Company · Reading
Payroll Business Solutions Limited
Data processing, hosting and related activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Payroll Business Solutions Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
Previous officers 8
- Tracy Ellison 2022-2023 View profile
- David James Burns 2022-2023 View profile
- Raymond Phillip Berry 2021-2026 View profile
- Christopher Graham Berry 2019-2023 View profile
- Allan James Oehlers 2019-2022 View profile
- Graeme Nicholas Scott 2019-2021 View profile
- Dr Mikhail Alexandrovich Polianskiy 1998-2019 View profile
- Michael Andrew Kelly 1998-2019 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
- Data processing, hosting and related activities
- Incorporated
- 22/09/1998
- Registered office
- Reading
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- Ciphr Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-12-10
Group
- Payroll Business Solutions Limited
is controlled by Ciphr Group Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-12-10 · source: Companies House PSC register - Ciphr Group Limited
is controlled by Ciphr Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-10-15 · source: Companies House PSC register - Ciphr Holdings Limited
is controlled by Christopher Graham Berry
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2020-09-22, ceased 2020-12-18 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Christopher Graham Berry.
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.
2 directors on the board
- Richard Innes Hodgson Director · appointed 2026
- Sion David Lewis Director · appointed 2023
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Richard Innes Hodgson Director · appointed 2026
- Sion David Lewis Director · appointed 2023
Left in the last 12 months
- Raymond Phillip Berry Director · appointed 2021 · 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
- 03638851
- 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