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Cranfield Conference Centre Limited
Hotels and similar accommodation
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 21
- Professor David Richard Oglethorpe 2019-2025 View profile
- Dr John Thomas Glen 2015-2017 View profile
- Prof Maury Alan Peiperl 2015-2017 View profile
- Dr Lynette Joy Ryals 2014-2019 View profile
- Professor Joseph Gerard Nellis 2014-2015 View profile
- John Mark Algar 2013-2014 View profile
- Dr David Julian Butcher 2010-2018 View profile
- Professor Frank Martin Horwitz 2009-2013 View profile
- William Lewis Shedden 2008-2015 View profile
- Michael David Osbaldeston 2003-2009 View profile
- Professor Robin Lee Elder 1997-2001 View profile
- Professor Leo Murray 1994-2003 View profile
- Denise Kim Everitt 1994-1995 View profile
- Philip John Loft 1994-2001 View profile
- Martin Graham Christopher 1994-2003 View profile
- David Harry Bate 1993-1993 View profile
- Neil Philip Wilson 2007-2025 View profile
- Alasdair Maciver 2007-2007 View profile
- Deborah Rachel Ruth Harry 1994-2007 View profile
- Richard Roland Wood 1994-1998 View profile
- Stanley Thomas Mccombie 1993-1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Hotels and similar accommodation; Event catering activities
- Incorporated
- 19/11/1993
- Registered office
- Cranfield
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.
- Cranfield University
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Cranfield Conference Centre Limited
is controlled by Cranfield University
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Cranfield University.
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- Waam3D Limited
- Axsim Racing Limited
- Cranfield Group Holdings Limited
- Cranfield Airport Operations Limited
- Axsim Limited
- Cranfield Management Development Limited
- Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited
- Fresson Group Limited
- Cranfield Simulation Limited
- Fresson Limited
- Silsoe Ventures Limited
- Cranfield Regatta Limited
- Cranfield Quality Services Limited
- Cranfield Defence & Security Services Limited
- Waam3D Employee Benefit Trust Limited
- Cranfield University
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
- £2,605,016
- Total assets
- £2,772,326
- Cash
- £1,524,582
- Employees
- 63
- Turnover
- £5,090,768
- Profit/loss
- £671,220
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. 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.
3 directors on the board
- Professor Lynette Joy Ryals Director · appointed 2025
- Stewart Arthur James Elsmore Director · appointed 1998
- Mark Stuart Threlfall Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Stewart Arthur James Elsmore Director · appointed 1998
- Mark Stuart Threlfall Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Professor Lynette Joy Ryals Director · appointed 2025
- Stewart Arthur James Elsmore Director · appointed 1998
- Mark Stuart Threlfall Director · appointed 2018
Also govern a charity
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
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02873718
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/04/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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