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Goonhilly Earth Station Limited

Satellite telecommunications activities

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 6

  1. Spencer Wilson Ziegler 2021-2022 Director View profile
  2. Susan Beavon 2019-2021 Director View profile
  3. Dr Martin Charles Faulkes 2015-2017 Director View profile
  4. Jonathan Robin Boss 2013-2018 Director View profile
  5. Stephen Brian Jones 2009-2017 Director View profile
  6. Ian Martin Jones 2009-2024 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £4,138,850 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • PS25219 - Deep Space Service Tracking Buyer: UK SBS £1,988,850 2025-10-21 CPV 73200000 Source: Contracts Finder

    ***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the CCS DPS RM6235 Space-Enabled and Geospatial Services. Brief Description of Requirement The UK …

  • Barley training and PLEO architecture Buyer: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory £2,150,000 2025-10-09 CPV 73200000 Source: Contracts Finder

    This contract has already been awarded.

About

What it does
Satellite telecommunications activities
Incorporated
05/05/2009
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

  • Ian Martin Jones ceased 2018-05-11
    25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Innosica Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-05-11

Group

  1. Goonhilly Earth Station Limited is controlled by Ian Martin Jones
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-05-11 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Ian Martin Jones.

3 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.

Financials

Net assets
£834,348
Total assets
£7,012,784
Cash
£619,213
Employees
52
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
-£471,624

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-05-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

9 grants · £178,420 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £124,555 (6 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £53,864 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £22,1072024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £20,2212023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £4,6722022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £18,2922022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £3,9662022-04-01
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.

5 directors on the board

6.7y median 4.2y
average tenure
15.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

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 3

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

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
06896077
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
28/02/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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