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Company · Basingstoke

Virtual Centre of Excellence in Mobile and Personal Communications Limited

Wireless telecommunications activities

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

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Previous officers 49

  1. Geoffrey James Akwei Baddoo 2019-2019 Director View profile
  2. Dr Matthew David Higgins 2019-2020 Director View profile
  3. Dr Vasilis Friderikos 2018-2021 Director View profile
  4. Stephen William Wales 2018-2019 Director View profile
  5. Dr David Kenneth Linsdall 2017-2018 Director View profile
  6. Peter Lockhart 2015-2017 Director View profile
  7. Professor Mark Antony Beach 2015-2018 Director View profile
  8. Mischa Dohler 2015-2016 Director View profile
  9. John Scott Thompson 2012-2016 Director View profile
  10. Jeremy Paul Kramskoy 2012-2012 Director View profile
  11. Christopher Nigel Firth 2012-2016 Director View profile
  12. Professor Joseph Peter Mcgeehan 2011-2015 Director View profile
  13. Mark Farrow 2010-2011 Director View profile
  14. Robert Schukai 2010-2010 Director View profile
  15. Wenbing Yao 2010-2012 Director View profile
  16. Lajos Hanzo 2010-2012 Director View profile
  17. Jonathan Railton Legh-Smith 2009-2010 Director View profile
  18. Prof Rahim Tafazolli 2009-2011 Director View profile
  19. Shaun Cairns 2008-2011 Director View profile
  20. Tao Cai 2008-2009 Director View profile
  21. Abdol Hamid Aghvami 2008-2010 Director View profile
  22. Peter Mitchell Grant 2007-2009 Director View profile
  23. Dr Terence Geoffrey Hodgkinson 2006-2008 Director View profile
  24. Professor John Dunlop 2006-2008 Director View profile
  25. Mohr, Werner, Doctor 2005-2005 Director View profile
  26. Lilleberg, Jorma Olavi, Doctor 2004-2007 Director View profile
  27. Christopher George Wildey 2004-2004 Director View profile
  28. Barry George Evans 2004-2006 Director View profile
  29. Stephen Robert Hope 2004-2009 Director View profile
  30. Dr Louis Gwyn Samuel 2004-2006 Director View profile
  31. Dr Stewart James Bruyn 2003-2004 Director View profile
  32. Professor Lajos Hanzo 2003-2005 Director View profile
  33. Gayda, Christian Manuel, Doctor Ing 2003-2004 Director View profile
  34. Peter Anthony Keevill 2002-2003 Director View profile
  35. Dr Sen Lin Zhang 2001-2002 Director View profile
  36. Ian David Chapman 2001-2001 Director View profile
  37. Michael Edwin Barnard 2001-2002 Director View profile
  38. Jeremy David Horton 2001-2001 Director View profile
  39. Kevin Andrew Holley 2000-2001 Director View profile
  40. Dr Walter Harold William Tuttlebee 1999-2011 Director View profile
  41. Ran-Hong Yan 1998-2000 Director View profile
  42. Robert Pavlak 1998-1999 Director View profile
  43. Douglas Roger Pulley 1996-1997 Director View profile
  44. Professor Edwin Ralph Candy 1996-2000 Director View profile
  45. Gerald Anthony Warwick 1996-1999 Director View profile
  46. Michael Walker 1996-2012 Director View profile
  47. Dr Ian Stanley Groves 1996-2000 Director View profile
  48. John Graham Gardiner 1996-1999 Director View profile
  49. Alexander Charles Brooks 1998-2026 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Wireless telecommunications activities; Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Incorporated
06/11/1996
Registered office
Basingstoke

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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. Virtual Centre of Excellence in Mobile and Personal Communications Limited is controlled by Roke Manor Research Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2020-01-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Roke Manor Research Limited is controlled by Chemring Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-09-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Chemring Holdings Limited is controlled by Chemring Group PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-06-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Chemring Group PLC.

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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.

Financials

Net assets
£6,342
Total assets
£6,342
Employees
0.06
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-12-31Not reported£6,342
2025-12-31Not reported£6,342

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

5 directors on the board

8.7y median 10.2y
average tenure
12.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

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.

Finance 1Other services 1Tech and media 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.

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
03276932
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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