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Gooch & Housego PLC

Active 72 years old · 344th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1950s

Company number00526832
StatusActive
Incorporated12/12/1953
Accounts last made up to30/09/2025
Next accounts due31/03/2027
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier213800DO3DOOKYOPA952
Charges outstanding2

Registered office

DOWLISH FORD, ILMINSTER, SOMERSET, TA19 0PF

Online

No website could be identified for this company.

Group structure

It is the immediate parent of one entity:

  • INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES 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 241 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 16/01/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 13/05/2026.

Filings: officer changes35
Filings: charges16
Filings: accounts14
Filings: resolutions11
Filings: confirmation statements10
Filings: share capital5

The most recent filings

Resolution filed 11/09/2026
Memorandum articles 10/09/2026
Director appointed 03/06/2026
Confirmation statement 13/05/2026
Director appointed 12/05/2026
Director appointed 10/04/2026
Secretary appointed 10/04/2026
Secretary resigned 10/04/2026
Group accounts 16/01/2026
Share capital change 15/01/2026

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 8 current officers and 31 who have resigned.

James Roger Corte Secretaryappointed 09/04/2026
Gary Bullard Directorappointed 21/02/2018
James Roger Corte Directorappointed 09/04/2026
Louise Margaret Evans Directorappointed 11/05/2020
Jim Haynes Directorappointed 12/02/2021
Serena Lang Directorappointed 03/06/2026
Charles St John Stewart Peppiatt Directorappointed 14/09/2022
Susan Jane Searle Directorappointed 03/04/2023

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 14 registered charges, of which 2 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC (As Security Agent)
Outstanding, created 01/04/2025
A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC as Security Agent
Outstanding, created 31/03/2022
A registered charge
Natwest Markets PLC as Security Agent
Fully satisfied, created 06/04/2020
A registered charge
Natwest Markets PLC as Security Agent
Fully satisfied, created 06/08/2018
A registered charge
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The Security Agent)
Fully satisfied, created 14/11/2014
Debenture
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (As Security Agent for the Finance Parties)
Fully satisfied, created 31/03/2011
Legal charge
National Westminster Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 07/10/2008
Legal charge
National Westminster Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 07/10/2008

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

  • 26701 - Manufacture of optical precision instruments

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

  • 344th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1950s 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)