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Company · Newcastle upon Tyne

Octric Semiconductors Limited

Manufacture of electronic components

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

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Previous officers 13

  1. Kelly Rene Jones 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Carl Pheasey 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Walter Robert Bashaw Ii 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Ian Richard Croston 2021-2025 Director View profile
  5. Simon Howard Loten 2020-2024 Director View profile
  6. Russell Childs 2018-2020 Director View profile
  7. Thomas James Mcdermott 2017-2024 Director View profile
  8. Gareth Keith Rowles 2017-2024 Director View profile
  9. Dr Bardia Pezeshki 2017-2017 Director View profile
  10. Magnus Ryde 2017-2017 Director View profile
  11. Jo Anne Schwendinger 2018-2023 Secretary View profile
  12. Mary Jane Raymond 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  13. Maclay Murray & Spens LLP 2016-2017 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of electronic components
Incorporated
01/12/2016
Registered office
Newcastle upon Tyne
Previous names
Octric Semiconductor Limited (until 27/09/2024)
II-VI Compound Semiconductors Limited (until 27/09/2024)
Kaiam Laser Limited (until 14/08/2017)
MM&S (5946) Limited (until 16/01/2017)

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.

  • Vindex Limited ceased 2017-07-31
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-12-01
  • II-VI Laser Enterprise LTD ceased 2024-09-27
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-05-02

Group

  1. Octric Semiconductors Limited is controlled by Vindex Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-12-01, ceased 2017-07-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Vindex Limited is controlled by Gilbert Panganayi Chiremba
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2026-03-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Gilbert Panganayi Chiremba.

31 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
£22,129,192
Total assets
£36,978,777
Cash
£7,592,434
Employees
1.3
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
-£5,932,678

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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

1.2y median 1y
average tenure
1.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity
3
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.

Finance 4Professional services 3Retail and trade 2Manufacturing 1Property 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
10505662
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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