Company
Precis (1814) Limited
Activities of head offices
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Previous officers 33
- Noelle Colfer 2019-2020 View profile
- Andrew James Barrett 2018-2025 View profile
- Neil Arthur Wadey 2017-2025 View profile
- Richard Remon Bakker 2017-2018 View profile
- Naresh Kumar Sethi 2016-2019 View profile
- Carola Wiegand 2014-2022 View profile
- Tadeu Luiz Marroco 2012-2016 View profile
- Nicola Snook 2010-2017 View profile
- Michael Scott Hayes 2010-2012 View profile
- Nicandro Durante 2008-2010 View profile
- John Benedict Stevens 2008-2010 View profile
- Antonio Monteiro De Castro 2004-2007 View profile
- Kenneth John Hardman 2001-2014 View profile
- Paul Ashley Rayner 2001-2008 View profile
- Robert James Casey 2001-2019 View profile
- David Andrew Swann 2001-2008 View profile
- David Cameron Potter 2001-2008 View profile
- Paul Nicholas Adams 2001-2004 View profile
- Tessa Rae Raeburn 2001-2002 View profile
- Neil Robert Withington 2000-2010 View profile
- Keith Silvester Dunt 2000-2001 View profile
- David George Stevens 2000-2000 View profile
- Stuart Philip Chalfen 2000-2000 View profile
- Ulrich Georg Volker Herter 2000-2001 View profile
- Shital Mehta 2020-2024 View profile
- Jonathan Michael Guttridge 2019-2020 View profile
- Sophie Louise Edmonds Kerr 2016-2019 View profile
- Sallie Ellis 2013-2015 View profile
- Richard Cordeschi 2008-2013 View profile
- Anne Christine Girling 2006-2008 View profile
- Alan Fraser Porter 2002-2006 View profile
- Aileen Elizabeth Mcdonald 2001-2002 View profile
- Philip Michael Cook 2000-2001 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of head offices
- Incorporated
- 02/09/1999
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.
- Weston Investment Company Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Precis (1814) Limited
is controlled by Weston Investment Company Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Weston Investment Company Limited
is controlled by Weston (2009) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Weston (2009) Limited
is controlled by British American Tobacco (2009) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors (firm), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - British American Tobacco (2009) Limited
is controlled by British American Tobacco (2012) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - British American Tobacco (2012) Limited
is controlled by British American Tobacco (1998) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - British American Tobacco (1998) Limited
is controlled by British American Tobacco P.L.C.
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by British American Tobacco P.L.C..
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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
- Daniel Wang Kit Wong Director · appointed 2025
- Ruth Wilson Director · appointed 2020
- Halahawaduge Kasun Saminda Fernando Director · appointed 2022
3.7y median 4.1y
average tenure
5.8y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Ruth Wilson Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Daniel Wang Kit Wong Director · appointed 2025
- Ruth Wilson Director · appointed 2020
- Halahawaduge Kasun Saminda Fernando Director · appointed 2022
0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months
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.
Professional services 27Finance 5Retail and trade 3Manufacturing 2Dormant 1Property 1
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
- 03835524
- 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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