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Smithkline Beecham Limited

Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products

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

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Previous officers 42

  1. Richard John Latchford 2021-2022 Director View profile
  2. Erika Patteson-Brent 2020-2021 Director View profile
  3. Ciara Martha Lynch 2020-2020 Director View profile
  4. Adam Walker 2019-2020 Director View profile
  5. Simon Paul Dingemans 2011-2019 Director View profile
  6. Julian Spenser Heslop 2009-2011 Director View profile
  7. The Wellcome Foundation Limited 2000-2002 Corporate-director View profile
  8. Wellcome Limited 2000-2002 Corporate-director View profile
  9. Sir Ian Maurice Gray Prosser 1999-2000 Director View profile
  10. Andrew Robert John Bonfield 1999-2000 Director View profile
  11. Dr Lucy Shapiro 1996-2000 Director View profile
  12. Lord Edmund John Phillip Browne 1996-1999 Director View profile
  13. Baroness Gloria Dorothy Hooper 1994-2000 Director View profile
  14. Yamada, Tadataka, Doctor 1994-2005 Director View profile
  15. Paul Arthur Allaire 1993-2000 Director View profile
  16. John Alan Young 1993-2000 Director View profile
  17. Sir Christopher Anthony Hogg 1993-2000 Director View profile
  18. Jean Pierre Garnier 1992-2005 Director View profile
  19. Harry Connelly Groome 1992-1996 Director View profile
  20. Donald Mchenry 2000 Director View profile
  21. Birgit Breuel 1992 Director View profile
  22. Alain Gomez 1993 Director View profile
  23. Ralph Aloysius Pfeiffer Jr 1993 Director View profile
  24. William Robert Grant 1998 Director View profile
  25. Hugh Robert Collum 1998 Director View profile
  26. Andrew Robert Fowell Buxton 1996 Director View profile
  27. Robert Patten Bauman 1994 Director View profile
  28. James White 1994 Director View profile
  29. Francis Paul Lucier 1992 Director View profile
  30. John Foster Bray Hunter 1992 Director View profile
  31. Jan Leschly 2000 Director View profile
  32. Henry Wendt 1994 Director View profile
  33. Dr George Henry Poste 1999 Director View profile
  34. Sir Robert Anthony Clark 1995 Director View profile
  35. Sir Peter Ingram Walters 2000 Director View profile
  36. Simon Michael Bicknell 2001-2011 Secretary View profile
  37. Alison Marie Horler 1996-1996 Secretary View profile
  38. Malcolm David Hewitt 1996-1996 Secretary View profile
  39. Clare Alexandra Mcclintock 1996-1996 Secretary View profile
  40. James Ralph Beery 1994-2001 Secretary View profile
  41. David John Stevens 1991-1995 Secretary View profile
  42. Ian Main Ferguson Balfour 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products; Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Incorporated
24/01/1989
Registered office
London

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.

Group

  1. Smithkline Beecham Limited is controlled by Glaxosmithkline Finance PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Glaxosmithkline Finance PLC is controlled by Glaxosmithkline Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Glaxosmithkline Holdings Limited is controlled by GSK PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by GSK PLC.

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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.

1 directors on the board

4.4y median 4.4y
average tenure
4.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months
2
corporate seats

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.

Manufacturing 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.

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02337959
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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