Company · Maidenhead
RWS Holdings PLC
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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Stephen LambDirector · since 2026
- Benjamin Maurice Rene FaesDirector · since 2025
- Paul Gordon AbbottDirector · since 2024
- Graham Christopher CookeDirector · since 2024
- Gordon Mckenzie StuartDirector · since 2020
- Frances Mary HoganDirector · since 2020
- Andrew Stephen BrodeDirector · since 2000
- Jane Celia HydeSecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 28
- Candida Jane Davies 2022-2025 View profile
- Julie Helen Southern 2022-2025 View profile
- Roderick Day 2022-2022 View profile
- Ian Ramsey Safwat El-Mokadem 2021-2025 View profile
- David Hugh Clayton 2020-2025 View profile
- Tomas Kratochvil 2018-2020 View profile
- Desmond Kenneth Neil Glass 2017-2022 View profile
- Lara Boro 2017-2024 View profile
- Richard James Thompson 2012-2021 View profile
- Reinhard Karl-Heinz Ottway 2012-2017 View profile
- David Everard Shrimpton 2010-2021 View profile
- John Charles Ivey 2003-2010 View profile
- Elisabeth Ann Lucas 2003-2020 View profile
- Simon Goodchild 2001-2002 View profile
- Gillian Shearer 2001-2002 View profile
- Nicholas Fisher 2001-2003 View profile
- Declan Anthony Fitzpatrick 2001-2001 View profile
- Peter Mountford 2000-2017 View profile
- Adrian Effland Bradshaw 2000-2001 View profile
- Ronald De Young 2000-2000 View profile
- David Simon Green 1994-2000 View profile
- Christopher Guy Desmond Lewey 2022-2022 View profile
- Desmond Kenneth Glass 2017-2022 View profile
- Richard James Thompson 2013-2017 View profile
- Michael Anthony Mccarthy 2003-2012 View profile
- Gavin Mark Kaye 2001-2003 View profile
- David Colin Ingram 2000-2001 View profile
- James Stuart Golfar 1994-2001 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 16/12/1994
- Registered office
- Maidenhead
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.
- Andrew Stephen Brode ceased 2020-11-04
25-50% shares (trust) · notified 2017-06-26
Group
- RWS Holdings PLC
is controlled by Andrew Stephen Brode
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares (trust) · notified 2017-06-26, ceased 2020-11-04 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Andrew Stephen Brode.
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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.
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.
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03002645
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/03/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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