Company
Rayner Spencer Mills Research Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Previous officers 9
- Robin Kinchin 2024–2025 View profile
- Edward Dymott 2024–2025 View profile
- Ross William Wilson 2022–2024 View profile
- David Jason White 2021–2024 View profile
- Jo French 2021–2022 View profile
- Keith Samuel Hare 2019–2021 View profile
- Ian Robert Cooke 2019–2021 View profile
- Graham John Austin O'Neill 2016–2019 View profile
- Caroline Louise Spencer 2004–2012 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 10/09/2004
Ownership
Owned by (4) 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.
- Allan Geoffrey Mills ceased 2018-12-18
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Kenneth Andrew Rayner ceased 2025-01-07
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Regulus Bidco Limited
50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-01-07 - Benchmark Capital Limited ceased 2025-01-07
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-12-18
Group
- Rayner Spencer Mills Research Limited
is controlled by Allan Geoffrey Mills
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-12-18 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Allan Geoffrey Mills.
2 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 for researchers
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.
6 directors on the board
- Kenneth Andrew Rayner Director · appointed 2004
- Matthew Lloyd Timmins Director · appointed 2025
- Duncan John Andrew Milliken Director · appointed 2025
- David Thompson Director · appointed 2025
- Robin John Edgcumbe Minter-Kemp Director · appointed 2016
- Allan Geoffrey Mills Director · appointed 2004
Directors past 6 years
- Kenneth Andrew Rayner Director · appointed 2004
- Robin John Edgcumbe Minter-Kemp Director · appointed 2016
- Allan Geoffrey Mills Director · appointed 2004
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (6)
- Kenneth Andrew Rayner Director · appointed 2004
- Matthew Lloyd Timmins Director · appointed 2025
- Duncan John Andrew Milliken Director · appointed 2025
- David Thompson Director · appointed 2025
- Robin John Edgcumbe Minter-Kemp Director · appointed 2016
- Allan Geoffrey Mills Director · appointed 2004
Also govern a charity
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
- 05227656
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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