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Msds Marine Limited

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

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Who leads it

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

3 contracts · £6,922 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.

About

Incorporated
17/09/2015

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.

  • Mark Edward James
    25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Alison James
    25-50% shares · notified 2018-05-24 - confirmed: also a director of this company

Group

  1. Msds Marine Limited is controlled by Mark Edward James
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Mark Edward James.

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
£24,458
Total assets
£155,702
Employees
18
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Abridged accounts (unaudited).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

66 grants · £1,034,760 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £498,056 (35 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £274,558 (18 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £163,324 (7 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £98,821 (6 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £14,9052024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £35,1402024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £26,7512024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £18,9692024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £8,0002024-04-01
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.

3 directors on the board

8.5y median 8.1y
average tenure
10.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

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.

Retail and trade 2Professional services 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.

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
09782276
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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