Company · Birmingham
Midlands Mindforge Limited
Activities of venture and development capital companies
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- James Donald Laurence ClydeDirector · since 2026
- Erica Sian Rees ConwayDirector · since 2024
- Yewande Mayomi AkinolaDirector · since 2024
- Dr Nikesh Rasiklal KotechaDirector · since 2024
- Richard SwannDirector · since 2024
- Professor Nicholas Robert JenningsDirector · since 2024
- Christina Margaret MccombDirector · since 2024
- Alun Michael Guest ReesDirector · since 2023
- Dr Lisa Noelle SmithDirector · since 2023
Previous officers 4
- Margaret Jane Pierce Monckton 2024-2024 View profile
- Quentin Mark Compton Bishop 2022-2023 View profile
- Jonathan Dominic Potter 2022-2023 View profile
- Sunjay Kumar Malhotra 2022-2022 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
- 30/05/2022
- Registered office
- Birmingham
- Previous names
- Midlands Investment Vehicle Limited (until 15/12/2022)
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Jonathan Dominic Potter ceased 2023-03-23
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-07-18 - Pinsent Masons Director Limited ceased 2022-07-18
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-30
Group
- Midlands Mindforge Limited
is controlled by Jonathan Dominic Potter
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-07-18, ceased 2023-03-23 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Jonathan Dominic Potter.
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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £535,395
- Total assets
- £535,395
- Cash
- £474,918
- Employees
- 2
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- -£1,150,612
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-05-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
9 directors on the board
- Yewande Mayomi Akinola Director · appointed 2024
- James Donald Laurence Clyde Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Nikesh Rasiklal Kotecha Director · appointed 2024
- Richard Swann Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Nicholas Robert Jennings Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Lisa Noelle Smith Director · appointed 2023
- Alun Michael Guest Rees Director · appointed 2023
- Erica Sian Rees Conway Director · appointed 2024
- Christina Margaret Mccomb Director · appointed 2024
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Yewande Mayomi Akinola Director · appointed 2024
- James Donald Laurence Clyde Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Nikesh Rasiklal Kotecha Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (6)
- Richard Swann Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Nicholas Robert Jennings Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Lisa Noelle Smith Director · appointed 2023
- Alun Michael Guest Rees Director · appointed 2023
- Erica Sian Rees Conway Director · appointed 2024
- Christina Margaret Mccomb Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
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
- 14139782
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 28/02/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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