Company · London
The Official UK Charts Company Limited
Other information service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is The Official UK Charts Company Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
- Paul FirthDirector · since 2026
- Linda WalkerDirector · since 2024
- Nick AllumDirector · since 2024
- James McguinnessDirector · since 2023
- Dr Joanna Louise TwistDirector · since 2023
- Safiya Lambie-KnightDirector · since 2023
- Charlotte Erin Elizabeth De Burgh-HolderDirector · since 2022
- Andrew Steven HillDirector · since 2018
- David HawkesDirector · since 2016
- Henry Gordon SemmenceDirector · since 2016
- Korda MarshallDirector · since 2008
- Kim Sarah BayleyDirector · since 2003
- Kiaron James WhiteheadSecretary · since 2014
Previous officers 64
- Sophia Mary Jones 2023-2023 View profile
- Azadeh Eftekhari 2021-2022 View profile
- Daniel Curr Mcqueen Chalmers 2020-2023 View profile
- Sulinna Fatemah Ong 2019-2021 View profile
- James Nicholas Robert Morton 2018-2021 View profile
- Thomas Connaughton 2018-2019 View profile
- Charles James Wood 2018-2022 View profile
- Melanie Alexandra Armstrong 2017-2018 View profile
- Eduard CastellÓ 2017-2019 View profile
- Peter Raymond Leggatt 2016-2018 View profile
- Peter Selby 2016-2017 View profile
- Christopher Meredith O'Reilly 2015-2018 View profile
- Nicholas Bruce Hartley 2014-2016 View profile
- Kevin Paul Brown 2014-2017 View profile
- Derek Richard Allen 2014-2021 View profile
- Paul Firth 2013-2026 View profile
- Rudolf Carlos Do Amaral Osorio 2013-2017 View profile
- Raoul Chatterjee 2013-2015 View profile
- Mark Terry 2012-2016 View profile
- Robert Antony Keith Salter 2010-2013 View profile
- Nicky Howard Raphael 2010-2011 View profile
- Russel David Coultart 2009-2013 View profile
- Mike Edward John Smith 2008-2010 View profile
- Benjamin Charles Drury 2008-2024 View profile
- Gary Thomas Warren 2008-2010 View profile
- David Spencer Joseph 2007-2010 View profile
- Taylor, Geoffrey Michael Windsor, Mister 2007-2022 View profile
- Adrian Paul Sear 2006-2014 View profile
- Mark Richardson 2006-2006 View profile
- Tony Wadsworth 2006-2007 View profile
- Brian Rose 2005-2016 View profile
- Simon Terence Douglas 2005-2007 View profile
- James Douglas Batchelor 2005-2007 View profile
- Paul Quirk 2005-2015 View profile
- Steve Redmond 2004-2007 View profile
- Dennis Malcolm Henderson 2004-2005 View profile
- Richard Philip Izard 2003-2005 View profile
- Stephen John Knott 2003-2007 View profile
- Stephen John Gallant 2003-2003 View profile
- David Simon Wright 2002-2004 View profile
- Peter Nicholas Jamieson 2002-2007 View profile
- Richard Glyn Wootton 2002-2005 View profile
- David John Pryde 2001-2003 View profile
- Robert Adrian Stringer 2001-2006 View profile
- Alan Young 2001-2002 View profile
- Helen Randles 2001-2001 View profile
- Peter Alan Waterman 2000-2006 View profile
- Deborah Poll 2000-2001 View profile
- Andrew Charles Robinson Yeates 2000-2004 View profile
- John Deacon 1998-2000 View profile
- Robert George Lewis 1998-2003 View profile
- Stephen Terence Prebble 1998-2005 View profile
- Brian Finbar Mclaughlin 1998-2001 View profile
- Paul Jeffrey Burger 1998-2000 View profile
- John Patrick Kennedy 1998-2001 View profile
- Timothy Richard Coles 1998-2000 View profile
- Andrew Hector Gray 1998-2003 View profile
- Nicholas Marc Glynn 2008-2014 View profile
- Timothy William Major 2008-2008 View profile
- Christopher Elder Kangis 2007-2008 View profile
- Steven Robert James Whyte 2007-2007 View profile
- Rosalind Barbara Austin Groome 2000-2007 View profile
- Peter Scaping 1998-2000 View profile
- Helen Mary Kerr Smith 1998-1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- Other information service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 04/02/1998
- Registered office
- London
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.
- Entertainment Retailers Association
25-50% shares · notified 2017-02-04 - BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited
25-50% shares · notified 2017-02-04
Group
- The Official UK Charts Company Limited
is controlled by Entertainment Retailers Association
Evidence
active 25-50% shares · notified 2017-02-04 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Entertainment Retailers Association.
5 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.
12 directors on the board
- James Mcguinness Director · appointed 2023
- Linda Walker Director · appointed 2024
- Safiya Lambie-Knight Director · appointed 2023
- David Hawkes Director · appointed 2016
- Charlotte Erin Elizabeth De Burgh-Holder Director · appointed 2022
- Nick Allum Director · appointed 2024
- Paul Firth Director · appointed 2026
- Kim Sarah Bayley Director · appointed 2003
- Korda Marshall Director · appointed 2008
- Henry Gordon Semmence Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Joanna Louise Twist Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew Steven Hill Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- David Hawkes Director · appointed 2016
- Kim Sarah Bayley Director · appointed 2003
- Korda Marshall Director · appointed 2008
- Henry Gordon Semmence Director · appointed 2016
- Andrew Steven Hill Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- James Mcguinness Director · appointed 2023
- Safiya Lambie-Knight Director · appointed 2023
- David Hawkes Director · appointed 2016
- Charlotte Erin Elizabeth De Burgh-Holder Director · appointed 2022
- Nick Allum Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (7)
- Linda Walker Director · appointed 2024
- Paul Firth Director · appointed 2026
- Kim Sarah Bayley Director · appointed 2003
- Korda Marshall Director · appointed 2008
- Henry Gordon Semmence Director · appointed 2016
- Dr Joanna Louise Twist Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew Steven Hill Director · appointed 2018
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Paul Firth Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- 03507334
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data