Company
Engineering Special Steels Limited
Engineering Special Steels Limited is an active UK company (number 02760491), incorporated 1992, with 1 current director, David John Eastcroft. 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 14
- Alan Alexander Macpherson 2017-2020 View profile
- Dr Paul Jeremy Smith 2012-2013 View profile
- Philip Dennison Barker 2011-2017 View profile
- David John Barrass 2009-2017 View profile
- Philip David Kirkham 2008-2009 View profile
- Duncan Paul Milner 2002-2013 View profile
- Robert Griffith Parry 1993-2002 View profile
- John Anthony Robinson 1993-2004 View profile
- Gordon Smith 1993-2002 View profile
- Alexander Miller 1992-2007 View profile
- Paul James Nicholson 1992-2006 View profile
- Phillip Barker 2011-2017 View profile
- Richard Nicholas Keighley 2009-2011 View profile
- Steven Horne 1997-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 30/10/1992
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.
- Howat Group PLC
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-09-06
Group
- Engineering Special Steels Limited
is controlled by Howat Group PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-09-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Howat Group PLC
is controlled by Malcolm Newall Howat
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-08-08, ceased 2017-08-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Malcolm Newall Howat.
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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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £1
- Total assets
- £1
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. 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.
1 directors on the board
- David John Eastcroft Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- David John Eastcroft Director · appointed 2020
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
- A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision
Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02760491
- 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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