KRATOS GROUP PLC

Company summary

Company number: 02071700
Status: ACTIVE
Incorporated / age: 6 November 198639 years
Registered office: Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP
Accounts due: 30 September 2026
Confirmation statement due: 14 January 2027
Active officers: 3
Outstanding charges: 0

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Company type
Public limited company
Address
Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP
Nature of business
Activities of head offices
Previous company names
BALLOTGAIN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

Officer details

Name	Role	Appointed On	Resigned On	Country of Residence	Date of Birth	Address
SANADA, Tetsuaki ACTIVE	Secretary	22 Mar 2023				Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP
HIRAO, Yoshiaki ACTIVE	Director	01 Apr 2023		Germany	January 1968	Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP
IWAMOTO, Shinichi ACTIVE	Director	01 Oct 2025		England	September 1965	Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP
ADAMSON, Brenda May RESIGNED	Secretary	16 Apr 1993	12 Apr 2010			20 Canterbury Road, Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 8PL
BROOKS, Tony RESIGNED	Secretary	12 Apr 2010	22 Mar 2023			Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP
BROWN, Micahel Stewart RESIGNED	Secretary		16 Apr 1993			99 Carrhill Road, Mossley, Lancashire, OL5 0SA
ANDO, Osamu RESIGNED	Director	01 Oct 2000	29 Jun 2005		April 1957	4408 Saul Road, Kensington, Maryland, 20895-37, Usa
ARAI, Sadao RESIGNED	Director	30 Jun 1995	29 Jun 2001		June 1935	201 Grasios Ashikariyama, 117 Ashikariyamacho, Ayakojidoli Nishinotoin Nishira, Shimokoyoku Kyoto, FOREIGN, Japan
ARAI, Sadao RESIGNED	Director	29 Jun 1993	30 Jun 1994		June 1935	201 Grasios Ashikariyama, 117 Ashikariyamacho, Ayakojidoli Nishinotoin Nishira, Shimokoyoku Kyoto, FOREIGN, Japan
BIRTWISTLE, John RESIGNED	Director	18 Dec 1995	31 Aug 2011	England	August 1952	7 Balliol Close, Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0EL
BIRTWISTLE, John RESIGNED	Director	11 Oct 1995	13 Oct 1995	England	August 1952	7 Balliol Close, Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0EL
HARA, Tasuku RESIGNED	Director	28 Jun 1996	29 Jun 2001		September 1938	13 Nakajima-Cho, Tenryuji Saga Ukyo, Kyoto-Shi, Kyoto, 616, Japan
HARA, Toshio RESIGNED	Director		30 Jun 1994		June 1930	Flat 1, 60 Massey Street, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 1DU
HATTORI, Shigehiko RESIGNED	Director	27 Jun 1998	29 Jun 2000		August 1941	7-235 Terada-Fukatani, Jyoyo-Shi Kyoto 610-0121, Japan, FOREIGN
HATTORI, Shigehiko RESIGNED	Director	30 Jun 1994	30 Jun 1995		August 1941	12161 Hidden Brook Terrace, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
HIRAI, Hisaharu RESIGNED	Director	30 Jun 1994	30 Nov 1994		June 1939	Histoir Goshohigasi Rm 306, 190 Shinkarasumadori Kiridoshi Agaru, Kamikyo Ku Kyoto 604, Japan
HOWARD, Ronald John Frederick RESIGNED	Director		31 Mar 2011	England	September 1921	5 Ordnance Mews, St John's Wood, London, NW8 6PF
ICHIMURA, Katsuhiko RESIGNED	Director	01 Apr 1998	27 Jun 2003		January 1941	2 Drayton Grove, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 7PX
IMAMURA, Naoki RESIGNED	Director	27 Jun 1998	01 Apr 2002		November 1943	Green Heights Shimadzu 302, 533 Horikawa Hadano-Shi 259-1305, Kanagawa Japan, FOREIGN
INCLEDON, John David RESIGNED	Director		31 Dec 1993		July 1938	Suite 33-140 Park Lane, London, W1Y 3AA
ISHIDA, Yasuo RESIGNED	Director	01 Oct 1994	27 Jun 1998		December 1940	11/65 Teradocho Kishinoshita, Muko City, Kyoto Prefecture Japan 617
KADOTA, Toshimi RESIGNED	Director	01 Apr 2003	27 Jun 2003		October 1950	3/126 North Road, Brighton, Victoria, 3186, BN1 1YA, Australia
KAKINUMA, Shigemasa RESIGNED	Director	28 Jun 1996	21 Jan 1997		April 1941	3-9-21 Kamariya-Cho Nishi, Kanzaawa-Ku, Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa Prefecture, 236, Japan
KAWABE, Yasutsugu RESIGNED	Director	30 Jun 1994	30 Jun 1995		January 1942	Momoi 1 23 12, Suginami Ku, Tokyo, Japan
KAWASHIMA, Fumio RESIGNED	Director		01 Feb 1995		September 1940	62-30 Terada-Imabori, Joye, Kyoto 610-61, Japan
KOSUKE, Nakao RESIGNED	Director	05 Feb 2018	25 Jan 2019	Germany	July 1960	Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP
KOYA, Takayoshi RESIGNED	Director	30 Jun 1995	28 Jun 1996		December 1939	1-2 Yakou-Cho Shimogamo, Sakyo-Ku Kyoto, Japan, FOREIGN
KURITA, Tahashi RESIGNED	Director		29 Jun 1993		February 1936	8-7 Shibayama, Kanshuji, Yamashina-Ku, Kyoto 607, Japan
MATSUMOTO, Shingo RESIGNED	Director	28 Jun 1996	28 Jun 1997		July 1941	71-45 Syodo, Terada, Joyo-Shi, Kyoto, 61001, Japanese
MIURA, Yasuo RESIGNED	Director	26 Jun 2009	27 Jun 2013	Germany	April 1957	33, Steinstrasse 33, Dusseldorf, 40210
MUKAI, Norio RESIGNED	Director	01 Apr 2021	01 Oct 2025	England	July 1965	Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP
MURAKITA, Hiroyuki RESIGNED	Director	29 Jun 2011	29 Jun 2016	Japan	February 1957	403, Pine Field Go-Jo, 13 Minami-Takadacho Saiin, Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan, Japan
MURAKITA, Hiroyuki RESIGNED	Director	27 Jun 2003	23 Jul 2010	England	June 1957	21, The Carriages, Booth Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 4AF, United Kingdom
NAKAMOTO, Akira RESIGNED	Director	29 Jun 2000	29 Jun 2004		November 1945	4-2-2 Tsukahara, Takatsuki-Shi, Osaka, 569-1046, FOREIGN
ONOSE, Soju RESIGNED	Director	30 Jun 1994	21 Jul 1996		October 1947	Arashiyama Lexmansion Rm 106, Arishiyama Nakaoshitacho 12-1, Nishikyo Ku Kyoto, Japan
SHIMAZU, Kozo RESIGNED	Director	29 Jun 2004	27 Jun 2023	England	January 1948	Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP
SOEJIMA, Hiroyoshi RESIGNED	Director		27 Jun 1998		September 1939	28 Shirie Oyamazakincho, Ktoyo 618, Japan
SOMEYAMA, Takao RESIGNED	Director	29 Jun 1993	30 May 1995		July 1931	388 Sanjo Tonomachi, Rokkenchodori Ichijho Sagaru, Kamikyo Ku, Kyoto, Japan
SURMAN, David John RESIGNED	Director	29 Jun 2005	31 Mar 2019	United States	September 1952	65 Alpine Ridge Road, West Milford, New Jersey 07480, FOREIGN, United States
TAKAGI, Yasum Itsu RESIGNED	Director	21 Jan 1997	29 Jun 2001		April 1946	E- 201 Ci Heights Kitakogane, 148 - 2 Hiraga, Matsudo - City, 270 Chiba, Japan
TAKASHIMA, Jiro RESIGNED	Director	25 Jan 2019	01 Apr 2023	Germany	July 1960	Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP
TAKIMOTO, Shingo RESIGNED	Director	30 Jun 1995	01 Oct 2000		June 1946	7102 Riverwood Drive, Columbia Maryland 21046, United States Of America
TOKUMASU, Yasunori RESIGNED	Director	29 Jun 2001	26 Jun 2009		July 1956	1411 View Sight Tower, 2 11 7 Kamiochiai, Saitama Shi, Saitama, Japan
UDAGAWA, Toshaki RESIGNED	Director		29 Jun 1993		January 1935	No 14-12 1 Chome, Shinkawa-Cho, Higashikurme-Shi, Tokyo 180-03, Japan
UEDA, Teruhisa RESIGNED	Director	29 Jun 2010	29 Jun 2011	Japan	May 1957	5-20, Mukouno Chicho, Umegahata Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan, 616-8262, Japan
WAKI, Hiroaki RESIGNED	Director	29 Jun 2016	01 Apr 2021	United Kingdom	June 1961	Shimadzu Research Laboratory Europe, Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, M17 1GP, England
WALDRON, John Desmond RESIGNED	Director		30 Jun 1995		January 1925	69 Moss Lane, Sale, Cheshire, M33 5AP
YAMAMOTO, Hiroshi, Dr RESIGNED	Director	12 May 1993	27 Jun 1998		January 1941	2 Drayton Grove, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 7PX
YAMSMOTO, Yasunori RESIGNED	Director	27 Jun 2013	25 Jan 2019	Germany	February 1959	Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP

SANADA, Tetsuaki ACTIVE
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 22 Mar 2023
Address: Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP

HIRAO, Yoshiaki ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Apr 2023
Country of Residence: Germany
Date of birth: January 1968
Address: Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP

IWAMOTO, Shinichi ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Oct 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: September 1965
Address: Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP

ADAMSON, Brenda May RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 16 Apr 1993
Resigned on: 12 Apr 2010
Address: 20 Canterbury Road, Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 8PL

BROOKS, Tony RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 12 Apr 2010
Resigned on: 22 Mar 2023
Address: Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP

BROWN, Micahel Stewart RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 16 Apr 1993
Address: 99 Carrhill Road, Mossley, Lancashire, OL5 0SA

ANDO, Osamu RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Oct 2000
Resigned on: 29 Jun 2005
Date of birth: April 1957
Address: 4408 Saul Road, Kensington, Maryland, 20895-37, Usa

ARAI, Sadao RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 Jun 1995
Resigned on: 29 Jun 2001
Date of birth: June 1935
Address: 201 Grasios Ashikariyama, 117 Ashikariyamacho, Ayakojidoli Nishinotoin Nishira, Shimokoyoku Kyoto, FOREIGN, Japan

ARAI, Sadao RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Jun 1993
Resigned on: 30 Jun 1994
Date of birth: June 1935
Address: 201 Grasios Ashikariyama, 117 Ashikariyamacho, Ayakojidoli Nishinotoin Nishira, Shimokoyoku Kyoto, FOREIGN, Japan

BIRTWISTLE, John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 18 Dec 1995
Resigned on: 31 Aug 2011
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: August 1952
Address: 7 Balliol Close, Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0EL

BIRTWISTLE, John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 11 Oct 1995
Resigned on: 13 Oct 1995
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: August 1952
Address: 7 Balliol Close, Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0EL

HARA, Tasuku RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Jun 1996
Resigned on: 29 Jun 2001
Date of birth: September 1938
Address: 13 Nakajima-Cho, Tenryuji Saga Ukyo, Kyoto-Shi, Kyoto, 616, Japan

HARA, Toshio RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 30 Jun 1994
Date of birth: June 1930
Address: Flat 1, 60 Massey Street, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 1DU

HATTORI, Shigehiko RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 27 Jun 1998
Resigned on: 29 Jun 2000
Date of birth: August 1941
Address: 7-235 Terada-Fukatani, Jyoyo-Shi Kyoto 610-0121, Japan, FOREIGN

HATTORI, Shigehiko RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 Jun 1994
Resigned on: 30 Jun 1995
Date of birth: August 1941
Address: 12161 Hidden Brook Terrace, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878

HIRAI, Hisaharu RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 Jun 1994
Resigned on: 30 Nov 1994
Date of birth: June 1939
Address: Histoir Goshohigasi Rm 306, 190 Shinkarasumadori Kiridoshi Agaru, Kamikyo Ku Kyoto 604, Japan

HOWARD, Ronald John Frederick RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Mar 2011
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: September 1921
Address: 5 Ordnance Mews, St John's Wood, London, NW8 6PF

ICHIMURA, Katsuhiko RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Apr 1998
Resigned on: 27 Jun 2003
Date of birth: January 1941
Address: 2 Drayton Grove, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 7PX

IMAMURA, Naoki RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 27 Jun 1998
Resigned on: 01 Apr 2002
Date of birth: November 1943
Address: Green Heights Shimadzu 302, 533 Horikawa Hadano-Shi 259-1305, Kanagawa Japan, FOREIGN

INCLEDON, John David RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Dec 1993
Date of birth: July 1938
Address: Suite 33-140 Park Lane, London, W1Y 3AA

ISHIDA, Yasuo RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Oct 1994
Resigned on: 27 Jun 1998
Date of birth: December 1940
Address: 11/65 Teradocho Kishinoshita, Muko City, Kyoto Prefecture Japan 617

KADOTA, Toshimi RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Apr 2003
Resigned on: 27 Jun 2003
Date of birth: October 1950
Address: 3/126 North Road, Brighton, Victoria, 3186, BN1 1YA, Australia

KAKINUMA, Shigemasa RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Jun 1996
Resigned on: 21 Jan 1997
Date of birth: April 1941
Address: 3-9-21 Kamariya-Cho Nishi, Kanzaawa-Ku, Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa Prefecture, 236, Japan

KAWABE, Yasutsugu RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 Jun 1994
Resigned on: 30 Jun 1995
Date of birth: January 1942
Address: Momoi 1 23 12, Suginami Ku, Tokyo, Japan

KAWASHIMA, Fumio RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 01 Feb 1995
Date of birth: September 1940
Address: 62-30 Terada-Imabori, Joye, Kyoto 610-61, Japan

KOSUKE, Nakao RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Feb 2018
Resigned on: 25 Jan 2019
Country of Residence: Germany
Date of birth: July 1960
Address: Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP

KOYA, Takayoshi RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 Jun 1995
Resigned on: 28 Jun 1996
Date of birth: December 1939
Address: 1-2 Yakou-Cho Shimogamo, Sakyo-Ku Kyoto, Japan, FOREIGN

KURITA, Tahashi RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 29 Jun 1993
Date of birth: February 1936
Address: 8-7 Shibayama, Kanshuji, Yamashina-Ku, Kyoto 607, Japan

MATSUMOTO, Shingo RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Jun 1996
Resigned on: 28 Jun 1997
Date of birth: July 1941
Address: 71-45 Syodo, Terada, Joyo-Shi, Kyoto, 61001, Japanese

MIURA, Yasuo RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 26 Jun 2009
Resigned on: 27 Jun 2013
Country of Residence: Germany
Date of birth: April 1957
Address: 33, Steinstrasse 33, Dusseldorf, 40210

MUKAI, Norio RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Apr 2021
Resigned on: 01 Oct 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: July 1965
Address: Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP

MURAKITA, Hiroyuki RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Jun 2011
Resigned on: 29 Jun 2016
Country of Residence: Japan
Date of birth: February 1957
Address: 403, Pine Field Go-Jo, 13 Minami-Takadacho Saiin, Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan, Japan

MURAKITA, Hiroyuki RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 27 Jun 2003
Resigned on: 23 Jul 2010
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: June 1957
Address: 21, The Carriages, Booth Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 4AF, United Kingdom

NAKAMOTO, Akira RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Jun 2000
Resigned on: 29 Jun 2004
Date of birth: November 1945
Address: 4-2-2 Tsukahara, Takatsuki-Shi, Osaka, 569-1046, FOREIGN

ONOSE, Soju RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 Jun 1994
Resigned on: 21 Jul 1996
Date of birth: October 1947
Address: Arashiyama Lexmansion Rm 106, Arishiyama Nakaoshitacho 12-1, Nishikyo Ku Kyoto, Japan

SHIMAZU, Kozo RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Jun 2004
Resigned on: 27 Jun 2023
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: January 1948
Address: Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP

SOEJIMA, Hiroyoshi RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 27 Jun 1998
Date of birth: September 1939
Address: 28 Shirie Oyamazakincho, Ktoyo 618, Japan

SOMEYAMA, Takao RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Jun 1993
Resigned on: 30 May 1995
Date of birth: July 1931
Address: 388 Sanjo Tonomachi, Rokkenchodori Ichijho Sagaru, Kamikyo Ku, Kyoto, Japan

SURMAN, David John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Jun 2005
Resigned on: 31 Mar 2019
Country of Residence: United States
Date of birth: September 1952
Address: 65 Alpine Ridge Road, West Milford, New Jersey 07480, FOREIGN, United States

TAKAGI, Yasum Itsu RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 21 Jan 1997
Resigned on: 29 Jun 2001
Date of birth: April 1946
Address: E- 201 Ci Heights Kitakogane, 148 - 2 Hiraga, Matsudo - City, 270 Chiba, Japan

TAKASHIMA, Jiro RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 25 Jan 2019
Resigned on: 01 Apr 2023
Country of Residence: Germany
Date of birth: July 1960
Address: Wharfside, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP

TAKIMOTO, Shingo RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 Jun 1995
Resigned on: 01 Oct 2000
Date of birth: June 1946
Address: 7102 Riverwood Drive, Columbia Maryland 21046, United States Of America

TOKUMASU, Yasunori RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Jun 2001
Resigned on: 26 Jun 2009
Date of birth: July 1956
Address: 1411 View Sight Tower, 2 11 7 Kamiochiai, Saitama Shi, Saitama, Japan

UDAGAWA, Toshaki RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 29 Jun 1993
Date of birth: January 1935
Address: No 14-12 1 Chome, Shinkawa-Cho, Higashikurme-Shi, Tokyo 180-03, Japan

UEDA, Teruhisa RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Jun 2010
Resigned on: 29 Jun 2011
Country of Residence: Japan
Date of birth: May 1957
Address: 5-20, Mukouno Chicho, Umegahata Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan, 616-8262, Japan

WAKI, Hiroaki RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Jun 2016
Resigned on: 01 Apr 2021
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: June 1961
Address: Shimadzu Research Laboratory Europe, Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, M17 1GP, England

WALDRON, John Desmond RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 30 Jun 1995
Date of birth: January 1925
Address: 69 Moss Lane, Sale, Cheshire, M33 5AP