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Airbus Defence and Space Limited

Company 02449259 Active

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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
3.4y median 3.4y
average tenure
4.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years
1 vs 1 portfolio
first-time directors
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.

Business services 3Other services 2Manufacturing 1Public administration 1

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Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

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Company details

Number02449259
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated05/12/1989
AddressGUNNELS WOOD ROAD, STEVENAGE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG1 2AS
Accounts next due30/09/2027
Accounts last made up31/12/2025

Industry (SIC)

30300 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery

Ownership - persons with significant control (2)

  • Airbus Se
    ownership of shares 75-100%
  • Airbus Ds Holdings Bv ceased
    ownership of shares 75-100%

Officers (34)

  • Escott, Katherine Edda Director · appointed 2023
  • Bridge, Benedict Lenthall Director · appointed 2022
  • Shaw, Alan Secretary · appointed 2005
  • EDE, Nigel Ramon Secretary · appointed 2002
  • Franklin, Richard John Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2023
  • Whitehead, Julian Bruce Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2022
  • Stevens, Michael Joseph Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
  • Pittomvils, Edwin Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
  • Beranger, Eric Eugene Albert Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
  • JOY, Aidan Mark Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
  • Healy, Michael, Dr. Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
  • Latham, Desiree Pamela Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
  • Wood, Andrew Patrick Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
  • Dudok, Everardus Wilhelmus Martinus Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
  • Ross, Fiona Elizabeth Former Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
  • Paynter, Colin Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2020
  • Dudok, Evert Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
  • Friston, David John Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
  • Bouvier, Antoine Francois Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2007
  • Grimes, Kristian Edward Former Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
  • Chant, Christopher Alan Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
  • Harwood, Jonathan Alexander Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
  • Kind, Josef Otto Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
  • Carlier, Louis Armand Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
  • Ensslin, Klaus Joerg, Dr Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
  • Scannell, David Anthony Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
  • Chatfield, Melanie Jane Former Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
  • Musgrave, Colin James Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2002
  • Franks, Nicholas Ellis Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2002
  • Wood, Roger Nicholas Brownlow Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
  • King, Ian Graham, Mr. Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Peachey, Eric Albert Former Secretary · resigned 2000
  • Mayne, Peter Robert Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Wignall, Walter Richard Former Director · resigned 1994

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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