---
title: "NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fe1b0daa-5bdb-5207-9a9f-05bef4ade0a9
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fe1b0daa-5bdb-5207-9a9f-05bef4ade0a9
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02992144
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02992144`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fe1b0daa-5bdb-5207-9a9f-05bef4ade0a9  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fe1b0daa-5bdb-5207-9a9f-05bef4ade0a9  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fe1b0daa-5bdb-5207-9a9f-05bef4ade0a9
- **Cms (Nominees) Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ce71fe85-1914-49d8-a7e6-ae393fbcddd1
- **Secretary Of State For Dsit** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a14fa222-0ae3-46ee-b244-3d35a3d177a5
- **National Physical Laboratory Management Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0214598b-cf99-4776-83ae-c13e607f8b55

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

A **4-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:** `02992144`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1994-11-18
- **Registered office:** National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, England
- **SIC:** 74990

### Officers

- THOMPSON, Peter Anthony, Dr — director · British · appointed 2017-04-12
- ARMSTRONG, Andrew John — secretary · appointed 2018-04-12 · resigned 2019-08-31
- [MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/33abcd05-327c-4c2a-91ed-347372e3d8df) — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1994-11-18 · resigned 2017-04-18
- ANSON, Nicola — director · British · appointed 2017-04-12 · resigned 2018-04-06
- GUNN, Robert John — director · British · appointed 2011-03-01 · resigned 2017-04-18
- LEE, John Lawrence — director · British · appointed 2000-03-24 · resigned 2011-03-01
- LEGG, David John — director · British · appointed 2007-10-17 · resigned 2017-04-18
- MENDELSSOHN, Martin Charles — director · British · appointed 1995-01-18 · resigned 2000-03-24
- REEVES, Barbara — nominee director · British · appointed 1994-11-18 · resigned 1995-01-18
- STOJIC, Petar — director · British · appointed 2000-03-24 · resigned 2005-09-09
- TAYLOR, Richard John Johnson — director · British · appointed 1995-01-18 · resigned 2000-03-24
- TURNER, David — director · British · appointed 2005-09-09 · resigned 2007-10-17
- WINDMILL, Robert John — nominee director · British · appointed 1994-11-18 · resigned 1995-01-18

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Secretary Of State For Dsit — significant influence or control · corporate PSC · England — since 2017-04-18
- [Npl Management Ltd](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0214598b-cf99-4776-83ae-c13e607f8b55) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06
- [Cms (Nominees) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ce71fe85-1914-49d8-a7e6-ae393fbcddd1) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2017-04-18

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02992144
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02992144

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fe1b0daa-5bdb-5207-9a9f-05bef4ade0a9 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fe1b0daa-5bdb-5207-9a9f-05bef4ade0a9._

_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"._