RWS Holdings PLC
Company 03002645 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.
7 directors on the board
- Stephen Lamb Director · appointed 2026
- Andrew Stephen Brode Director · appointed 2000
- Paul Gordon Abbott Director · appointed 2024
- Benjamin Maurice Rene Faes Director · appointed 2025
- Gordon Mckenzie Stuart Director · appointed 2020
- Graham Christopher Cooke Director · appointed 2024
- Frances Mary Hogan Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Andrew Stephen Brode Director · appointed 2000
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Stephen Lamb Director · appointed 2026
- Frances Mary Hogan Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (5)
- Andrew Stephen Brode Director · appointed 2000
- Paul Gordon Abbott Director · appointed 2024
- Benjamin Maurice Rene Faes Director · appointed 2025
- Gordon Mckenzie Stuart Director · appointed 2020
- Graham Christopher Cooke Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- Julie Helen Southern Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Candida Jane Davies Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- David Hugh Clayton Director · appointed 2020 · 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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Atom Content Marketing LTD 1 shared director
- Vehicle Consulting Group Limited 1 shared director
- ITV PLC 1 shared director
- Learning Technologies Group Limited 1 shared director
- GBT Travel Services UK Limited 1 shared director
- Abms Partners Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 03002645 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Public Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 16/12/1994 |
| Address | RWS COMPASS HOUSE, VANWALL BUSINESS PARK, VANWALL ROAD, MAIDENHEAD, BERKSHIRE, SL6 4UB |
| Accounts next due | 31/03/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 30/09/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
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.
- Andrew Stephen Brode ceased 2020-11-04
25-50% shares (trust) · notified 2017-06-26
Owns 24 single-purpose vehicles (project/asset SPVs) iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- RWS Group Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Intrepid Consultants LTD
appoints directors · notified 2020-08-27 - Alterian Holdings Limited
appoints directors · notified 2020-08-27 - Interlingua Group Limited
appoints directors · notified 2020-08-27 - SDL Sheffield Limited
appoints directors · notified 2020-08-27 - SDL Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-11-04 - RWS Global Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-07-07 - RWS UK Holding CO Limited
appoints directors · notified 2023-10-04 - RWS Translations Limited
appoints directors · notified 2023-10-28 - RWS Information Limited
appoints directors · notified 2023-10-31 - RWS (Overseas) Limited
appoints directors · notified 2023-10-31 - SDL Tridion Limited
appoints directors · notified 2023-11-11 - Xyenterprise Limited
appoints directors · notified 2023-11-16 - RWS Language Solutions LTD
appoints directors · notified 2023-12-11 - SDL Nominees Limited
appoints directors · notified 2024-02-04 - SDL (Newbury) Limited
appoints directors · notified 2024-04-08 - Automated Language Processing Services Limited
appoints directors · notified 2024-05-05 - Corporate Translations INC. (UK) LTD
appoints directors · notified 2024-05-17 - SDL Global Holdings Limited
appoints directors · notified 2024-05-27 - Alterian Technology Limited
appoints directors · notified 2025-04-04 - Blackburne Holdings Limited
significant influence · notified 2025-05-21 - Obviously Group Limited
significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2026-05-05 - Wbcap Limited
significant influence · notified 2026-05-05 - Snap Vision LTD
significant influence · notified 2026-05-05
Officers (36)
- Stephen Lamb Director · appointed 2026
- Benjamin Maurice Rene Faes Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Gordon Abbott Director · appointed 2024
- Graham Christopher Cooke Director · appointed 2024
- Jane Celia Hyde Secretary · appointed 2022
- Gordon Mckenzie Stuart Director · appointed 2020
- Frances Mary Hogan Director · appointed 2020
- Andrew Stephen Brode Director · appointed 2000
Show 28 former officers
- Candida Jane Davies Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Julie Helen Southern Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Roderick Day Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2022
- Christopher Guy Desmond Lewey Secretary · appointed 2022 · resigned 2022
- Ian Ramsey Safwat El-Mokadem Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
- David Hugh Clayton Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
- Tomas Kratochvil Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
- Desmond Kenneth Glass Secretary · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
- Desmond Kenneth Neil Glass Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
- Lara Boro Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2024
- Richard James Thompson Secretary · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
- Richard James Thompson Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2021
- Reinhard Karl-Heinz Ottway Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2017
- David Everard Shrimpton Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2021
- Michael Anthony Mccarthy Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2012
- John Charles Ivey Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2010
- Elisabeth Ann Lucas Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2020
- Simon Goodchild Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
- Gillian Shearer Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
- Nicholas Fisher Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- Gavin Mark Kaye Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- Declan Anthony Fitzpatrick Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2001
- David Colin Ingram Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
- Peter Mountford Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2017
- Adrian Effland Bradshaw Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
- Ronald De Young Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2000
- James Stuart Golfar Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 2001
- David Simon Green Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2000
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