Company · Manchester
Software Circle PLC
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 12
- Jan-Hendrik Markus Mohr 2016-2024 View profile
- Conrad Christian Bona 2015-2024 View profile
- Pavel Begun 2012-2017 View profile
- Dr Christian Helmut Deckart 2012-2013 View profile
- Hans Scheffer 2010-2012 View profile
- Peter Robert Gunning 2001-2022 View profile
- Leslie Alan Wheatley 2000-2016 View profile
- Reginald George Hardie 2000-2012 View profile
- Anthony Rafferty 2000-2015 View profile
- HL Secretaries Limited 2001-2004 View profile
- Peter Fergusson Clark 2000-2001 View profile
- Alan Quine Roberts 2000-2018 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 28/04/2000
- Registered office
- Manchester
- Previous names
- Grafenia PLC (until 16/10/2023)
Printing.COM PLC (until 19/07/2013)
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Software Circle PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
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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.
7 directors on the board
- Iain Stewart Brown Director · appointed 2020
- Matthias Siegfried Riechert Director · appointed 2022
- Richard Alan Lightfoot Director · appointed 2015
- Simon Gregory Barrell Director · appointed 2018
- Bradley Leonard Ormsby Director · appointed 2024
- Marc Kay Maurer Director · appointed 2024
- Gavin Graham Cockerill Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Iain Stewart Brown Director · appointed 2020
- Richard Alan Lightfoot Director · appointed 2015
- Simon Gregory Barrell Director · appointed 2018
- Gavin Graham Cockerill Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Marc Kay Maurer Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (6)
- Iain Stewart Brown Director · appointed 2020
- Matthias Siegfried Riechert Director · appointed 2022
- Richard Alan Lightfoot Director · appointed 2015
- Simon Gregory Barrell Director · appointed 2018
- Bradley Leonard Ormsby Director · appointed 2024
- Gavin Graham Cockerill Director · appointed 2018
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
- 03983312
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public 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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