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Open Text UK Limited

Business and domestic software development

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 23

  1. Madhu Ranganathan 2018-2025 Director View profile
  2. Oliver Gallienne 2016-2022 Director View profile
  3. John Marshall Doolittle 2014-2018 Director View profile
  4. Simon David Harrison 2013-2016 Director View profile
  5. David Wareham 2011-2012 Director View profile
  6. Gordon Allan Davies 2009-2022 Director View profile
  7. Paul Joseph Mcfeeters 2007-2014 Director View profile
  8. John Shackleton 2006-2009 Director View profile
  9. John Anthony Kirkham 2006-2007 Director View profile
  10. Alan Hoverd 2006-2007 Director View profile
  11. Anthony George Heywood 1997-1999 Director View profile
  12. Gerrit Bus 1996-1996 Director View profile
  13. Paul Thomas Jenkins 1996-2006 Director View profile
  14. Michael Fernando Acedo 2022-2026 Secretary View profile
  15. Gordon Davies 2009-2022 Secretary View profile
  16. John Trent 2007-2009 Secretary View profile
  17. Jason Richard Leaf 2006-2007 Secretary View profile
  18. Andrew Dixon 2005-2005 Secretary View profile
  19. Nigel Sandow 2001-2005 Secretary View profile
  20. Petra Hale 1998-2001 Secretary View profile
  21. Miranda Houghton 1996-1998 Secretary View profile
  22. William Mcandrew 1996-1996 Secretary View profile
  23. Marco Palatini 1996-1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

3 contracts · £78,991 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • OpenText Support and Maintenance Buyer: FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME LIMITED £78,991 2025-10-01 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Support and Maintenance for OpenText Software

  • G Cloud 15 Buyer: Government Commercial Agency Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    G-Cloud 15 (GC15) is the replacement for G-Cloud 14 (GC14), G-Cloud 14 Lot 4 (GC14.4) and Cloud Compute 2 (CC2). It is the largest framework of its kind in the public sector. G-Cloud spend for FY23/24 was £3.1bn and Cloud Compute was £0.5m.…

    Framework
  • 002814 Software Licence and Support renewal for OpenText Buyer: British Library Board Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Software Licence and Support renewal for OpenText-licensing

About

What it does
Business and domestic software development; Information technology consultancy activities; Other information technology service activities
Incorporated
18/01/1996
Registered office
Reading

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Open Text UK Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

10 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.

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.

2 directors on the board

9.7y median 9.7y
average tenure
15.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
1
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 36Finance 12Professional services 4

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
03148093
Status
Active
Type
Private 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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