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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 41

  1. Nicolaas Stapel 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. David Martin Payne 2021-2026 Director View profile
  3. Lindsay Anne Milne 2020-2022 Director View profile
  4. Andrew Peter Wesztergom 2020-2024 Director View profile
  5. Terrence Bernard Cooke 2018-2021 Director View profile
  6. Steven Thompson 2017-2018 Director View profile
  7. Antoine Bordet 2017-2017 Director View profile
  8. Julian Charles Edward Tasker 2017-2018 Director View profile
  9. Dennis Gareth Jones 2014-2016 Director View profile
  10. Garry Raymond Hodges 2012-2014 Director View profile
  11. Helen Isabella Grace Ogden 2011-2017 Director View profile
  12. John Bailey Fowler 2011-2017 Director View profile
  13. Robert James Macleod 2010-2014 Director View profile
  14. Nicholas Paul Garner 2009-2011 Director View profile
  15. Roger Michael Kilburn 2008-2011 Director View profile
  16. Simon Farrant 2002-2020 Director View profile
  17. John Nicholas Sheldrick 2002-2009 Director View profile
  18. David William Morgan 2002-2009 Director View profile
  19. Alexander Morgan Macrae 2000-2001 Director View profile
  20. William Henry Smith 2000-2005 Director View profile
  21. Debra Elenor Boni 2000-2005 Director View profile
  22. Michael Anthony Dooley 2000-2003 Director View profile
  23. Edward Pickard 1999-2000 Director View profile
  24. Richard Charles Houghton 1998-2000 Director View profile
  25. Kenneth Malcolm Green 1997-2001 Director View profile
  26. Gordon Jamieson 1996-1999 Director View profile
  27. Stewart Cairns 1996-1999 Director View profile
  28. David Snedden Mercer 1995-2007 Director View profile
  29. James Cook 1990-1999 Director View profile
  30. Malcolm Norman Copley 1990-1997 Director View profile
  31. Simon Michael Bicknell 1989-1990 Director View profile
  32. Henry Marshall Smalley 1997 Director View profile
  33. Dr Graham Joseph Blaker 1990 Director View profile
  34. John Anthony Hunt 1990 Director View profile
  35. Ross Oehler 2022-2023 Secretary View profile
  36. Linda Bruce-Watt 2020-2021 Secretary View profile
  37. Victoria Barlow 2019-2022 Secretary View profile
  38. Hugh Somerville 2000-2002 Secretary View profile
  39. James Kean Mcneillage 1995-2000 Secretary View profile
  40. Gordon Thom 1990-1995 Secretary View profile
  41. Jonathan Laurence Patrick Hyde 1989 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
12/09/1960

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.

  • Veranova 2 LTD.
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2022-05-31
  • Veranova 1 LTD.
    50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-31
  • Johnson Matthey PLC ceased 2022-05-31
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-05-07

Group

  1. Macfarlan Smith Limited is controlled by Veranova 2 LTD.
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2022-05-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Veranova 2 LTD. is controlled by Veranova UK Holdco LTD.
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-12 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Veranova UK Holdco LTD. is controlled by Daniel Tully
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Daniel Tully.

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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.

3 directors on the board

3.7y median 3.2y
average tenure
5.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

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.

Finance 6

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
SC035640
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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