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Advanced Development & Safety Laboratories Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 6

  1. Peter James Shippen 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. James Anthony Carter 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. Robert Sumner 2013-2025 Director View profile
  4. Jonathan Bird Sumner 2013-2021 Director View profile
  5. Sarah Marie Zilik 2021-2025 Secretary View profile
  6. Claire Suzanne Bowes-Cavanagh 2008-2021 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
29/05/2008

Ownership

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.

  • COS Bidco Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-01-09

Group

  1. Advanced Development & Safety Laboratories Limited is controlled by COS Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-01-09 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. COS Bidco Limited is controlled by COS Topco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-12-03 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. COS Topco Limited is controlled by Certek Group Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-12-03 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Certek Group Holdings Limited is controlled by Certek Group Midco 2 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-07-09 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Certek Group Midco 2 Limited is controlled by Certek Group Midco 1 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-07-08 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Certek Group Midco 1 Limited is controlled by Certek Group Holdco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-07-03 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. Certek Group Holdco Limited is controlled by David George Harrison
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2024-07-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by David George Harrison.

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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.

Financials

Net assets
£8,710,854
Total assets
£11,580,490
Cash
£439,857
Employees
31
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

1 grant · £10,916 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £10,916

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £10,9162022-04-01
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.

2 directors on the board

9.7y median 9.7y
average tenure
18.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
0
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.

Finance 34Professional services 21Manufacturing 5Retail and trade 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Dormant 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
06605376
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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