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Ploughshare Innovations LTD

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

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Previous officers 29

  1. Andrew Darren Portlock 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Dr Rajesh Parekh 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Rebecca Saunders Jones 2021-2021 Director View profile
  4. Re Saunders Jones 2021-2021 Director View profile
  5. Simon Peter Devonshire 2019-2023 Director View profile
  6. Professor Penelope Clare Endersby 2017-2018 Director View profile
  7. Dorothy Glenda Cerys Rees 2017-2020 Director View profile
  8. Dr Andrew John Mackintosh 2015-2021 Director View profile
  9. James Michael Kirby 2014-2020 Director View profile
  10. Piers Adam White 2013-2019 Director View profile
  11. Professor Dame Wendy Hall 2012-2016 Director View profile
  12. Jennifer Maria Henderson 2012-2017 Director View profile
  13. Robert Malcolm Drummond 2010-2016 Director View profile
  14. Mark Charles Hugh Orkell Alexander 2010-2015 Director View profile
  15. Dr Peter Martin Hotten 2009-2014 Director View profile
  16. Stephen Andrew Williams 2009-2010 Director View profile
  17. Stephen John Paul Callister 2009-2021 Director View profile
  18. Nicholas Hugh Winterton 2009-2013 Director View profile
  19. Dr Michael Frank Steeden 2007-2011 Director View profile
  20. Professor Patrick Joseph Dowling 2007-2008 Director View profile
  21. James Alexander Gustave Harold Stewart 2005-2009 Director View profile
  22. Dr Ralph Ecclestone 2005-2013 Director View profile
  23. Nigel Keith Davis 2005-2010 Director View profile
  24. Dr Andrew Malcolm Tulloch 2005-2009 Director View profile
  25. Dr David Andrew Arlwydd Owen 2005-2011 Director View profile
  26. Dr Frances Carolyn Saunders 2005-2007 Director View profile
  27. Mark Andrew Hone 2005-2009 Director View profile
  28. Howard Jonathan Hyman 2002-2005 Director View profile
  29. Anne Moira Hyman 2002-2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
22/03/2002

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Ploughshare Innovations LTD on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

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.

Financials

Net assets
£3,386,871
Total assets
£6,765,613
Cash
£7,662,110
Employees
31
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£341,788

Filed as Small company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.

7 directors on the board

6.6y median 6.3y
average tenure
10.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

1
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.

Transport 5Manufacturing 4Professional services 2Business services 1Other services 1Tech and media 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
04401901
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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