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Elephant Design Limited

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 15

  1. Julia Elizabeth Cove-Smith 2020-2024 Director View profile
  2. Roy David Balint-Kurti 2015-2023 Director View profile
  3. Adrian Alexander Bridgewater 2003-2014 Director View profile
  4. William Bruce Kendall 2001-2001 Director View profile
  5. David Maurice Benjamin Macmillan 2001-2004 Director View profile
  6. Geoffrey Charles Hancock 2001-2002 Director View profile
  7. John Richard Sale 2001-2002 Director View profile
  8. Edward Johnson 2000-2003 Director View profile
  9. Matthew Frederick William Rice 2020 Director View profile
  10. John Charles Stephen Jourdan 1999 Director View profile
  11. Stephen Hyde 2010-2011 Secretary View profile
  12. Emma Mary Rice 2003-2010 Secretary View profile
  13. Peregrine Marcus Hungerford Pollen 1999-2000 Secretary View profile
  14. John Stanley Burton 1995-1999 Secretary View profile
  15. Alison Fleming 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
10/03/1989

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.

  • Holding EB Company LTD
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-03-11
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Elephant Design Limited is controlled by Holding EB Company LTD
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-03-11 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Holding EB Company LTD is controlled by BGF Nominees Limited
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2020-03-11 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. BGF Nominees Limited is controlled by BGF Group PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-05-23 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. BGF Group PLC is controlled by Uberior Investments Limited
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2017-05-23 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Uberior Investments Limited is controlled by LBG Equity Investments Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-11-20 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. LBG Equity Investments Limited is controlled by Lloyds Banking Group PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-06-26 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Lloyds Banking Group PLC.

706 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.

Financials

Net assets
-£120,962
Total assets
-£120,962
Employees
3
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
-£250,000

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-04-26. 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.

3 directors on the board

14y median 2.5y
average tenure
37.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

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.

Finance 3Manufacturing 3Dormant 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
02359756
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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