Company
Simplehuman (UK) Limited
Simplehuman (UK) Limited is an active UK company (number 04896417), incorporated 2003, with 4 current directors including Karen Louise King and Kenneth Kai Yen. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 2
- Kevin Llewellyn Clark 2011-2012 View profile
- Brad Yen Chen 2003-2011 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 11/09/2003
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.
- Frank Shao Pei Yang
75-100% voting · notified 2016-09-11
Group
- Simplehuman (UK) Limited
is controlled by Frank Shao Pei Yang
Evidence
active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-09-11 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Frank Shao Pei Yang.
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
- £4,650,924
- Total assets
- £4,925,034
- Cash
- £1,149,984
- Employees
- 53
- Turnover
- £26,897,995
- Profit/loss
- £290,089
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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.
4 directors on the board
- Frank Shao Pei Yang Director · appointed 2003
- Kenneth Kai Yen Director · appointed 2024
- James Richard Dowdeswell Director · appointed 2022
- Karen Louise King Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Frank Shao Pei Yang Director · appointed 2003
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Frank Shao Pei Yang Director · appointed 2003
- Kenneth Kai Yen Director · appointed 2024
- James Richard Dowdeswell Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Karen Louise King Director · appointed 2026
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.
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
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04896417
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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