# Vesuvius Ceramics Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00154728](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00154728)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 30 Apr 1919
- **Registered office:** 165 FLEET STREET, LONDON, EC4A 2AE
- **Nature of business:** [64209](/sic/64209) Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
- **Corporate group:** [Vesuvius PLC](/group/46402) (18 companies)


## Previous names

- Cookson (No. 6) Limited (until 7 Nov 1995)
- Metal Castings (Worcester) Limited (until 12 May 1994)
- Metal Castings Doehler Limited (until 31 Dec 1978)
- Cookson Ceramics Limited (until 16 Apr 2015)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, Humaira | director | 18 Jul 2024 |  |
| MATTHEWS, Andrew James | director | 30 Jun 2023 |  |
| KNOWLES, Henry James | director | 23 Sep 2013 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkes-Lucas Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent | 6 Apr 2016 |  |




## Owned by

Vesuvius Ceramics Limited → [Wilkes-Lucas Limited](/company/00368205) → [Vesuvius Investments Limited](/company/00476641) → [Vesuvius Overseas Limited](/company/00227478) → [Vesuvius Holdings Limited](/company/00251977) → [Vesuvius PLC](/company/08217766)




## Directors' other companies

- [AHMED, Humaira](/person/5792649) - director at [Vesuvius Overseas Investments Limited](/company/02919362)
- [AHMED, Humaira](/person/5792649) - director at [Foseco Holding Limited](/company/04229276)
- [AHMED, Humaira](/person/5792649) - director at [Vesuvius Management Services Limited](/company/12002255)
- [AHMED, Humaira](/person/5792649) - director at [Foseco (UK) Limited](/company/04250748)
- [AHMED, Humaira](/person/5792649) - director at [Vesuvius Holdings Limited](/company/00251977)
- [KNOWLES, Henry James](/person/5792670) - director at [Vesuvius Overseas Investments Limited](/company/02919362)
- [KNOWLES, Henry James](/person/5792670) - director at [Foseco Holding International Limited](/company/00262024)
- [KNOWLES, Henry James](/person/5792670) - director at [Foseco Holding Limited](/company/04229276)
- [KNOWLES, Henry James](/person/5792670) - director at [Vesuvius Life Plan Trustee Limited](/company/07323827)
- [KNOWLES, Henry James](/person/5792670) - director at [Vesuvius Holdings Limited](/company/00251977)



## Companies at the same address

- [Brazil 1 Limited](/company/04985516) (04985516)
- [Vesuvius China Limited](/company/05322423) (05322423)
- [Vesuvius Financial 1 Limited](/company/00758145) (00758145)
- [Vesuvius Group Limited](/company/02099093) (02099093)
- [Vesuvius Holdings Limited](/company/00251977) (00251977)
- [Vesuvius Investments Limited](/company/00476641) (00476641)
- [Vesuvius Overseas Investments Limited](/company/02919362) (02919362)
- [Vesuvius Overseas Limited](/company/00227478) (00227478)
- [Vesuvius Pension Plans Trustees Limited](/company/03483184) (03483184)
- [Wilkes-Lucas Limited](/company/00368205) (00368205)