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Company · St. Helens

Glass Futures LTD

Manufacture of hollow glass

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 9

  1. Jose Miguel Ivorra 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Dr Richard Hulme 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Mark Edward Higham 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Brian Williams Mcmillan 2019-2024 Director View profile
  5. Yan Cui 2019-2022 Director View profile
  6. Kevin Alan Coles 2019-2023 Director View profile
  7. Ludovic Valette 2019-2025 Director View profile
  8. Dr Peter Kane Jimack 2019-2023 Director View profile
  9. Sheldon Davis 2019-2023 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £100,000 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.

  • FISC Core Funding - AWARD Buyer: CPI (Centre for Process Innovation) £100,000 2025-12-09 CPV 73000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Payment to project partners

About

What it does
Manufacture of hollow glass; Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering; Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Incorporated
12/02/2016
Registered office
St. Helens

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.

  • Richard Anthony Eric Katz
    25-50% voting, appoints directors, appoints directors (firm) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Adrian Thomas Curry
    25-50% voting, appoints directors, appoints directors (firm) · notified 2026-05-26
  • Brian Williams Mcmillan ceased 2026-05-21
    25-50% voting, appoints directors, appoints directors (firm) · notified 2022-11-24
  • Possible match - 5 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 5 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - 2 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 2 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Glass Futures LTD is controlled by Richard Anthony Eric Katz
    Evidence
    active 25-50% voting, appoints directors, appoints directors (firm) · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Richard Anthony Eric Katz.

1 other company 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
£2,780,752
Total assets
£28,265,920
Cash
£1,312,263
Employees
0.54
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£487,997

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-02-28. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

24 grants · £36,545,099 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £31,665,990 (13 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £4,879,109 (11 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £32,1492024-02-15
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £11,6152024-01-22
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £131,3982024-01-22
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £1,013,5592022-08-25
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £480,1212022-08-25

Contracts awarded

1 contract · £75,000 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

  • Unknown supplier · £75,000

Most recent

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

4.4y median 3.4y
average tenure
10.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Manufacturing 5Business services 1Finance 1Professional 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

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
10002698
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/11/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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