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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 37

  1. Stephen Sadler 2019-2022 Director View profile
  2. Carl Gilbert Smith 2013-2019 Director View profile
  3. Jaison Dolvane 2013-2019 Director View profile
  4. Stuart Darling 2012-2013 Director View profile
  5. George Alexander Ralph 2012-2013 Director View profile
  6. Wayne Barker 2010-2012 Director View profile
  7. John Trevor Gooch 2009-2011 Director View profile
  8. Richard James Baker 2009-2010 Director View profile
  9. James Stewart Crosbie Palmer 2008-2008 Director View profile
  10. Pauline Janice Ingram 2008-2012 Director View profile
  11. Bruce Kirkpatrick Anderson 2008-2009 Director View profile
  12. Saleha Williams 2007-2007 Director View profile
  13. Royston Hoggarth 2007-2013 Director View profile
  14. Matthew Joseph Edwin Lobo 2006-2013 Director View profile
  15. Colin Shave 2006-2007 Director View profile
  16. William Tudor Brown 2005-2013 Director View profile
  17. Charles Andrew Maltby 2005-2006 Director View profile
  18. David Kynaston 2005-2013 Director View profile
  19. Richard Bruce Farleigh 2004-2004 Director View profile
  20. Stephen Michael Reeder 2003-2006 Director View profile
  21. Anthony Lindsay Caplin 2002-2007 Director View profile
  22. Rhys Grossman 2002-2003 Director View profile
  23. Dr David Anthony Jonathan Hoskin 2002-2002 Director View profile
  24. Matthew Peter Taylor 2001-2005 Director View profile
  25. David Nigel Mackay 2001-2003 Director View profile
  26. John Frederick Hartz 2000-2005 Director View profile
  27. John George Cherry 2000-2001 Director View profile
  28. Charles Edward Chadwyck Healey 1999-2004 Director View profile
  29. Thackray, Jonathan Graham, Doctor 1999-2000 Director View profile
  30. Martin Seymour Coulson 1993-1999 Director View profile
  31. Alexander Rupert Van Someren 1993-2000 Director View profile
  32. Nicholas Benedict Van Someren 1993-1999 Director View profile
  33. Douglas Craig Bryson 2019-2022 Secretary View profile
  34. Paul Martin Rendell Dodd 2003-2007 Secretary View profile
  35. Alexandra Katherine Pitt 1999-2002 Secretary View profile
  36. Simon Andrew Woodward 1997-2012 Secretary View profile
  37. David Arthur Fell 1993-2013 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
28/05/1993

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. Espial Limited is controlled by Enghouse Networks (UK) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-03 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Enghouse Networks (UK) Limited is controlled by Enghouse Holdings (UK) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Enghouse Holdings (UK) Limited is controlled by Enghouse Interactive (UK) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Enghouse Interactive (UK) Limited is controlled by Enghouse Interactive Holdings (UK) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Enghouse Interactive Holdings (UK) Limited.

9 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
£5,292,338
Total assets
£5,292,338
Cash
£3,284,362
Employees
1
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Small company accounts.

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-10-31Not reported£5,292,338
2025-10-31Not reported£5,292,338

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-10-31. 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

4.3y median 4.3y
average tenure
4.3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

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.

Tech and media 13Manufacturing 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.

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
02822565
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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