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Heathrow Express Operating Company Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 56

  1. Daniel Mark James Edwards 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Christopher John Annetts 2021-2021 Director View profile
  3. Leslie Freer 2018-2020 Director View profile
  4. Michael Peter Hodson 2018-2025 Director View profile
  5. Anthony Joseph Caccavone 2018-2022 Director View profile
  6. Derek Provan 2017-2017 Director View profile
  7. Stephen Paul Chambers 2017-2019 Director View profile
  8. Andrew Hugh Macmillan 2017-2021 Director View profile
  9. Jonathan Daniel Coen 2016-2017 Director View profile
  10. Simon Peter Earles 2016-2017 Director View profile
  11. Fraser Alexander Brown 2015-2018 Director View profile
  12. Brian Robert Woodhead 2014-2016 Director View profile
  13. Normand Boivin 2014-2017 Director View profile
  14. Christopher Edward Wastie Green 2013-2018 Director View profile
  15. Fidel Lopez-Soria 2012-2014 Director View profile
  16. Keith Gordon Greenfield 2011-2015 Director View profile
  17. John William Holland Kaye 2011-2012 Director View profile
  18. Terence David Morgan 2011-2011 Director View profile
  19. Benjamin Wilfrid Harding 2011-2013 Director View profile
  20. Nicholas John Cullen 2010-2011 Director View profile
  21. Mark Patrick Joseph Murphy 2010-2011 Director View profile
  22. Richard Leslie Robinson 2009-2011 Director View profile
  23. Michael William Tuke Brown 2009-2010 Director View profile
  24. Luis Angel Sanchez Salmeron 2007-2009 Director View profile
  25. Stephen Roy Baxter 2007-2007 Director View profile
  26. Anthony John Douglas 2006-2007 Director View profile
  27. Robert John Smallwood 2006-2018 Director View profile
  28. John Michael Temple 2006-2006 Director View profile
  29. Janis Carol Kong 2005-2006 Director View profile
  30. Terence Alan Osborne 2004-2006 Director View profile
  31. David John Springthorpe 2004-2005 Director View profile
  32. Eryl Martin Smith 2003-2005 Director View profile
  33. Manpartap Singh 2002-2006 Director View profile
  34. Jonathan David Long 2001-2004 Director View profile
  35. Christine Stewart 2001-2003 Director View profile
  36. Vernon Leslie Murphy 2001-2006 Director View profile
  37. Jeremy Stewart Muir 2000-2002 Director View profile
  38. Jeremy Peter Job 1999-2003 Director View profile
  39. Brian Raven 1999-2009 Director View profile
  40. Alun Martin Thomas 1999-2001 Director View profile
  41. Roger Cato 1998-2001 Director View profile
  42. Gordon Charles Pettitt 1996-1999 Director View profile
  43. Charles Richard Browne Goldson 1996-1997 Director View profile
  44. William Robert Clarke 1996-2004 Director View profile
  45. John Russell Fotheringham Walls 1996-1999 Director View profile
  46. Richard Kevin Smith 1996-1998 Director View profile
  47. Harry Rodney Hoare 1996-1999 Director View profile
  48. Richard Leslie Everitt 1996-1999 Director View profile
  49. Michael Peter Maine 1996-1998 Director View profile
  50. John Edward Michael Dillon 1996-1996 Director View profile
  51. Leon Neal 1996-1996 Director View profile
  52. Shu Mei Ooi 2008-2010 Secretary View profile
  53. Susan Welch 2006-2008 Secretary View profile
  54. Rachel Rowson 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
  55. Maria Bernadette Lewis 1997-2005 Secretary View profile
  56. Gabrielle Mary Williams Hamer 1996-1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
11/01/1996

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. Heathrow Express Operating Company Limited is controlled by Heathrow Airport Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Heathrow Airport Limited is controlled by Heathrow (AH) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Heathrow (AH) Limited is controlled by Heathrow (SP) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Heathrow (SP) Limited is controlled by Heathrow Finance PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Heathrow Finance PLC is controlled by Heathrow (DSH) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Heathrow (DSH) Limited is controlled by LHR Airports Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. LHR Airports Limited is controlled by Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  8. Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited is controlled by ADI Finance 2 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  9. ADI Finance 2 Limited is controlled by ADI Finance 1 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  10. ADI Finance 1 Limited is controlled by FGP Topco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by FGP Topco Limited.

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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.

6 directors on the board

4.7y median 4.3y
average tenure
9.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Transport 4Professional services 2Retail and trade 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03145133
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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