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MAN and Machine Limited

MAN and Machine Limited is an active UK company (number 02417402), incorporated 1989, with 2 current directors, Paul Geoffrey Merchant and Markus Pech. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

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Previous officers 6

  1. Philip Martin Read 2013-2024 Director View profile
  2. Esme Terry Bishop 2000-2000 Director View profile
  3. Timothy John William Seaman 2000-2013 Director View profile
  4. Graham Kerry 1995-1997 Director View profile
  5. Hugh Ernest Bishop 2000 Director View profile
  6. Adi Drotleff 1995 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

5 contracts · £141,865 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Industry Standard Design and Modelling Software Buyer: Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council £141,865 2023-06-07 CPV 72000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    This software is required by architects, engineers and construction professionals within many different services across the council (Transportation, Housing, PHP, Environment) for precise 2D and 3D drafting. This software incurs annual subs…

  • UKRI-6110 2026-2027 Autodesk Licenses Buyer: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Annual renewal of existing Autodesk license subscription and support package for the following sites: Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX Daresbury Laboratory Sci-Tech Dare…

  • G Cloud 15 Buyer: Government Commercial Agency Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    G-Cloud 15 (GC15) is the replacement for G-Cloud 14 (GC14), G-Cloud 14 Lot 4 (GC14.4) and Cloud Compute 2 (CC2). It is the largest framework of its kind in the public sector. G-Cloud spend for FY23/24 was £3.1bn and Cloud Compute was £0.5m.…

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  • Industry Standard Design and Modelling Software Buyer: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council Value not published Date not published CPV 72261000 Source: Find a Tender

    The software required by architects, engineers and construction professionals within many different services across the council for precise 2D and 3D drafting.

  • AutoDesk per-user annual subscriptions S535882 Buyer: Norfolk County Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    AutoDesk per-user annual subscriptions S535882 £115000.00

About

Incorporated
29/08/1989

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.

Group

  1. MAN and Machine Limited is controlled by Adi Drotleff
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Adi Drotleff.

2 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
£3,067,484
Total assets
£3,165,654
Cash
£1,125,075
Employees
52
Turnover
£17,622,945
Profit/loss
£1,639,302

Filed as Medium-sized company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

2 directors on the board

8.5y median 8.5y
average tenure
15.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

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.

Dormant 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
02417402
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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