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Avacta Group PLC

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 28

  1. Darlene Deptula-Hicks 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Shaun Edward Chilton 2023-2026 Director View profile
  3. Dr Samuel Cameron Williams 2019-2019 Director View profile
  4. Eliot Richard Forster 2018-2024 Director View profile
  5. Michael John Owen 2015-2021 Director View profile
  6. Dr Michael Albin 2014-2018 Director View profile
  7. Richard Craig Alan Slater 2013-2017 Director View profile
  8. Dr Trevor John Nicholls 2013-2025 Director View profile
  9. Dr Barry Porter 2009-2011 Director View profile
  10. David Alastair Maclaughlin Smith 2007-2024 Director View profile
  11. Russell Hodgetts 2007-2009 Director View profile
  12. Timothy James Sykes 2006-2015 Director View profile
  13. Alan John Aubrey 2006-2019 Director View profile
  14. Simon Webster 2006-2009 Director View profile
  15. Dr Kurt Justin Baldwin 2006-2009 Director View profile
  16. Professor Anthony William Robards 2006-2014 Director View profile
  17. Dr Gwynfor Owen Humphreys 2006-2015 Director View profile
  18. Daron Lee 2006-2006 Director View profile
  19. Colin Ernest Davies 2003-2006 Director View profile
  20. Brian Paul Bennett 2003-2005 Director View profile
  21. Kui Man Yeung 2003-2006 Director View profile
  22. Keith William Salisbury 2003-2006 Director View profile
  23. Ian William Currie 2003-2003 Director View profile
  24. James Richard Heseltine 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  25. Tony Peter Gardiner 2016-2024 Secretary View profile
  26. Timothy Sykes 2006-2015 Secretary View profile
  27. Mark Anthony Shields 2003-2006 Secretary View profile
  28. Norman Molyneux 2003-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
29/04/2003

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Avacta Group PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

12 other companies 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

3.6y median 4.3y
average tenure
6.4y
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

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 10Professional services 6Manufacturing 2Property 2Dormant 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
04748597
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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