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Octopus Apollo VCT PLC
Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 14
- Claire Elizabeth Catherine Finn 2021-2025 View profile
- Hambro, Alexander Robert, Hon 2016-2025 View profile
- Ian Phares Pearson 2016-2017 View profile
- James Otter 2014-2021 View profile
- Robert James Johnson 2010-2012 View profile
- Matthew Jonathan Cooper 2006-2016 View profile
- Arthur William Crawford Morgan 2006-2014 View profile
- Neil Linton Wilson 2006-2010 View profile
- Michael Edwards 2006-2006 View profile
- Parisha Kanani 2018-2020 View profile
- Nicola Board 2013-2018 View profile
- Tracey Jane Spevack 2011-2013 View profile
- Celia Linda Whitten 2007-2011 View profile
- Neil Damian Osmond 2006-2007 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
- Incorporated
- 07/06/2006
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- Octopus Apollo VCT 3 PLC (until 27/09/2012)
Octopus Protected VCT PLC (until 12/08/2010)
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Octopus Apollo VCT PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
10 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.
5 directors on the board
- Gillian Denise Elcock Director · appointed 2023
- Lindsay Diane Dodsworth Director · appointed 2025
- Graeme James Gunn Director · appointed 2025
- William Murray Black Steele Director · appointed 2012
- Christopher John Powles Director · appointed 2012
Directors past 6 years
- William Murray Black Steele Director · appointed 2012
- Christopher John Powles Director · appointed 2012
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Christopher John Powles Director · appointed 2012
Portfolio (4)
- Gillian Denise Elcock Director · appointed 2023
- Lindsay Diane Dodsworth Director · appointed 2025
- Graeme James Gunn Director · appointed 2025
- William Murray Black Steele Director · appointed 2012
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Claire Elizabeth Catherine Finn 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05840377
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/07/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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