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Design Futures Limited

Design Futures Limited is an active UK company (number 04980752), incorporated 2003, with 1 current director, Timothy Lloyd Waters. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

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Network

The large node is Design Futures Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Click any node to explore.

Who leads it

Previous officers 5

  1. Graham Thomas Waters 2004-2024 Director View profile
  2. Brian John Hogg 2003-2004 Director View profile
  3. Company Secretaries (Wales) LTD 2004-2017 Corporate-secretary View profile
  4. Rachel Amanda Watkins 2003-2003 Secretary View profile
  5. Dr Caryl Chesswell 2003-2004 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
01/12/2003

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

  • Timothy Lloyd Waters
    75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2024-03-21
  • Graham Thomas Waters ceased 2024-02-22
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Design Futures Limited is controlled by Timothy Lloyd Waters
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2024-03-21 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Timothy Lloyd Waters.

4 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.

1 directors on the board

2.6y median 2.6y
average tenure
2.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
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.

Manufacturing 2Professional services 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
04980752
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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