Company · Liverpool
Utility Design LTD
Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 1
- Paul Morris 2020-2022 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store
- Incorporated
- 17/08/2017
- Registered office
- Liverpool
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.
- Katherine Theresa Cowie
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2017-08-17 - Richard Thomas Mawdsley
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2017-08-17 - Richard Skelton
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2017-08-17 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Utility Design LTD
is controlled by Katherine Theresa Cowie
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2017-08-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Katherine Theresa Cowie.
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
- -£236,426
- Total assets
- -£213,496
- Cash
- £86,632
- Employees
- 0.17
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
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.
5 directors on the board
- Shaun Christopher Donnelly Director · appointed 2020
- Katherine Theresa Cowie Director · appointed 2017
- Richard Skelton Director · appointed 2017
- Julie Valentine Director · appointed 2020
- Richard Thomas Mawdsley Director · appointed 2017
Directors past 6 years
- Katherine Theresa Cowie Director · appointed 2017
- Richard Skelton Director · appointed 2017
- Julie Valentine Director · appointed 2020
- Richard Thomas Mawdsley Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Shaun Christopher Donnelly Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (4)
- Katherine Theresa Cowie Director · appointed 2017
- Richard Skelton Director · appointed 2017
- Julie Valentine Director · appointed 2020
- Richard Thomas Mawdsley Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 10919861
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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