---
title: "LEICA BIOSYSTEMS NEWCASTLE LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb92df0a-b412-5b13-b7ea-4af570a7ca77
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fb92df0a-b412-5b13-b7ea-4af570a7ca77
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02163063
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# LEICA BIOSYSTEMS NEWCASTLE LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02163063`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb92df0a-b412-5b13-b7ea-4af570a7ca77  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fb92df0a-b412-5b13-b7ea-4af570a7ca77  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **LAUNCHCHANGE OPERATIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/93110a0e-d61e-56a9-b69e-79a7b7b41840
- **Launchchange Operations Ltd** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ec08e187-bb6d-460a-8486-22f2097a2bee

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CAMBRIDGE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fe3a6562-35d4-515c-b082-30df67e61b11
- **LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CAMBRIDGE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fe3a6562-35d4-515c-b082-30df67e61b11

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **20-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02163063`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1987-09-10
- **Registered office:** Unit 4 Blythe Valley Innovation Centre, Central Boulevard, Blythe Valley Business Park, Solihull, B90 8AJ, England
- **SIC:** 74909

### Officers

- BELL, Joe Anthony — director · British · appointed 2024-08-14
- JOHNSON, Sarah Margaret — director · British · appointed 2023-02-13
- VAN DER MERWE, Gillian — director · British · appointed 2019-06-17
- ANGUS, Brian, Dr — secretary · British · resigned 1992-05-01
- MCGRAW, David John — secretary · British · appointed 2002-06-25 · resigned 2007-07-06
- PIZZEY, Charles Euan — secretary · Australian · appointed 2002-06-26 · resigned 2007-02-12
- THURGAR-DAWSON, Colin Joseph — secretary · British · appointed 1992-05-01 · resigned 1993-09-15
- THURGAR-DAWSON, Colin Joseph — secretary · British · resigned 2002-06-25
- TUNLEY, David William — secretary · British · appointed 2007-07-06 · resigned 2012-06-29
- ANGUS, Brian, Dr — director · British · resigned 2002-06-25
- ATKINS, David George, Dr — director · British · appointed 2014-07-11 · resigned 2015-04-23
- BUDD, David — director · British · appointed 2015-05-07 · resigned 2016-02-29
- BUDD, David — director · British · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2014-07-11
- BURNS, Alastair — director · British · appointed 2013-04-19 · resigned 2016-06-01
- CROMBIE, Alexander Leaster, Professor — director · British · appointed 1993-06-03 · resigned 2002-06-25
- ELSTOB, Steven — director · British · appointed 2022-08-05 · resigned 2024-06-25
- FIEDLER, Konstantin Alexander — director · Austrian · appointed 2011-07-04 · resigned 2013-05-31
- FLEETHAM, Anne — director · British · appointed 2007-07-06 · resigned 2011-02-14
- FOX, James Charles, Dr — director · Australian · appointed 2002-06-26 · resigned 2006-12-22
- GARRETT, Sarah — director · British · appointed 2018-09-10 · resigned 2022-07-19

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Launchchange Operations Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ec08e187-bb6d-460a-8486-22f2097a2bee) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2017-01-20

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02163063
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02163063

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **LEICA BIOSYSTEMS NEWCASTLE LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb92df0a-b412-5b13-b7ea-4af570a7ca77 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fb92df0a-b412-5b13-b7ea-4af570a7ca77._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._