# Cobra Biologics Holdings Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [04442927](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04442927)
- **Status:** Active - Proposal to Strike off
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 20 May 2002
- **Dissolved:** 11 Aug 2026
- **Registered office:** STEPHENSON BUILDING, THE SCIENCE PARK, KEELE, ST5 5SP
- **Nature of business:** [72190](/sic/72190) Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
- **Corporate group:** [Charles River Laboratories Holdings Limited](/group/91432) (5 companies)


## Previous names

- Recipharmcobra Holdings Limited (until 3 Oct 2011)
- Cobra Bio-Manufacturing PLC (until 3 Aug 2010)
- Recipharmcobra Holdings PLC (until 3 Aug 2010)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | corporate-nominee-director | 20 May 2002 | 20 May 2002 |
| SMITH, David | secretary | 20 May 2002 | 20 May 2002 |
| SMITH, David | director | 20 May 2002 | 20 May 2002 |
| DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola | secretary | 20 May 2002 | 20 May 2002 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | corporate-nominee-director | 20 May 2002 | 20 May 2002 |
| ASH, Maria Alicia | director | 20 May 2002 | 20 May 2002 |
| COLEMAN, Peter Alistair | secretary | 20 May 2002 | 28 May 2003 |
| BLOXHAM, David Philip, Dr | director | 6 Jun 2002 | 30 Sep 2006 |
| BAKER, Edward Matthew Scott | secretary | 21 Nov 2002 | 12 Apr 2007 |
| THATCHER, David Robert | director | 20 May 2002 | 17 Jan 2009 |
| FOTHERGILL, Geoffrey Peter | director | 20 May 2002 | 19 Aug 2009 |
| CHAPCHAL, Daniel Robert | director | 21 Aug 2009 | 31 Mar 2010 |
| OXLADE, David Aufrere | director | 29 Jun 2006 | 31 Mar 2010 |
| GATENBY, Michael Richard Brock | director | 2 Dec 2003 | 31 Mar 2010 |
| SLATER, Nigel Kenneth Harry, Professor | director | 6 Jun 2002 | 31 Mar 2010 |
| SAXBY, Simon James Yvon | director | 18 Jan 2008 | 8 Apr 2011 |
| COLEMAN, Peter Alistair | secretary | 12 Apr 2007 | 30 Jun 2011 |
| ELDERED, Thomas Bengt | director | 1 Apr 2010 | 8 Nov 2011 |
| MACDONALD, Tracey Jane | director | 17 Apr 2012 | 31 Jan 2014 |
| MACDONALD, Tracey Jane | secretary | 30 Jun 2011 | 31 Jan 2014 |
| HUGHES, Richard | secretary | 31 Jan 2014 | 23 Sep 2014 |
| CLAY, Richard | secretary | 23 Sep 2014 | 21 Nov 2016 |
| SPAK, Carl Johan | director | 1 Apr 2010 | 21 Nov 2016 |
| BELL, Steven John | director | 21 Nov 2016 | 1 Dec 2017 |
| BELL, Steven John | secretary | 21 Nov 2016 | 1 Dec 2017 |
| WARREN, Lee Stephen | director | 1 Dec 2017 | 10 Jan 2020 |
| WARREN, Lee Stephen | secretary | 1 Dec 2017 | 10 Jan 2020 |
| PIRÉ, Shari | director | 10 Jan 2020 | 29 Mar 2021 |
| GANJEI, James Kelly | director | 10 Jan 2020 | 29 Mar 2021 |
| PIRÉ, Shari | secretary | 10 Jan 2020 | 29 Mar 2021 |
| COLEMAN, Peter Alistair | director | 20 May 2002 | 29 Mar 2021 |
| KING, Bobbie | director | 29 Mar 2021 | 7 May 2021 |
| KING, Bobbie | secretary | 29 Mar 2021 | 7 May 2021 |
| WASLEY, Kevin | director | 29 Mar 2021 | 2 Feb 2024 |
| GOMEZ, Juan David | director | 2 Feb 2024 |  |
| HENEGHAN, Rushna Tejani | director | 7 May 2021 |  |
| GIRSHICK, Birgit | director | 29 Mar 2021 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobra Biologics Holding Ab | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 16 Jan 2020 |
| Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | significant-influence-or-control | 22 May 2024 | 24 Feb 2026 |
| Cognate Bioservices, Inc. | significant-influence-or-control | 16 Jan 2020 | 24 Feb 2026 |
| Charles River Laboratories England Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent | 24 Feb 2026 |  |




## Owned by

Cobra Biologics Holdings Limited → [Charles River Laboratories England Limited](/company/16972850) → [Biofocus Dpi (Holdings) Ltd](/company/03253690) → [Charles River Laboratories Holdings Limited](/company/03894892)




## Directors' other companies

- [GIRSHICK, Birgit](/person/6797388) - director at [Cobra Biologics Limited](/company/02710654)



## Companies at the same address

- [Cobra Biologics Limited](/company/02710654) (02710654)