Company · Swindon
Smiths News PLC
Activities of head offices
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Richard Henry Arden ClayDirector · since 2026
- Manju MalhotraDirector · since 2025
- Deborah Anne RabeyDirector · since 2023
- David Charles BlackwoodDirector · since 2020
- Holt, Michael John, DirectorDirector · since 2018
- Mark Argent WhitelingDirector · since 2017
- Jonathan Michael BuntingDirector · since 2010
- Stuart Steven MarrinerSecretary · since 2011
Previous officers 24
- Paul Martin Baker 2021-2025 View profile
- Anthony Liam Grace 2018-2021 View profile
- Jozef Opdeweegh 2018-2019 View profile
- David Gregory Bauernfeind 2016-2018 View profile
- Denise Rosemary Collis 2015-2025 View profile
- Colin Charles Child 2015-2017 View profile
- Paul Gareth Kennedy 2015-2020 View profile
- Nicholas John Gresham 2010-2016 View profile
- Andrew William Brent 2008-2018 View profile
- Dennis Henry Millard 2006-2015 View profile
- John Graham Worby 2006-2016 View profile
- Mark Richard Cashmore 2006-2018 View profile
- John William Anthony Cann 2006-2016 View profile
- Patrick Brendan Fitzmaurice 2006-2008 View profile
- Alan John Humphrey 2006-2010 View profile
- Christopher Luke Mayhew 2006-2006 View profile
- Michael Henry Ellis 2006-2006 View profile
- Kathryn Elizabeth Swann 2006-2006 View profile
- Mary-Teresa Rainey 2006-2006 View profile
- Robert Malcolm Walker 2006-2006 View profile
- Robert John Orr Barton 2006-2006 View profile
- Alan James Stewart 2006-2006 View profile
- Mark Hopwood Charlton 2006-2011 View profile
- Ian Houghton 2006-2006 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of head offices
- Incorporated
- 02/08/2004
- Registered office
- Swindon
- Previous names
- Connect Group PLC (until 02/11/2020)
Smiths News PLC (until 22/04/2014)
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Smiths News PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
22 other companies in this group
- Bluebox Systems Group Limited
- Smiths News Distribution Limited
- Smiths News Instore Limited
- Dawson Holdings Limited
- Phantom Media Limited
- Dawson Media Services Limited
- Connect2U Limited
- Rascal Solutions Limited
- Dawson Guarantee Company Limited
- Smiths News Trading Limited
- Martin Lavell Limited
- Dawson Media Direct Limited
- FMD Limited
- Connect Limited
- Bluebox Aviation Systems Limited
- The BIG Green Parcel Holding Company Limited
- Smiths News Investments Limited
- Smiths News Holdings Limited
- Open-Projects Limited
- Dawson Limited
- Wordery.COM Limited
- Bluebox Avionics Limited
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.
7 directors on the board
- Deborah Anne Rabey Director · appointed 2023
- Mark Argent Whiteling Director · appointed 2017
- Richard Henry Arden Clay Director · appointed 2026
- Holt, Michael John, Director Director · appointed 2018
- David Charles Blackwood Director · appointed 2020
- Manju Malhotra Director · appointed 2025
- Jonathan Michael Bunting Director · appointed 2010
Directors past 6 years
- Mark Argent Whiteling Director · appointed 2017
- Holt, Michael John, Director Director · appointed 2018
- David Charles Blackwood Director · appointed 2020
- Jonathan Michael Bunting Director · appointed 2010
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Deborah Anne Rabey Director · appointed 2023
- Holt, Michael John, Director Director · appointed 2018
Portfolio (5)
- Mark Argent Whiteling Director · appointed 2017
- Richard Henry Arden Clay Director · appointed 2026
- David Charles Blackwood Director · appointed 2020
- Manju Malhotra Director · appointed 2025
- Jonathan Michael Bunting Director · appointed 2010
Left in the last 12 months
- Paul Martin Baker Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05195191
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 28/02/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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