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The Society of Offshore Marine Warranty Surveyors

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 12

  1. Ian Stewart 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jonathan Paul Vine 2019-2024 Director View profile
  3. David Paul Watson 2018-2021 Director View profile
  4. James Thornton Laybourn 2018-2022 Director View profile
  5. Peter Duncan Baggaley 2017-2021 Director View profile
  6. Neil Scott Walker 2017-2018 Director View profile
  7. James Donaldson Miller 2017-2025 Director View profile
  8. Michael Yew Wah Chan 2017-2023 Director View profile
  9. Christopher Ian Boyd 2017-2020 Director View profile
  10. Francis Lobo 2017-2018 Director View profile
  11. Richard Norman Hector Grant 2019-2023 Secretary View profile
  12. Mervyn Howard Pilley 2017-2019 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
29/11/2017

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.

Group

  1. The Society of Offshore Marine Warranty Surveyors is controlled by Mervyn Howard Pilley
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-11-29, ceased 2018-11-27 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Mervyn Howard Pilley.

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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
£76,210
Total assets
£76,210
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Micro-entity accounts.

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-12-31Not reported£76,210
2024-12-31Not reported£70,693

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

10 directors on the board

6.5y median 7.3y
average tenure
8.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
1
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.

Professional services 2

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
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
11088739
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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