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Aspire Defence Finance PLC

Active 20 years old · 2,249th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 2000s

Company number05700404
StatusActive
Incorporated07/02/2006
Accounts last made up to31/12/2025
Next accounts due30/06/2027
Accounts typeFULL
Legal Entity Identifier213800EQV9JHWCGV7H79
Charges outstanding1

Registered office

ASPIRE BUSINESS CENTRE, ORDNANCE ROAD, TIDWORTH, ENGLAND, SP9 7QD

Online

This is a finance vehicle. It is a company formed to issue or hold debt rather than to trade. Vehicles like this do not have websites, marketing or social accounts, and none is listed here because none exists. Its filings and its place in a group are the substance of it.

Filing history

This company has 158 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 29/05/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 04/03/2026.

Filings: officer changes67
Filings: accounts15
Filings: confirmation statements11
Filings: annual returns5

The most recent filings

Director resigned 21/09/2026
Director resigned 21/09/2026
Auditors resignation company 18/07/2026
Accounts, full 29/05/2026
Confirmation statement 04/03/2026
Director appointed 13/01/2026
Director resigned 02/10/2025
Accounts, full 27/05/2025
Director appointed 15/04/2025
Director appointed 02/04/2025

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 13 current officers and 43 who have resigned.

Simon Jeffrey Usher Secretaryappointed 31/03/2025
Graham Maurice Beazley-Long Directorappointed 27/01/2011
David John Brooking Directorappointed 28/04/2016
Vanessa Jane Colyer Directorappointed 24/03/2022
Kaushik Dey Directorappointed 24/09/2026
Barry Robert Donohoe Directorappointed 27/03/2025
James Christopher Heath Directorappointed 23/06/2022
Gareth Arthur Ludovic Emrys Rhys Williams Directorappointed 12/01/2026
Paul Sharp Directorappointed 24/09/2026
Allan David Mcdonald Thomson Directorappointed 30/06/2014
Alexander Victor Thorne Directorappointed 05/01/2022
Simon Jeffrey Usher Directorappointed 31/03/2025
Matthew James Webber Directorappointed 11/12/2009

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 1 current entry.

Aspire Defence Holdings Limited
Owns 75% to 100% of the shares; Holds 75% to 100% of the voting rights; Can appoint and remove directors
since 06/04/2016

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 1 registered charge, of which 1 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

Issuer debenture
Citicorp Trustee Company Limited
Outstanding, created 06/04/2006

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 2,249th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 2000s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)