# Explore Investments Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [05490297](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05490297)
- **Status:** Active - Proposal to Strike off
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 24 Jun 2005
- **Registered office:** BRIDGE PLACE ANCHOR BOULEVARD, ADMIRALS PARK, DARTFORD, DA2 6SN
- **Nature of business:** [41100](/sic/41100) Development of building projects, [64203](/sic/64203) Activities of construction holding companies
- **Corporate group:** [GMV Nominees Ltd](/group/4) (48298 companies)


## Previous names

- Laing O'rourke Capital Limited (until 23 Dec 2005)
- Explore Investments Limited (until 2 Dec 2005)
- Explore Property Investments Limited (until 21 Oct 2005)
- Shelfco (No. 3100) Limited (until 6 Sep 2005)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | corporate-nominee-secretary | 24 Jun 2005 | 6 Sep 2005 |
| MIKJON LIMITED | corporate-nominee-director | 24 Jun 2005 | 6 Sep 2005 |
| MCKENZIE, Clive William Price | secretary | 6 Sep 2005 | 21 Mar 2006 |
| O'ROURKE, Raymond Gabriel | director | 6 Sep 2005 | 2 May 2006 |
| MCDONALD, Craig Euan | director | 1 May 2007 | 13 Nov 2007 |
| PILKINGTON, Richard Michael | director | 1 Mar 2006 | 29 Feb 2008 |
| TABART, John Edward | director | 17 Sep 2007 | 8 Sep 2008 |
| DALTON, Thomas Gerard | director | 1 Mar 2006 | 8 Sep 2008 |
| FRASER DALE, Andrew David | director | 1 Mar 2006 | 3 Oct 2008 |
| CURLISS, James | director | 2 May 2006 | 30 Nov 2008 |
| JOHNSON, Dennis Arthur | director | 6 Sep 2005 | 9 Mar 2009 |
| DEMPSEY, Bernard Anthony | director | 6 Sep 2005 | 1 Sep 2011 |
| SCENNA, Lisa | director | 28 Sep 2009 | 2 Mar 2012 |
| BUTLER, Andrew John | director | 4 Jun 2007 | 14 Mar 2014 |
| COLLINS, Paul Cornelius | director | 11 Feb 2010 | 7 Aug 2014 |
| TUCKETT, Callum Mitchell | director | 7 Aug 2014 | 1 Jul 2016 |
| RICHARDS, Ceri | director | 2 Mar 2012 | 31 May 2017 |
| MCINTYRE, Alexander Stewart | director | 1 Jul 2016 | 18 Dec 2020 |
| BAKER, Rowan Clare | director | 18 Dec 2020 | 27 Sep 2024 |
| TURNER, Robert Edward | secretary | 1 Mar 2006 | 13 Feb 2026 |
| O'HARA, Marie-Claire | secretary | 13 Feb 2026 |  |
| EDMONDSON, James Fairweather | director | 20 Dec 2019 |  |



## Control

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




## Owned by

Explore Investments Limited → [Explore Capital Limited](/company/05258424) → [Laing O'rourke PLC.](/company/04222545) → [O'rourke Investments Limited](/company/02823261) → [O'rourke Investments Holdings (UK) Limited](/company/05152347)




## Directors' other companies

- [EDMONDSON, James Fairweather](/person/6097881) - director at [John Laing Construction Limited](/company/00172161)
- [EDMONDSON, James Fairweather](/person/6097881) - director at [Laing Engineering Limited](/company/01541508)
- [EDMONDSON, James Fairweather](/person/6097881) - director at [O.C. Summers Limited](/company/00969372)
- [EDMONDSON, James Fairweather](/person/6097881) - director at [O'rourke Civil & Structural Engineering Limited](/company/01323856)
- [EDMONDSON, James Fairweather](/person/6097881) - director at [Laing O'rourke Construction South Limited](/company/04309434)
- [EDMONDSON, James Fairweather](/person/6097881) - director at [Anchor Boulevard Limited](/company/04171675)
- [EDMONDSON, James Fairweather](/person/6097881) - director at [O'rourke Civil Engineering Limited](/company/02810023)