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Company · Ellesmere Port

Essar Midlands Limited

Mineral oil refining

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 9

  1. Andrew Richard Hornagold Wright 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Srinivasalu Thangapandian 2021-2022 Director View profile
  3. Waseem Mohammed Iqbal 2021-2021 Director View profile
  4. Marcos Matijasevich 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Roger Mason 2019-2021 Director View profile
  6. Jonathan Paul George Chinn 2019-2019 Director View profile
  7. Mark Anthony Barnes 2018-2021 Director View profile
  8. Andrew James Payne 2018-2019 Director View profile
  9. Nigel Beedham 2018-2018 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Mineral oil refining; Transport via pipeline
Incorporated
14/03/2018
Registered office
Ellesmere Port
Previous names
Samwise Limited (until 21/03/2018)

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. Essar Midlands Limited is controlled by Essar OIL (UK) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-03-14 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Essar OIL (UK) Limited is controlled by John Stephen Riches
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares (trust), 25-50% voting (trust) · notified 2025-09-29 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by John Stephen Riches.

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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.

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

4.6y median 4.6y
average tenure
4.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
0
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 5Property 4Retail and trade 1Utilities 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
11253987
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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