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Short Brothers PLC

Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 29

  1. Damon Ward 2020-2025 Director View profile
  2. Rhonda Gail Harkins 2020-2025 Director View profile
  3. Paul Samuel Worthington 2017-2020 Director View profile
  4. David Robert Hendron 2014-2016 Director View profile
  5. Marie-Therese Mcgivern 2014-2016 Director View profile
  6. Mairead Lavery 2012-2014 Director View profile
  7. Francois Thibault 2009-2012 Director View profile
  8. Guy Charles Hachey 2008-2014 Director View profile
  9. Sean Dorgan 2008-2016 Director View profile
  10. Professor Richard Robert (Professor) Barnett 2007-2016 Director View profile
  11. Jean Seguin 2004-2017 Director View profile
  12. Claude Ferland 2004-2009 Director View profile
  13. Sir Michael James Ryan 2004-2025 Director View profile
  14. Paul Mathias Tellier 2003-2004 Director View profile
  15. Pierre Beaudoin 2001-2009 Director View profile
  16. Skinner, Graham, Air Vice Marshal 2000-2016 Director View profile
  17. George Edwin Cox 2000-2016 Director View profile
  18. Michael Graff 1999-2001 Director View profile
  19. Kenneth Sydney Brundle 1999-2016 Director View profile
  20. Professor Sir George Sayers Bain 1998-2007 Director View profile
  21. Sir William George Henry Quigley 2013 Director View profile
  22. Robert Ellis Brown 2003 Director View profile
  23. Laurent Beaudoin 2004 Director View profile
  24. Jean-Louis Fontaine 2004 Director View profile
  25. Right Honourable Lord Ballyedmond 2007 Director View profile
  26. Alexander F Roberts 2000 Director View profile
  27. Colin Thompson 2009-2025 Secretary View profile
  28. C & H Jefferson Secretarial Services Limited 2005-2017 Corporate-secretary View profile
  29. Bronagh Mckeown 2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery; Repair and maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft; Engineering design activities for industrial process and production; Other engineering activities
Incorporated
02/06/1936
Registered office
Belfast

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.

Group

  1. Short Brothers PLC is controlled by Spirit Aerosystems Global Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2020-10-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Spirit Aerosystems Global Holdings Limited.

5 other companies in this group

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

22 grants · £18,070,244 total

360Giving 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 · £15,116,436 (10 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £2,953,808 (12 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £330,7872023-12-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £158,4692023-08-24
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £65,5722023-08-24
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £74,2672023-03-23
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £61,8202023-03-23
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

3.6y median 2.1y
average tenure
9.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

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.

Business services 4Finance 3Professional services 2Transport 2Manufacturing 1Public administration 1

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
NI001062
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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