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Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited

Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery

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Who leads it

Previous officers 41

  1. Richard John Hulf 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Traynor, John Joseph, Dt 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Florent Illat 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Dr Paul Anthony Craig 2021-2026 Director View profile
  5. Hanif Nabi 2021-2022 Director View profile
  6. Andrew Edward Crawford 2021-2022 Director View profile
  7. Garrett Anthony Copeland 2018-2021 Director View profile
  8. Iain Gilmour Gray 2017-2025 Director View profile
  9. Paul Hutton 2015-2025 Director View profile
  10. Christopher William Andrew Holliday 2015-2022 Director View profile
  11. Professor Philip John 2012-2017 Director View profile
  12. Darrel Charles 2010-2012 Director View profile
  13. Christopher Martin Earnshaw 2010-2018 Director View profile
  14. Minoo Homi Patel 2004-2012 Director View profile
  15. Neil Philip Wilson 2004-2007 Director View profile
  16. David Harry Bate 2003-2009 Director View profile
  17. Dr Maurice Christopher Scott Dixson 2003-2010 Director View profile
  18. Ian Edward Donovan 2002-2006 Director View profile
  19. Jeffrey Addison Jupp 2002-2015 Director View profile
  20. Professor Patrick Arthur Mckeown 2001-2003 Director View profile
  21. Andrew Crawford Smith 2000-2004 Director View profile
  22. Sir Michael William Patrick Knight 2000-2003 Director View profile
  23. David Paul Gardner 1999-2015 Director View profile
  24. Dr Barrie Mair 1999-2000 Director View profile
  25. Professor Ronald Stanley Fletcher 1996-1998 Director View profile
  26. John Beaumont Scott-Wilson 1996-2001 Director View profile
  27. David Ian Alistair Poll 1995-2018 Director View profile
  28. Denise Kim Everitt 1994-1995 Director View profile
  29. Philip John Aspinall 1994-1998 Director View profile
  30. Peter Lawson 1994-2002 Director View profile
  31. David John Allerton 1993-1998 Director View profile
  32. John Leslie Stollery 1993-1995 Director View profile
  33. Helen Christine Muir 1998 Director View profile
  34. Dennis Howe 1995 Director View profile
  35. Michael John Rycroft 1993 Director View profile
  36. Sebastiano Di Cataldo 2008-2018 Secretary View profile
  37. Nicholas John Henry Calver 2007-2008 Secretary View profile
  38. Alasdair Maciver 1998-2000 Secretary View profile
  39. Deborah Eileen Pay 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  40. Veronica Fay Bailey 1995-1997 Secretary View profile
  41. Stanley Thomas Mccombie 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
Incorporated
22/08/1989
Registered office
Cranfield
Previous names
Cranfield Aerospace Limited (until 28/06/2016)

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. Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited is controlled by Cranfield Group Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2017-07-14, ceased 2023-01-13 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Cranfield Group Holdings Limited is controlled by Cranfield University
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Cranfield University.

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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.

Grants received

7 grants · £6,572,358 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £5,977,055 (4 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £595,303 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £26,2032022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £119,4532022-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £283,4412022-03-24
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £17,5722022-03-24
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £115,1752020-11-01
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

2.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
3.9y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02415720
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
26/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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