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Optimal Monitoring Limited
Technical testing and analysis
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 9
- Norman Barnett 2006-2008 View profile
- Stephen Francis Murphy 2000-2001 View profile
- David Thomas Boyce 1999-2000 View profile
- Martin Robert Henderson 1999-1999 View profile
- Mary Isobel Whimster 2002-2010 View profile
- Avinash Chandra Vashisht 2001-2002 View profile
- John Gerard Sullivan 2001-2001 View profile
- David Andrew Spruzen 2000-2001 View profile
- Graham Robert Bell 1999-2010 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Technical testing and analysis
- Incorporated
- 08/06/1999
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- Optimal Communications Limited (until 18/11/2008)
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.
- Melvin Anthony Lawson
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2025-10-07 - Jersey House (Developments) Limited
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2025-10-07 - Optimal Monitoring Holdings Limited ceased 2025-10-07
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Optimal Monitoring Limited
is controlled by Melvin Anthony Lawson
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2025-10-07 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Melvin Anthony Lawson.
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Financials
- Total assets
- £1,218,178
- Cash
- £25,644
- Employees
- 13
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- -£165,105
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
6 directors on the board
- Bharat Kantilal Thakrar Director · appointed 2008
- Melvin Anthony Lawson Director · appointed 2008
- Stephen David Cook Director · appointed 2023
- Duncan John Everett Director · appointed 2015
- Michael Stanley Prager Director · appointed 2015
- David Fraser Hobbs Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Bharat Kantilal Thakrar Director · appointed 2008
- Melvin Anthony Lawson Director · appointed 2008
- Duncan John Everett Director · appointed 2015
- Michael Stanley Prager Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Duncan John Everett Director · appointed 2015
Portfolio (5)
- Bharat Kantilal Thakrar Director · appointed 2008
- Melvin Anthony Lawson Director · appointed 2008
- Stephen David Cook Director · appointed 2023
- Michael Stanley Prager Director · appointed 2015
- David Fraser Hobbs Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03788490
- 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.
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