Optare PLC
Company 06481690 Active
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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
- Periyakaruppan, Alagusundaram, Mr. Director · appointed 2026
- Venkatesan Venkataraman Director · appointed 2011
7.7y median 7.7y
average tenure
15.2y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Venkatesan Venkataraman Director · appointed 2011
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Periyakaruppan, Alagusundaram, Mr. Director · appointed 2026
- Venkatesan Venkataraman Director · appointed 2011
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also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Gopal Mahadevan Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2026
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.
Manufacturing 2Professional services 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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Hinduja Automotive Limited 1 shared director
- Switch Mobility Limited 1 shared director
- Optare UK Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 06481690 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Public Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 23/01/2008 |
| Address | UNIT B DENBY WAY, HELLABY, ROTHERHAM, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, S66 8HR |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/03/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
29100 - Manufacture of motor vehicles70100 - Activities of head offices
Owned by (1) 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.
- Hinduja Automotive Limited
25-50% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Owns 3 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Jamesstan Investments Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Switch Mobility Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Optare UK Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Officers (29)
- Periyakaruppan, Alagusundaram, Mr. Director · appointed 2026
- Abhijit Mukhopadhyay Secretary · appointed 2012
- Venkatesan Venkataraman Director · appointed 2011
Show 26 former officers
- Palmer, Andrew Charles, Dr Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2022
- Padmanabhan Harihar Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2021
- Nitin Seth Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2021
- Sanjay Saraswat Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2020
- Bhagavathula, Seshu, Dr. Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
- Steven John Norris Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2022
- Venkataraman Thyagarajan Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2017
- Gopal Mahadevan Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2026
- Enrico Vassallo Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
- Anuj Kathuria Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2017
- Per Gustav Nilsson Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
- Kesavan Sridharan Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
- Jorma Halonen Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
- Peter Brian Phillips Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
- Peter Brian Phillips Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
- Sumantran, Venkataramani, Dr Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2011
- Ramaswami Seshasayee Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
- Glenn Craig Saint Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2011
- James Robert Sumner Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
- David Coulson Stonehouse Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
- David Anthony Maughan Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
- Michael James Dunn Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
- John Matthew Fickling Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2020
- Andrew Peter Brian Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2008
- Cobbetts (Secretarial) Limited Corporate-secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2008
- Roy Robert Edward Stanley Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
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