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Cohort PLC

Cohort is an AIM-listed parent company of seven innovative, agile and responsive businesses (Chess Dynamics, EID, EM Solutions, ELAC SONAR, MASS, MCL, SEA), providing a wide range of services and products for domestic and export customers in defence, including C4ISTAR, combat systems, cyber security and secure networks, training and simulation, research and advice, intelligent transport systems, s The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 20 years old · 2,247th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 2000s

Company number05684823
StatusActive
Incorporated23/01/2006
Accounts last made up to30/04/2025
Next accounts due31/10/2026
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier213800WE61C73LZZNW11
Charges outstanding3

Registered office

1 WATERSIDE DRIVE, ARLINGTON BUSINESS PARK, THEALE, READING, RG7 4SW

Online

Website www.cohortplc.com

News and announcements on their own site

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Group structure

It is the immediate parent of 2 entities:

  • SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & ASSESSMENT LTD
  • MASS CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Ownership as recorded by GLEIF, the body that issues Legal Entity Identifiers. Unlike a shared registered office, these relationships are filed and validated, so they are evidence of a real corporate link.

Filing history

This company has 257 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 15/10/2025. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 23/01/2026.

Filings: share capital57
Filings: charges19
Filings: confirmation statements5
Filings: resolutions5
Filings: accounts5
Filings: officer changes4

The most recent filings

Share capital change 04/09/2026
Share capital change 04/08/2026
Share capital change 13/07/2026
Charge registered or satisfied 01/07/2026
Share capital change 03/06/2026
Charge registered or satisfied 22/05/2026
Charge registered or satisfied 22/05/2026
Charge registered or satisfied 22/05/2026
Charge registered or satisfied 22/05/2026
Charge registered or satisfied 22/05/2026

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 7 current officers and 9 who have resigned.

Raquel Mcgrath Secretaryappointed 01/10/2020
Edward Anthony Noel Lowe Directorappointed 01/07/2019
Peter John Lynas Directorappointed 02/01/2024
Beatrice Mary Nicholas Directorappointed 01/09/2021
Nicholas Martin Prest Directorappointed 16/02/2006
Andrew Stephen Thomis Directorappointed 05/05/2009
Simon Robert Walther Directorappointed 09/05/2006

Who controls it

The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 16 registered charges, of which 3 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 23/06/2026
A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC as Security Agent
Outstanding, created 29/04/2026
A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC as Security Agent
Outstanding, created 29/04/2026
A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC (As Security Agent)
Fully satisfied, created 30/04/2025
A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 30/09/2022
A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC as Security Agent
Fully satisfied, created 18/07/2022
A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC as Security Agent
Fully satisfied, created 18/07/2022
A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC as Security Agent
Fully satisfied, created 16/12/2020

Showing the 8 most recent. The full list is on the Companies House record.

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

  • 2,247th 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)