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Company · Uni Road Highfield, Southampton

ECS Partners Limited

Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

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Previous officers 33

  1. Professor Clinton Mark Styles 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Professor James Shafto Wilkinson 2021-2022 Director View profile
  3. Dr Lorna Mairi Colquhoun 2019-2021 Director View profile
  4. Professor Ian David Williams 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Professor Alun Stuart Vaughan 2016-2025 Director View profile
  6. Professor Paul Leonard Lewin 2016-2022 Director View profile
  7. Professor Nicholas Robert Jennings 2015-2016 Director View profile
  8. Professor Michael Butler 2015-2020 Director View profile
  9. Professor Judith Petts 2014-2016 Director View profile
  10. Donald Lloyd Spalinger 2011-2019 Director View profile
  11. Dr Peter George Robin Smith 2011-2015 Director View profile
  12. Dr Kirk Martinez 2009-2014 Director View profile
  13. Professor Nicholas Robert Harris 2009-2015 Director View profile
  14. Dr Cornelis Hendrik De Groot 2009-2019 Director View profile
  15. Neil Maurice White 2009-2015 Director View profile
  16. Hugh William Glaser 2007-2009 Director View profile
  17. Prof Harvey Nicholas Rutt 2007-2011 Director View profile
  18. Robin Axford 2006-2011 Director View profile
  19. Professor Philip Arthur Nelson 2005-2013 Director View profile
  20. Professor Paul James Curran 2004-2005 Director View profile
  21. John Adrian Pickering 2003-2009 Director View profile
  22. Prof Joseph Hammond 2003-2004 Director View profile
  23. Professor Sir Nigel Richard Shadbolt 2003-2008 Director View profile
  24. Professor Dame Wendy Hall 2003-2007 Director View profile
  25. Andrew David Brown 2003-2008 Director View profile
  26. Rosemary Alison Jones 2003-2006 Director View profile
  27. Wcphd Directors Limited 2003-2003 Corporate-director View profile
  28. Gordon John Randell 2010-2010 Secretary View profile
  29. Katie Emma Payne 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  30. Juliette Baker 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  31. Derrick Charles Murray 2007-2008 Secretary View profile
  32. John Reginald Brooks 2003-2005 Secretary View profile
  33. Wcphd Secretaries Limited 2003-2003 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
03/03/2003
Registered office
Uni Road Highfield, Southampton

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. ECS Partners Limited is controlled by University of Southampton
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares · notified 2023-01-16, ceased 2026-05-07 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by University of Southampton.

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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

4.8y median 4y
average tenure
10.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

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.

Finance 4Professional services 4Education 2Business services 1Manufacturing 1Property 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
04684407
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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