# Open Power Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [02080182](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02080182)
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 3 Dec 1986
- **Dissolved:** 21 Jul 2026
- **Registered office:** OPEN GI LIMITED, BUCKHOLT DRIVE, WORCESTER, WR4 9SR
- **Nature of business:** [62012](/sic/62012) Business and domestic software development
- **Corporate group:** [OM Bidco Limited](/group/6913) (26 companies)


## Previous names

- Penta Technologies Limited (until 12 Jun 2006)
- Edward Charles Computer Services Limited (until 8 May 1991)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Kevin Charles | director | - | 30 Aug 1995 |
| ANDREW, Steven Edward | director | - | 30 Aug 1995 |
| ANDREW, Mandy Lilian | secretary | - | 30 Aug 1995 |
| RUNACRES, Peter George | director | 23 Apr 1993 | 30 Aug 1995 |
| MURTAGH, Peter Kevin | director | 1 Sep 1992 | 30 Aug 1995 |
| BARD, David Morgan | director | 11 Jun 1992 | 30 Sep 1995 |
| TAYLOR, David | director | 30 Aug 1995 | 30 Jan 1998 |
| DAVIES, John Arwyn Lewis | director | 2 Jan 1998 | 11 May 1998 |
| CLINTON, Terence Robert | director | 1 Oct 1997 | 31 Mar 1999 |
| FLETCHER, Leonard James | director | 1 Dec 1997 | 6 Aug 1999 |
| DURRANT, Zoe Vivienne | secretary | 30 Aug 1995 | 2 Dec 1999 |
| SIMPSON, David Alan | director | 1 May 1997 | 31 Dec 1999 |
| BELL, Phillip William | director | 9 Aug 1999 | 31 Aug 2001 |
| SUSSENS, John Gilbert | director | 1 Apr 1998 | 31 Aug 2001 |
| GRAHAM, Ross King | director | 30 Aug 1995 | 31 May 2002 |
| WATERS, Paul Christopher | secretary | 2 Dec 1999 | 30 Nov 2002 |
| HAM, Richard Laurence | secretary | 30 Nov 2002 | 1 Jun 2004 |
| ARMITAGE, Matthew | secretary | 1 Jun 2004 | 5 May 2006 |
| MISYS CORPORATE DIRECTOR LIMITED | corporate-director | 31 May 2002 | 5 May 2006 |
| RYDER, Mark | secretary | 11 Apr 2006 | 20 Jul 2006 |
| BELL, Phillip William | director | 11 Apr 2006 | 20 Mar 2008 |
| RYDER, Mark | director | 11 Apr 2006 | 10 Sep 2009 |
| PATRICK, Ian William James | director | 24 Sep 2007 | 31 Mar 2012 |
| HOMER, Andrew Charles | director | 24 Sep 2007 | 31 Oct 2014 |
| CULLUM, Peter | director | 24 Sep 2007 | 2 Dec 2014 |
| BAILEY, Daryl Sherwin | director | 10 Sep 2009 | 6 Mar 2017 |
| BAILEY, Daryl Sherwin | secretary | 20 Jul 2006 | 6 Mar 2017 |
| GUILLAUME, Christopher Charles Henri | director | 2 Dec 2014 | 12 Jul 2019 |
| RALPH, Charles Philip | director | 6 Mar 2017 | 1 Mar 2025 |
| RALPH, Charles Philip | secretary | 6 Mar 2017 | 1 Mar 2025 |
| WARREN, Michael Anthony | director | 1 Mar 2025 | 18 Feb 2026 |
| GILBERT, Laura Anne | director | 18 Feb 2026 |  |
| HUGHES, Mairead Maria | secretary | 1 Mar 2025 |  |
| BADLEY, Simon Andrew | director | 12 Jul 2019 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penta Group Public Limited Company | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 |  |




## Owned by

Open Power Limited → [Penta Group Public Limited Company](/company/02747939) → [Open G I Limited](/company/01519547) → [Open International Limited](/company/05716519) → [Broomco (4099) Limited](/company/06343303) → [OM Bidco Limited](/company/09176273)




## Directors' other companies

- [BADLEY, Simon Andrew](/person/5927745) - director at [Open Insurance Management Limited](/company/02698756)
- [BADLEY, Simon Andrew](/person/5927745) - director at [Greenwich Acquisitionco Limited](/company/05758997)
- [BADLEY, Simon Andrew](/person/5927745) - director at [Consolidated Telecommunications Limited](/company/07805392)
- [BADLEY, Simon Andrew](/person/5927745) - director at [Greenwich Financial Systems Limited](/company/05781513)
- [BADLEY, Simon Andrew](/person/5927745) - director at [Greenwich Insurance Services Limited](/company/05797996)
- [BADLEY, Simon Andrew](/person/5927745) - director at [Penta Technologies Limited](/company/05798614)
- [BADLEY, Simon Andrew](/person/5927745) - director at [Open:i Limited](/company/02557681)
- [BADLEY, Simon Andrew](/person/5927745) - director at [Open Life (UK) Limited](/company/05781466)
- [BADLEY, Simon Andrew](/person/5927745) - director at [Penta Insurance Systems Limited](/company/05754680)
- [GILBERT, Laura Anne](/person/5927744) - director at [Greenwich Acquisitionco Limited](/company/05758997)