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Xaar PLC

Company 03320972 Active

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Board DNA

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7
directors on the board
2.8y median 2.4y
average tenure
6.8y
longest tenure
1
directors past 6 years
0 vs 6 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
3
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Professional services 10Manufacturing 6Finance 5Other services 4Education 2Property 1Tech and media 1Transport 1

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Company details

Number03320972
StatusActive
TypePublic Limited Company
Incorporated19/02/1997
Address3950 CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH PARK, WATERBEACH, CAMBRIDGE, CB25 9PE
Accounts next due30/06/2027
Accounts last made up31/12/2025

Industry (SIC)

26110 - Manufacture of electronic components72190 - Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Ownership - persons with significant control (0)

No persons with significant control recorded.

Officers (50)

  • Smith, Warren Secretary · appointed 2026
  • Stocks, Benjamin Denys William Director · appointed 2025
  • James, Paul Anthony Director · appointed 2024
  • Braunschmidt, Inken, Dr. Director · appointed 2024
  • Widdowson, Stuart Guy Director · appointed 2024
  • Sutton, Jacqueline Helen Director · appointed 2023
  • Amos, Richard John Director · appointed 2023
  • Mills, Robert John, Dr Director · appointed 2019
  • Greenwood, Pheobe Former Secretary · appointed 2026 · resigned 2026
  • Crane, Julia Alison Former Secretary · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
  • Cottage, Camila Former Secretary · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
  • Littley, Alison Louise Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2024
  • Tichias, Ian Alan Former Secretary · appointed 2020 · resigned 2024
  • Cottage, Camila Former Secretary · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
  • Kenkare, Shomit Ashok Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
  • LIU, Lili Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
  • LIU, Lily Former Secretary · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
  • Herbert, Andrew Charles Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
  • Morgan, Christopher William Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2023
  • Rice-Jones, Margaret Frances Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2020
  • Brault, James Michael Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
  • Edwards, Douglas James Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
  • Creutzmann, Edmund Dieter Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2015
  • Barham, Richard Michael Kendall Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
  • Cheesman, David Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
  • Bevis, Alexander Peter Former Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2017
  • Wiggans, Edward Charles Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2018
  • Williams, Robin George Walton Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2020
  • Lockett, Gregory Roland Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
  • Borrell Bayona, Ramon Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2014
  • Lawler, Philip James Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2016
  • Eckelmann, Robert Laurence Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2011
  • Eaves, Philip Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2012
  • Taylor, Andrew William Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2011
  • Berry, Nigel Andrew Former Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2008
  • Dinwoodie, Ian Neil Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2015
  • Scott, John Philip Henry Schomberg Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2010
  • Macleod, Gordon Neil Former Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
  • Fineman, Jan Carl Ludvig Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
  • Baker Smith, Hugh Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2005
  • Geary, Michael John Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2005
  • Rosenfeld, Arie Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2007
  • Temple, Stephen Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2007
  • Hook, Robert Charles, Doctor Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Shepherd, Mark Richard Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • King, Richard Ashton Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2008
  • Wylie, Graham Thomas Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Lowe, Jonathan Former Secretary · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
  • Charlton, Peter John Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1997
  • Richards, Martin Edgar Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1997

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