Company · Summertown
Pqshield LTD
Other information technology service activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 4
- Alastair John Stewart 2024-2026 View profile
- Alexis Paul Momtchiloff Dormandy 2021-2022 View profile
- Chrysanthos Chrysanthou 2020-2021 View profile
- Matthew Timothy Arnold 2018-2021 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other information technology service activities
- Incorporated
- 30/05/2018
- Registered office
- Summertown
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.
- Ali El-Kaafarani ceased 2021-12-29
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2018-05-30 - Oxford Science Enterprises Holdings Limited
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2025-03-31 - Oxford Science Enterprises PLC ceased 2025-03-31
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2018-08-07
Group
- Pqshield LTD
is controlled by Ali El-Kaafarani
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2018-05-30, ceased 2021-12-29 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Ali El-Kaafarani.
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.
Grants received
7 grants · £1,770,608 total360Giving 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 · £1,239,462 (4 grants)
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £531,146 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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
- Sam Aleksander Harman Director · appointed 2024
- Antonio Jose Florindo Viana Director · appointed 2024
- Todd Arfman Director · appointed 2024
- Christopher John Percival Hopkins Director · appointed 2026
- Ali El-Kaafarani Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Ali El-Kaafarani Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Antonio Jose Florindo Viana Director · appointed 2024
- Ali El-Kaafarani Director · appointed 2018
Portfolio (3)
- Sam Aleksander Harman Director · appointed 2024
- Todd Arfman Director · appointed 2024
- Christopher John Percival Hopkins Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Alastair John Stewart Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 11388567
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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