Company · Salford
Placefirst Limited
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 17
- Nicholas Bull 2022-2025 View profile
- David Mawson 2020-2026 View profile
- Zena Shereen Namih 2020-2025 View profile
- Richard Hunt 2019-2022 View profile
- Adrian Lavan Martyn 2016-2019 View profile
- Peter John Martin 2015-2019 View profile
- Jonathan Ranulph Christian Bryers 2013-2016 View profile
- Michael John Bakewell 2012-2013 View profile
- John Patrick Berry 2012-2013 View profile
- David Smith-Milne 2009-2019 View profile
- George William Patrick Ross 2009-2011 View profile
- Christopher James Ross 2009-2009 View profile
- Richard James Godsland 2019-2021 View profile
- Nichola Louise Halverson 2015-2021 View profile
- Helen Clare Swift 2014-2015 View profile
- Joanne Bird 2011-2014 View profile
- George Davies (Nominees) Limited 2009-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
1 contractFrom 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.
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St James Depot - Procurement of a Development Partner
The Council is seeking a development partner with the relevant experience, capability and resources to deliver a high quality, residential-led development at the Site. The Council proposes to enter into a partnering arrangement with the su…
About
- What it does
- Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 10/11/2009
- Registered office
- Salford
- Previous names
- Gdco 79 Limited (until 11/01/2010)
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.
- David Smith-Milne ceased 2020-09-04
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - PF Bidco Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-05-18
Group
- Placefirst Limited
is controlled by David Smith-Milne
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2020-09-04 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by David Smith-Milne.
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- Redruth Mansfield SPV Limited
- Place Capital Management Services Limited
- Benwell Lane Newcastle SPV Limited
- Cottam Preston SPV Limited
- Stanton Cross Investment CO Limited
- Aura RE Holdings Limited
- Placefirst Architects Limited
- Loop Systems Limited
- 08805709
- Radial Park SPV Opco Limited
- Chingford Road SPV Limited
- Stanton Cross SPV Limited
- Chatsworth Gardens SPV Limited
- Central Street SPV Limited
- Placefirst Topholdco Limited
- The Rise Benwell SPV Limited
- Place Capital Group Limited
- Pine Road Partners Limited
- Nile Villiers SPV Limited
- Norwood Farm SPV Limited
- 07289406
- Portside Middlesbrough Opco Limited
- Clarence Road SPV Limited
- Pyenest Street SPV Limited
- Farringdon ROW SPV Limited
- Sydney Road Crewe SPV Limited
- Lunts Heath Investment CO Limited
- Sandy Lane Coventry SPV Limited
- Lunts Heath Widnes SPV Limited
- TOP Farm Nuneaton 1 SPV Limited
- Perry Barr Birmingham SPV Limited
- 08807324
- Kidlington Oxford Investment CO Limited
- Living BY Placefirst Limited
- Tickford Fields MK SPV Limited
- Tobi Homes Limited
- Barton Quarter Horwich SPV Limited
- Kidlington Oxford SPV Limited
- Placefirst Holdco Limited
- South Marston SPV Limited
- Barton Quarter Investment CO Limited
- Castleward Derby SPV Limited
- Chatsworth Gardens 2 Investment CO Limited
- West Craig Mews SPV Limited
- Woodnook Jvco Limited
- Clarence Road Investment CO Limited
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.
2 directors on the board
- Sanjevan Singh Sanghera Director · appointed 2025
- David Christie Director · appointed 2016
Directors past 6 years
- David Christie Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Sanjevan Singh Sanghera Director · appointed 2025
- David Christie Director · appointed 2016
Left in the last 12 months
- David Mawson Director · appointed 2020 · 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.
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
- 07071980
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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