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Tern PLC

Activities of venture and development capital companies

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 31

  1. Matthew Scherba 2020-2023 Director View profile
  2. Richard Keith Turner 2017-2018 Director View profile
  3. Ian Cleland Ritchie 2017-2025 Director View profile
  4. Alan Miles Howarth 2015-2024 Director View profile
  5. Sarah Louise Payne 2015-2024 Director View profile
  6. Albert Ernest Sisto 2014-2023 Director View profile
  7. Michael John Clark 2013-2015 Director View profile
  8. Alastair Rawes Kerr 2013-2014 Director View profile
  9. Bruce Henderson Leith 2013-2023 Director View profile
  10. Angus George Patrick Forrest 2013-2017 Director View profile
  11. Laurence Thomas Martin Read 2013-2015 Director View profile
  12. Frank Hoyt Moxon 2011-2013 Director View profile
  13. Stewart James Dalby 2011-2013 Director View profile
  14. Andrew John Gowdt Morrison 2011-2013 Director View profile
  15. Reinhold Adriaan Maria Heus 2010-2011 Director View profile
  16. Bruce George Alexander Evers 2010-2012 Director View profile
  17. Leo Ernest Vaughan Knifton 2010-2011 Director View profile
  18. William Nigel Valentine Weller 2010-2011 Director View profile
  19. Muriel Valerie Fabienne Zingraff 2008-2009 Director View profile
  20. Matthew Jonathan Cooper 2008-2010 Director View profile
  21. Jack Gordon 2007-2008 Director View profile
  22. Mark Nicholas Watson-Mitchell 2005-2008 Director View profile
  23. May Louise Jennings 2005-2007 Director View profile
  24. Melissa Jane Gilmour 2005-2010 Director View profile
  25. Stirling Michael Murray 2004-2010 Director View profile
  26. Sarah Louise Payne 2015-2023 Secretary View profile
  27. Philippa Anne Keith 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  28. John Roddison 2011-2011 Secretary View profile
  29. Alastair John Kennedy 2006-2009 Secretary View profile
  30. Robin Abeyesinhe 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
  31. Linda Murray 2004-2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of venture and development capital companies
Incorporated
18/05/2004
Registered office
London
Previous names
Silvermere Energy PLC (until 16/08/2013)
Chalkwell Investments PLC (until 14/07/2011)
Silvermere Energy PLC (until 30/06/2011)
Chalkwell Investments PLC (until 10/06/2011)
The Core Business PLC (until 24/03/2010)

Group

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

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.

2 directors on the board

1.7y median 1.7y
average tenure
1.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

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.

Professional services 3Manufacturing 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
05131386
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/06/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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