Company · Manchester
Northern Gritstone Limited
Activities of venture and development capital companies
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Anthony John HoldenDirector · since 2026
- Paddy DowdallDirector · since 2025
- Susan Elaine HartleyDirector · since 2022
- Niranjan Srihari SirdeshpandeDirector · since 2022
- James Marshall HadleyDirector · since 2022
- Duncan Edward JohnsonDirector · since 2021
- Alexander Ian MacphersonDirector · since 2021
- Lord Terence James O'NeillDirector · since 2021
- Jane Elisabeth MadeleyDirector · since 2021
- Andrew Mcculloch GrahamDirector · since 2020
- Claire Helen BlackburnSecretary · since 2023
Previous officers 3
- Professor David Neil Petley 2021-2022 View profile
- Professor Gregory Loukas Georghiou 2021-2026 View profile
- Russell Stuart Booker 2020-2020 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of venture and development capital companies
- Incorporated
- 29/10/2020
- Registered office
- Manchester
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.
- Duncan Edward Johnson ceased 2022-05-19
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-16 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Pinsent Masons Director Limited ceased 2022-05-16
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-10-29 - M&G FA Limited ceased 2023-03-14
25-50% voting · notified 2022-05-19
Group
- Northern Gritstone Limited
is controlled by Duncan Edward Johnson
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-16, ceased 2022-05-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Duncan Edward Johnson.
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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.
10 directors on the board
- Andrew Mcculloch Graham Director · appointed 2020
- Duncan Edward Johnson Director · appointed 2021
- Paddy Dowdall Director · appointed 2025
- Alexander Ian Macpherson Director · appointed 2021
- Lord Terence James O'Neill Director · appointed 2021
- Jane Elisabeth Madeley Director · appointed 2021
- Susan Elaine Hartley Director · appointed 2022
- Niranjan Srihari Sirdeshpande Director · appointed 2022
- James Marshall Hadley Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Anthony John Holden Director · appointed 2026
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Paddy Dowdall Director · appointed 2025
- Alexander Ian Macpherson Director · appointed 2021
- Susan Elaine Hartley Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (7)
- Andrew Mcculloch Graham Director · appointed 2020
- Duncan Edward Johnson Director · appointed 2021
- Lord Terence James O'Neill Director · appointed 2021
- Jane Elisabeth Madeley Director · appointed 2021
- Niranjan Srihari Sirdeshpande Director · appointed 2022
- James Marshall Hadley Director · appointed 2022
- Professor Anthony John Holden Director · appointed 2026
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Professor Gregory Loukas Georghiou Director · appointed 2021 · 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
- 12982592
- 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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