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J.S. Held UK Limited

J.S. Held UK Limited is an active UK company (number 05088224), incorporated 2004, with 4 current directors including Lee Spirer and Stephen Rodney Lieberman. 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 16

  1. Jonathon Held 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Russell Polin 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Melvyn Barry Sobell 2017-2017 Director View profile
  4. Rt Hon Lord Peter Selwyn Chadlington 2017-2022 Director View profile
  5. Nicholas Jonah Bortman 2015-2016 Director View profile
  6. Franciscus Jozef Post 2014-2016 Director View profile
  7. Robert Andrew Fulton 2007-2017 Director View profile
  8. Patrick Tristram Finucane Grayson 2004-2018 Director View profile
  9. Jatinder Singh 2019-2022 Secretary View profile
  10. Julija Prokofjeva 2019-2019 Secretary View profile
  11. Barbara Raude-Leroy 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  12. Benjamin Thomas Staff 2016-2018 Secretary View profile
  13. Michael Odonnell 2009-2009 Secretary View profile
  14. Richard Edmund Blaksley 2007-2017 Secretary View profile
  15. Andrew Guardino Wordsworth 2004-2016 Secretary View profile
  16. Elspeth Barbara Hedley 2004-2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
30/03/2004

Ownership

Owned by (8) 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.

  • Jonathon Held
    significant influence · notified 2026-01-12
  • Peter Pender Cudlip ceased 2017-01-24
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
  • Andrew Guardino Wordsworth ceased 2016-08-05
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
  • Patrick Tristram Finucane Grayson ceased 2016-08-10
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-08-05
  • Peter Pender Cudlip ceased 2018-12-20
    25-50% shares · notified 2018-04-10
  • Philip Worman ceased 2019-01-02
    25-50% shares · notified 2018-12-21
  • Jonathon Held ceased 2026-01-12
    75-100% shares (firm), 75-100% voting (firm), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2023-04-03
  • GPW Group LTD ceased 2023-04-03
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2018-12-20

Group

  1. J.S. Held UK Limited is controlled by Jonathon Held
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2026-01-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Jonathon Held.

1 other company 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
£4,362,463
Total assets
£4,370,140
Cash
£5,690,747
Employees
100
Turnover
£26,922,924
Profit/loss
£1,240,176

Filed as Medium-sized company 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

1 grant · £7,565 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 Work and Pensions · £7,565

Most recent

  • Department for Work and Pensions £7,5652021-04-01
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.

4 directors on the board

9.7y median 7.7y
average tenure
22y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
05088224
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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