Company
Project Darwin Bidco Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 17
- Peter Nansen Slack 2023-2024 View profile
- Chris Blackwell-Frost 2023-2025 View profile
- Nicholas George Manning 2020-2021 View profile
- Simon Hollingsworth 2019-2020 View profile
- Simon Peet 2018-2019 View profile
- Angela Dillon 2017-2019 View profile
- David John Cole 2017-2022 View profile
- Amy Louise Yateman-Smith 2016-2021 View profile
- Christa Iris Echtle 2016-2021 View profile
- Oliver James Law 2015-2017 View profile
- James Titmuss 2015-2016 View profile
- Andrew James Allen 2015-2021 View profile
- Mark Robert James Turner 2015-2018 View profile
- Steven Peak 2015-2023 View profile
- Mark Spoors 2015-2017 View profile
- Mary Elizabeth Smallbone 2015-2017 View profile
- Ian Michael Gillespie 2015-2017 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 21/07/2015
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.
- Armada Bidco Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-12-08 - Livingbridge GP Company Limited ceased 2021-01-19
50-75% shares, 50-75% shares (firm), 50-75% voting (firm), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2016-04-06 - Livingbridge EP LLP ceased 2021-01-19
50-75% shares (firm), 50-75% voting (firm), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2016-07-20
Group
- Project Darwin Bidco Limited
is controlled by Armada Bidco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-12-08 · source: Companies House PSC register - Armada Bidco Limited
is controlled by Armada Midco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-12-17 · source: Companies House PSC register - Armada Midco Limited
is controlled by Armada Topco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-12-17 · source: Companies House PSC register - Armada Topco Limited
is controlled by Icon Infrastructure LLP
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2020-12-16 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Icon Infrastructure LLP.
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- MES Selchp Holdings LTD
- Alliance Medical Molecular Imaging Limited
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- 16350486
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- Diversified EFW Management Limited
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- Armada Midco Limited
- Direct Medical Imaging 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.
3 directors on the board
- Tobias Zachary Gowers Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Graham Francis Rich Director · appointed 2025
- Lindsay Joanne Dransfield Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Tobias Zachary Gowers Director · appointed 2019
- Lindsay Joanne Dransfield Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Tobias Zachary Gowers Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Graham Francis Rich Director · appointed 2025
- Lindsay Joanne Dransfield Director · appointed 2019
Left in the last 12 months
- Chris Blackwell-Frost Director · appointed 2023 · 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 09696109
- 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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