Company · Nottingham
Watch Bidco Limited
Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 4
- Gordon Biggart Cameron 2015-2022 View profile
- Mark Egerton 2015-2023 View profile
- Alan Browning Mackay 2015-2019 View profile
- Michael Irvine Mortimer 2015-2019 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Research and experimental development on biotechnology
- Incorporated
- 20/11/2015
- Registered office
- Nottingham
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- Quad UK Bidco Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2020-12-16
Group
- Watch Bidco Limited
is controlled by Quad UK Bidco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2020-12-16 · source: Companies House PSC register - Quad UK Bidco Limited
is controlled by Quad UK Midco 2 Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-07-11 · source: Companies House PSC register - Quad UK Midco 2 Limited
is controlled by Quad UK Midco 1 Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-07-11 · source: Companies House PSC register - Quad UK Midco 1 Limited
is controlled by Quad UK Topco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2019-09-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Quad UK Topco Limited
is controlled by Sixplatform IX Limited
Evidence
active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-07-31 · source: Companies House PSC register - Sixplatform IX Limited
is controlled by Permira VI Investment Platform Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-11-22 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Permira VI Investment Platform Limited.
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- Etna UK Topco Limited
- Sixplatform X Limited
- Corin Finco Limited
- Quad UK Topco Limited
- Triton Newco 1 Limited
- Corin Group Holdings Limited
- Quad UK Midco 1 Limited
- Everest UK Holdco Limited
- Etna UK Newco Limited
- Norma Bidco Limited
- Quad UK Midco 2 Limited
- Triton Interco 1 Limited
- Utelly Limited
- Sixplatform VII Limited
- Synamedia Limited
- Ascot Topco Limited
- Crevette Investment Limited
- Corin AUS Finco Limited
- Crevette Holdings Limited
- Sixplatform V Limited
- Corin Holdco Limited
- Synamedia Holdings Limited
- Quotient Sciences Limited
- Triton UK Midco Limited
- Quad UK Bidco Limited
- 06374212
- Quotient Sciences (Reading) Limited
- 14969312
- 14969319
- Triton Newco 2 Limited
- Corin Midco Limited
- Sixplatform VI Limited
- Corin US Finco Limited
- Comet Midco II Limited
- Sixplatform IX Limited
- Triton Interco 2 Limited
- Sixplatform III Limited
- Corin Bidco Limited
- Sixplatform Viii Limited
- Permira VI Investment Platform 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
- Thierry Andre Van Nieuwenhove Director · appointed 2023
- Desmond Kenneth Neil Glass Director · appointed 2022
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Thierry Andre Van Nieuwenhove Director · appointed 2023
- Desmond Kenneth Neil Glass Director · appointed 2022
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
- 09881898
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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