Company
NGF Europe Limited
NGF Europe Limited is an active UK company (number 02586467), incorporated 1991, with 5 current directors including Xuefei Gu and Kenji Saito. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 36
- Keisuke Kajihara 2021-2025 View profile
- Kenji Matsuda 2021-2021 View profile
- Hiroshi Nishida 2019-2021 View profile
- Colin Arthur Hamand 2015-2024 View profile
- Dr Chris Stevens 2015-2023 View profile
- Daigo Furuichi 2015-2015 View profile
- Mitsuharu Akiyama 2013-2025 View profile
- Katsuaki Matsui 2011-2015 View profile
- Toshiya Fujii 2010-2014 View profile
- Yoshikazu Morita 2010-2015 View profile
- Koki Takeshima 2009-2011 View profile
- Satoru Kawaguchi 2009-2012 View profile
- Masanori Kawasaki 2008-2009 View profile
- Koji Maehara 2006-2011 View profile
- Yoshinori Yamamoto 2005-2009 View profile
- Hidetoshi Mochizuki 2004-2010 View profile
- Makato Fujii 2003-2005 View profile
- Akio Kisaichi 2003-2004 View profile
- Shinichiro Yokoyama 2002-2008 View profile
- David Anthony Farmer 2001-2023 View profile
- Tsuneyuki Matsuoka 2001-2003 View profile
- Nobuo Kimura 2001-2003 View profile
- Hiroshi Kishimoto 1998-2002 View profile
- Naotomo Akashi 1996-2001 View profile
- Yoshiharu Homma 1996-1998 View profile
- Sumio Yoshida 1995-1996 View profile
- Akira Matsumoto 1994-1998 View profile
- Akinobu Okamura 1992-2008 View profile
- Yozo Izuhara 1992-1996 View profile
- Yasuhiro Kimoto 1992-2001 View profile
- Frederick David Monk 1991-2003 View profile
- Masayoshi Shimizu 1991-1995 View profile
- Masahiko Tarumizu 1991-1992 View profile
- Brian John Kelly 1991-2011 View profile
- Eiichi Futakado 1991-1992 View profile
- Naotaka Todoroki 1991-2001 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 27/02/1991
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above NGF Europe Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company 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.
Grants received
3 grants · £125,359 total360Giving 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 Energy Security and Net Zero · £73,684
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £51,675 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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.
5 directors on the board
- Gerrard Lee Farnworth Director · appointed 2015
- Iain Michael Smith Director · appointed 2019
- Xuefei Gu Director · appointed 2025
- Kenji Saito Director · appointed 2025
- Alistair George Richard Poole Director · appointed 2008
Directors past 6 years
- Gerrard Lee Farnworth Director · appointed 2015
- Iain Michael Smith Director · appointed 2019
- Alistair George Richard Poole Director · appointed 2008
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Gerrard Lee Farnworth Director · appointed 2015
- Xuefei Gu Director · appointed 2025
- Kenji Saito Director · appointed 2025
- Alistair George Richard Poole Director · appointed 2008
Portfolio (1)
- Iain Michael Smith Director · appointed 2019
Left in the last 12 months
- Keisuke Kajihara Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
- Mitsuharu Akiyama Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2025
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.
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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02586467
- 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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