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Napper Architects Limited

Napper Architects Limited is an active UK company (number 04358355), incorporated 2002, with 3 current directors including Alan Mark Rees and Timothy Joseph Rainford. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

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Previous officers 7

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James Christopher Gilbert 2015-2025 Director View profile
Mark Stuart Bowman 2015-2025 Director View profile
Arthur John Curtis 2011-2014 Director View profile
Howard William Thompson 2011-2015 Director View profile
Eric Carter 2002-2007 Director View profile
Howard William Thompson 2011-2015 Secretary View profile
Robert Bruce Nichol 2002-2011 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £227,530 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

GB-Newcastle upon Tyne: T25/0030 Library Tower Refurbishment - Lead Designer/Design Team Buyer: Northumbria University £227,530 2026-08-06 CPV 71220000 Source: Contracts Finder
Appointment of Lead Designer/Design Team for Library Tower Refurbishment

About

Incorporated: 22/01/2002

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

James Christopher Gilbert
75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust) · notified 2021-02-01
Piran James Reitze ceased 2025-10-06
75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust) · notified 2022-03-03

Group

Napper Architects Limited is controlled by James Christopher Gilbert
Evidence
active 75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust) · notified 2021-02-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by James Christopher Gilbert.

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.

Financials

Net assets: £154,228
Total assets: £154,228
Cash: £137,857
Employees: 0.11
Turnover: Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Five-year trend

Period ending	Turnover	Net assets
2026-02-28	Not reported	£154,228
2025-02-28	Not reported	£93,743

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2026-02-28. 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.

3 directors on the board

Alan Mark Rees Director · appointed 2015
Timothy Joseph Rainford Director · appointed 2015
Graeme Dodd Director · appointed 2002

16y median 11.6y

average tenure

24.7y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Alan Mark Rees Director · appointed 2015
Timothy Joseph Rainford Director · appointed 2015
Graeme Dodd Director · appointed 2002

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Alan Mark Rees Director · appointed 2015
Timothy Joseph Rainford Director · appointed 2015
Graeme Dodd Director · appointed 2002

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

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: 04358355
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Edition: Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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