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Avid Technology Limited

Manufacture of other transport equipment n.e.c.

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 20

  1. Mark Cox 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Christopher Roy Pennison 2021-2023 Director View profile
  3. Matthew Boyle 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. Michael Salim Karim 2021-2024 Director View profile
  5. Ryan Jeffrey Morris 2021-2023 Director View profile
  6. Roya Shakoori 2021-2022 Director View profile
  7. Christopher Colston Parker 2019-2021 Director View profile
  8. Graeme Cook 2019-2021 Director View profile
  9. Keith Ternent 2017-2021 Director View profile
  10. David Alun Stark 2017-2019 Director View profile
  11. Iain Young 2016-2021 Director View profile
  12. Louise Maria Fice 2015-2017 Director View profile
  13. Richard Fairchild 2015-2016 Director View profile
  14. William Germaney 2013-2014 Director View profile
  15. Forrest, Howard, Doctor 2005-2016 Director View profile
  16. Jason Lee Hobbs 2005-2009 Director View profile
  17. Hyo Moon Lee 2004-2009 Director View profile
  18. Jon Michael Aitchison 2004-2010 Director View profile
  19. Ryan Ellis Maughan 2003-2021 Director View profile
  20. Ronald Scott 2004-2013 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of other transport equipment n.e.c.
Incorporated
28/11/2003
Registered office
Gateshead
Previous names
Comesys Europe Limited (until 29/12/2010)

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. Avid Technology Limited is controlled by Avid Technology Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Avid Technology Group Limited is controlled by Ryan Ellis Maughan
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2019-02-15 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Ryan Ellis Maughan.

5 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.

Financials

Net assets
-£9,535,897
Total assets
-£9,524,230
Cash
£128,985
Employees
0.43
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity 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.

Grants received

10 grants · £7,288,284 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £7,138,496 (9 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £149,788

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £429,1772022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £-16,8932022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £-172022-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £149,7882020-09-16
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £1,866,5522019-04-01
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.

1 directors on the board

2.1y median 2.1y
average tenure
2.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

  • Mark Cox Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 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.

Finance 2Professional services 2Manufacturing 1Other services 1Retail and trade 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

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
04978723
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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