Company
Aspire Topco Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 11
- Simon Sear 2025-2026 View profile
- James Russell White 2023-2025 View profile
- Christopher Bates 2023-2025 View profile
- James Michael Whitehouse 2022-2024 View profile
- Philip Stewart Male 2019-2025 View profile
- George Earp 2019-2025 View profile
- Joseph Sultana 2019-2025 View profile
- Benjamin Charles Hudson 2019-2023 View profile
- Simon John Hitchcock 2019-2025 View profile
- Matthew Morris 2019-2022 View profile
- Richard Geraint Wilkey 2019-2019 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 25/06/2019
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.
- Artisan Acquisitionco Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-09-30 - Harrison Clark (Shareholding) Limited ceased 2019-11-14
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2019-06-25 - Horizon Capital 2018 Limited Partnership ceased 2025-09-30
50-75% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2019-11-14
Group
- Aspire Topco Limited
is controlled by Artisan Acquisitionco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-09-30 · source: Companies House PSC register - Artisan Acquisitionco Limited
is controlled by Artisan Midco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-01-19 · source: Companies House PSC register - Artisan Midco Limited
is controlled by Artisan Topco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-01-18 · source: Companies House PSC register - Artisan Topco Limited
is controlled by Eightplatform II Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-01-18 · source: Companies House PSC register - Eightplatform II Limited
is controlled by Permira Viii Investment Platform Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-11-26 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Permira Viii Investment Platform Limited.
50 other companies in this group
- Beagle Bidco Limited
- Kant Midco Limited
- Kant Topco Limited
- Mimecast Bidco Limited
- Aspire Holdco Limited
- Mimecast Services Limited
- Eightplatform V Limited
- Artisan Topco Limited
- Aspire Bidco Limited
- 13619539
- Mimecast USD Limited
- Eden Topco Limited
- Eightplatform VII Limited
- Artisan Midco Limited
- Eightplatform IV Limited
- Eightplatform XIV Limited
- Eden Holdco 3 Limited
- Eightplatform VI Limited
- Adevinta UK Limited
- Mimecast UK Limited
- Eightplatform X Limited
- Mimecast Advisory Company Limited
- Eightplatform I Limited
- Ascent Digital Services UK Limited
- Eightplatform XI Limited
- Trident Midco 1 Limited
- Kant Midco 1 Limited
- Eightplatform Viii Limited
- Eden Holdco 1 Limited
- Eightplatform IX Limited
- 14296715
- Artisan Acquisitionco Limited
- Aspire Midco Limited
- Trident Midco 2 Limited
- 12294162
- Aurelia UK Feederco Limited
- Eightplatform II Limited
- Acuity Knowledge Partners (UK) Limited
- Mimecast Midco Limited
- Kant Bidco Limited
- Eden Holdco 2 Limited
- 10476935
- Trident Bidco Limited
- Eden Acquisitionco Limited
- Eightplatform XV Limited
- Trident Holdco Limited
- 09438848
- Eightplatform XII Limited
- Eightplatform Xiii Limited
- Permira Viii Investment Platform Limited
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.
4 directors on the board
- Jonathan O'Donnell Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Nicholas Mullen Director · appointed 2025
- Robert David King Director · appointed 2025
- Stewart Smythe Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Stewart Smythe Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- Jonathan O'Donnell Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Nicholas Mullen Director · appointed 2025
- Robert David King Director · appointed 2025
- Stewart Smythe Director · appointed 2019
Left in the last 12 months
- Simon Sear Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
- Philip Stewart Male Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Christopher Bates Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- George Earp Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Joseph Sultana Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Simon John Hitchcock Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- James Russell White Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
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
- 12068263
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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