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Horiba Test Automation Limited

Other information technology service activities

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 36

  1. Tae Hwa Lee 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Hiromi Harada 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Ergin Cansiz 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Tetsuhiro Habe 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Dr Axel Waldhelm 2021-2021 Director View profile
  6. Darren John Andrews 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Plank, Robert Lorenz, Doctor 2018-2021 Director View profile
  8. Alexander Pressl 2018-2021 Director View profile
  9. Takeshi Fukushima 2018-2021 Director View profile
  10. Dr Hiroshi Nakamura 2017-2018 Director View profile
  11. Roy David Kinsella 2013-2015 Director View profile
  12. Thomas Eugen Ehmann 2013-2015 Director View profile
  13. Kenneth Patrick Mitera 2012-2020 Director View profile
  14. Jean-Pierre Surin 2011-2018 Director View profile
  15. Satoshi Koyama 2011-2023 Director View profile
  16. Timothy John Yates 2008-2012 Director View profile
  17. Andrew John Keay 2008-2012 Director View profile
  18. David Malcolm Pickett 2007-2008 Director View profile
  19. Hiroshi Kawamura 2006-2017 Director View profile
  20. Dr Masayuki Adachi 2006-2006 Director View profile
  21. Milton Rex Tapp 2006-2012 Director View profile
  22. Neville Stuart Jackson 2005-2007 Director View profile
  23. Michael Ellermann 2005-2006 Director View profile
  24. Simone Faath Arnold 2004-2004 Director View profile
  25. Dr Clive Hickman 2004-2005 Director View profile
  26. Dr Karl Hermann Gerhard Breyer 2004-2006 Director View profile
  27. Takashi Nagano 2002-2018 Director View profile
  28. Joachim Alexander Ludwig 2002-2004 Director View profile
  29. Atsushi Horiba 2001-2002 Director View profile
  30. Rodney James Westhead 2001-2002 Director View profile
  31. John Richard Needham 2001-2001 Director View profile
  32. George Thompson Gillespie 2001-2008 Director View profile
  33. Klaus Goetz 2001-2004 Director View profile
  34. Frank Haun 2001-2002 Director View profile
  35. HP Directors Limited 2000-2001 Corporate-director View profile
  36. Sian Margaret Sweeney 2001-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other information technology service activities
Incorporated
12/09/2000
Registered office
Worcester
Previous names
SRH Systems Limited (until 04/02/2013)

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.

Group

  1. Horiba Test Automation Limited is controlled by Horiba UK Finance Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2023-12-07 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Horiba UK Finance Limited.

1 other company 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.

5 directors on the board

12.9y median 8.4y
average tenure
25.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

  • Tae Hwa Lee Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025

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 6Manufacturing 4Finance 2Property 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.

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
04070217
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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