Company · Gateshead
Express Engineering (Group) Limited
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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 17
- Robin Clive Powell 2023-2025 View profile
- Michael Denis Barker 2020-2022 View profile
- William Germaney 2019-2025 View profile
- Gary Thirlwell 2019-2025 View profile
- Jane Angela Caroline Gilbert Boot 2019-2023 View profile
- John Patterson 2018-2019 View profile
- Gareth Robertson Marshall 2018-2019 View profile
- Mark James Morgan Bevan 2018-2019 View profile
- Eric James Lewis 2017-2018 View profile
- Dale Brent Alderson 2015-2015 View profile
- Christopher Scott Thompson 2013-2025 View profile
- Alasdair Macdonald 2013-2017 View profile
- John Garner 2013-2018 View profile
- Nigel Davison 2013-2017 View profile
- Michael Blakey 2013-2018 View profile
- Squire Sanders Directors Limited 2013-2013 View profile
- Squire Sanders Secretaries Limited 2013-2013 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 11/07/2013
- Registered office
- Gateshead
- Previous names
- Hamsard 3314 Limited (until 08/01/2014)
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- Christopher Scott Thompson ceased 2025-11-25
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Express Engineering Group Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2025-11-25 - LDC (Managers) Limited ceased 2025-11-25
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Express Engineering (Group) Limited
is controlled by Christopher Scott Thompson
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2025-11-25 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Christopher Scott Thompson.
21 other companies in this group
- CST Newcastle Limited
- Express Engineering (Aerospace) Limited
- Express Holdings (Thompson) Limited
- AMS Newcastle Limited
- Mediaworks Holdings LTD
- Storm Promotions and Events Limited
- Express Engineering (Industrial Products) Limited
- Express Engineering Group Holdings Limited
- Signal Plastics Holdings Limited
- Yogo Investments Limited
- SC695616
- Regeneration (North East) LLP
- Mopion Investments Limited
- OC334744
- Express Engineering (Fabrications) Limited
- Mediaworks UK Limited
- Northern Property Partnership LLP
- Express Engineering (Gateshead) Limited
- Express Engineering (Holdings) Limited
- 12377703
- 13776614
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.
7 directors on the board
- Julian Murray Thomas Macbride Director · appointed 2025
- Craig Robert Swinhoe Director · appointed 2025
- Daniel Scott Thompson Director · appointed 2025
- Trevor Hutchinson Director · appointed 2025
- William Barclay Director · appointed 2025
- Neil Ransom Director · appointed 2025
- Gary David Taylor Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Gary David Taylor Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (7)
- Julian Murray Thomas Macbride Director · appointed 2025
- Craig Robert Swinhoe Director · appointed 2025
- Daniel Scott Thompson Director · appointed 2025
- Trevor Hutchinson Director · appointed 2025
- William Barclay Director · appointed 2025
- Neil Ransom Director · appointed 2025
- Gary David Taylor Director · appointed 2018
Left in the last 12 months
- Robin Clive Powell Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Christopher Scott Thompson Director · appointed 2013 · 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
- 08606539
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/06/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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