1995-1997 View profile
- Lanchester, Peter Compton, Doctor 1994-2000 View profile
- Prof Christine Mary Chinkin 1994-1996 View profile
- Sir Howard Joseph Newby 1994-2001 View profile
- Prof Roy Alfred Farrar 1993-1999 View profile
- Kenneth Francis Dibben 1997 View profile
- John Thirlestone Leonard 1993 View profile
- John Bucknall Kingsley Williams 1998 View profile
- Colin Roger Showell 1994 View profile
- Sir Gordon Higginson 1994 View profile
- Professor David Holt 1995 View profile
- Professor John Barry Large 1994 View profile
- Dr Stanley George Crooks 1996 View profile
- John Frederick David Lauwerys 2007 View profile
- Rebecca Ann Young 2007-2017 View profile
- John Reginald Brooks 1998-2007 View profile
- Carol Lynn Parker 1997-1998 View profile
- Philip Williams 1996-1997 View profile
- Ashley Secretaries Limited 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 30/12/1988
- Registered office
- Highfield, Southampton
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.
- University of Southampton ceased 2026-05-07
75-100% shares · notified 2023-01-16
Group
- University of Southampton Holdings Limited
is controlled by University of Southampton
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares · notified 2023-01-16, ceased 2026-05-07 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by University of Southampton.
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- IT Innovation Limited
- Pasnas Trustee Limited
- Southampton Asset Management Limited
- University of Southampton
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.
4 directors on the board
- Professor Simon Mark Spearing Director · appointed 2022
- Kevin Raymond Argent Director · appointed 2026
- Diana Felicity Galpin Director · appointed 2021
- Sally Jane Crabb Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- Professor Simon Mark Spearing Director · appointed 2022
- Kevin Raymond Argent Director · appointed 2026
- Diana Felicity Galpin Director · appointed 2021
- Sally Jane Crabb Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Tamsin Gail Dickinson Director · appointed 2024 · 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.
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
- 02331936
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/04/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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