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Company · Newcastle upon Tyne

Govia Limited

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

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Previous officers 31

  1. Miguel Angel Parras 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Ian Russell Grose 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Louis Frederic Marie Joseph Rambaud 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Sarah Elizabeth Mussenden 2022-2022 Director View profile
  5. Christian Schreyer 2021-2023 Director View profile
  6. Martin Richard Dean 2020-2022 Director View profile
  7. Elodie Marie Francoise Brian 2019-2021 Director View profile
  8. Simon Patrick Butcher 2016-2018 Director View profile
  9. Charles Anthony Hodgson 2013-2020 Director View profile
  10. Alexander John Hynes 2012-2013 Director View profile
  11. Jonathan Kevin Willcock 2012-2013 Director View profile
  12. David Allen Brown 2011-2021 Director View profile
  13. Keith Down 2011-2015 Director View profile
  14. Bernard Denis Maurice Tabary 2011-2023 Director View profile
  15. Malcolm Robert Rimmer 2010-2015 Director View profile
  16. Nicolas Luc Daniel Vandevyver 2009-2015 Director View profile
  17. Stephane Andre Richon 2007-2010 Director View profile
  18. Michel Laurent Masson 2006-2009 Director View profile
  19. Patrick Raymond Jeantet 2005-2011 Director View profile
  20. Thomas William Mclardy Smith 2005-2010 Director View profile
  21. Keith Lawrence Ludeman 2000-2011 Director View profile
  22. Jean-Pierre Deghaye 2000-2007 Director View profile
  23. Yves Magnan 2000-2005 Director View profile
  24. Varagne Franjois 1999-2000 Director View profile
  25. Olivier Michel Georges Barbaroux 1997-1999 Director View profile
  26. Michel Cornil 1997-2000 Director View profile
  27. Keith Anthony Moffatt 1997-2000 Director View profile
  28. Christopher Moyes 1997-2006 Director View profile
  29. Martin Stanley Andrew Ballinger 1997-2004 Director View profile
  30. Carolyn Ferguson 2006-2023 Secretary View profile
  31. Ian Philip Butcher 1997-2007 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
14/11/1996
Registered office
Newcastle upon Tyne

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. Govia Limited is controlled by GO-Ahead Holding Limited
    Evidence
    active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. GO-Ahead Holding Limited is controlled by The GO-Ahead Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. The GO-Ahead Group Limited is controlled by GO-Ahead Investment Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-10-10 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. GO-Ahead Investment Bidco Limited is controlled by GO-Ahead Investment Parent Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-24 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. GO-Ahead Investment Parent Limited is controlled by GO-Ahead Investment Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-24 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. GO-Ahead Investment Midco Limited is controlled by GO-Ahead Investment Topco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-23 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. GO-Ahead Investment Topco Limited is controlled by Kinetic UK Bidco, Limited
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2026-05-22 · source: Companies House PSC register
  8. Kinetic UK Bidco, Limited is controlled by Kinetic UK Midco 2, Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-10-09 · source: Companies House PSC register
  9. Kinetic UK Midco 2, Limited is controlled by Kinetic UK Midco 1, Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-10-09 · source: Companies House PSC register
  10. Kinetic UK Midco 1, Limited is controlled by Kinetic UK Holdco, Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-10-09 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Kinetic UK Holdco, 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.

4 directors on the board

6.2y median 3.4y
average tenure
16.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

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.

Transport 22Professional services 19Business services 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
03278419
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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