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Company · Kidlington

Essentra PLC

Activities of head offices

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 26

  1. John James Clarke 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Modupeola Shakirat Abiola 2022-2026 Director View profile
  3. Nicola Anne Demby 2019-2022 Director View profile
  4. Lili Liu 2018-2022 Director View profile
  5. Ralf Klaus Wunderlich 2017-2025 Director View profile
  6. Paul Anthony Forman 2017-2022 Director View profile
  7. Paul John Lester 2015-2024 Director View profile
  8. Stefan Ludwig Schellinger 2015-2018 Director View profile
  9. Thomas Benedict Breen 2015-2021 Director View profile
  10. Margaret Lorraine Trainer 2013-2020 Director View profile
  11. Peter John Hill 2013-2017 Director View profile
  12. Matthew Gregory 2012-2015 Director View profile
  13. Colin Richard Day 2011-2017 Director View profile
  14. Terence Twigger 2009-2018 Director View profile
  15. Stephen Paul Crummett 2008-2012 Director View profile
  16. Lars Gunnar Emilson 2007-2013 Director View profile
  17. Warren D Knowlton 2006-2007 Director View profile
  18. Paul Heiden 2005-2006 Director View profile
  19. Jeffery Francis Harris 2005-2016 Director View profile
  20. Adrian Richard Auer 2005-2009 Director View profile
  21. Paul Joseph Drechsler 2005-2015 Director View profile
  22. Mark Jeremy Harper 2005-2011 Director View profile
  23. Paul Nicholas Hussey 2005-2005 Director View profile
  24. Emma Reid 2023-2026 Secretary View profile
  25. Jon Michael Green 2005-2022 Secretary View profile
  26. Stephen William Dryden 2005-2008 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
05/05/2005
Registered office
Kidlington
Previous names
Filtrona PLC (until 25/06/2013)

Group

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

28 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.

8 directors on the board

3.2y median 2.8y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity

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 15Business services 4Utilities 2Dormant 1Finance 1Property 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
05444653
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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