Company · Leicester
Cooke Optics Limited
Manufacture of photographic and cinematographic equipment
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 13
- Adrian Spencer Keane 2021-2023 View profile
- Richard Timothy Pugh 2020-2025 View profile
- Dawn Melanie Oatley 2020-2021 View profile
- Guy Noel Genin 2008-2019 View profile
- Kenneth Francis Dibben 1998-2001 View profile
- Jerry Atkins 1998-2006 View profile
- Professor David Michael George Stevens 1998-2008 View profile
- Barbara Lowry 1998-2019 View profile
- Lester Richard Zellan 1998-2020 View profile
- Robert Damian Howard 2008-2020 View profile
- Richard William Davis 1999-2008 View profile
- Paul Robert Sheridan 1998-2004 View profile
- Carl Fredrik Muchardt 1998-1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Manufacture of photographic and cinematographic equipment
- Incorporated
- 11/06/1998
- Registered office
- Leicester
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.
- Chaplin Topco Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-08-01 - Chaplin Bidco Limited ceased 2025-07-24
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-06-29 - Chaplin Midco Limited ceased 2025-08-01
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-07-24
Group
- Cooke Optics Limited
is controlled by Chaplin Topco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-08-01 · source: Companies House PSC register - Chaplin Topco Limited
is controlled by Caledonia Investments PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-07-02 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Caledonia Investments PLC.
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- Caledonia Group Services Limited
- Seven Investment Management LLP
- 7IM Holdings Limited
- Caledonia Financial Limited
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- Clan Rock Topco Limited
- Chaplin Topco Limited
- Edinmore Investments Limited
- Caledonia Treasury Limited
- Garlandheath Limited
- Caledonia Thames Holdings Limited
- Sterling Industries Limited
- Sterling Crewkerne Limited
- Crossbow Bidco Limited
- Clan Rock Bidco Limited
- Caledonia US Investments Limited
- Caledonia Land & Property Limited
- Sloane Club Properties LLP
- Nova Capital GP Investments VII LP
- Buckingham Gate Limited
- Crossbow Midco Limited
- Caledonia Sterling Limited
- Urquhart Engineering Company Limited
- 7IM Investment and Retirement Solutions Limited
- Tcam Asset Management Group Limited
- OC401735
- Crossbow Topco Limited
- Local Housing Group Limited
- Deveronside Trading Company Limited
- The Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Limited
- Games for Good Causes PLC
- Clan Rock Midco Limited
- Amber 2010 Limited
- Airvending Limited
- Local HG Investments Limited
- Edinmore Estates Limited
- 7IM Trustees Limited
- Chaplin Bidco Limited
- Caledonia Ccil Distribution LTD
- Nova Capital GP Investments V LP
- 09458913
- Easybox Self-Storage Limited
- Edinmore Properties Limited
- Crewkerne Investments Limited
- Chaplin Midco Limited
- Caledonia Investments PLC
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.
3 directors on the board
- Simon Richard Lawrence Crebbin Director · appointed 2023
- David Barton Hancock Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Chalmers Bryson Director · appointed 2026
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Simon Richard Lawrence Crebbin Director · appointed 2023
- David Barton Hancock Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Chalmers Bryson Director · appointed 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
- 03579622
- 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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