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Octave IP Limited
Non-trading company
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 7
- Simon David Kilby 2024-2025 View profile
- Simon Myciunka 2023-2025 View profile
- David Wilcox 2022-2025 View profile
- Deidre Ann Ford 2020-2023 View profile
- Abigail Jane Carvosso 2020-2024 View profile
- Dominic Charles Carter 2020-2020 View profile
- Stephen Christopher Wilkinson 2020-2020 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Non-trading company
- Incorporated
- 09/01/2020
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- Precis 2775 Limited (until 08/06/2020)
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.
- News Corp UK & Ireland Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-02-27 - Peregrine Secretarial Services Limited ceased 2020-02-27
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-01-09 - Bauer Radio Limited ceased 2025-06-30
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors, significant influence (firm) · notified 2020-02-27
Group
- Octave IP Limited
is controlled by News Corp UK & Ireland Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-02-27 · source: Companies House PSC register - News Corp UK & Ireland Limited
is controlled by News Corp Holdings UK & Ireland
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - News Corp Holdings UK & Ireland
is controlled by News Corp Investments UK & Ireland
Evidence
active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by News Corp Investments UK & Ireland.
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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
- Emma Caroline Humphreys Director · appointed 2025
- Scott William Taunton Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Scott William Taunton Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Emma Caroline Humphreys Director · appointed 2025
- Scott William Taunton Director · appointed 2020
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
- 12395152
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/03/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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