Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited

Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited is a company on the UK Companies House register with documented links to business activity in the Israeli-occupied territories. This profile is part of UK companies linked to 'Israel'; see UK companies linked to 'Israel': Methodology for how companies were selected and scored.

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Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited
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Type	Private limited Company
Founded	23 April 1935
Founder(s)
Defunct
Headquarters	Second Floor, Arena Court, Crown Lane, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, SL6 8QZ
Industry	08110 - Quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate, 08990 - Other mining and quarrying not elsewhere classified, 23630 - Manufacture of ready-mixed concrete, 64203 - Activities of construction holding companies
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Parent	Heidelberg Materials
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• Category: B – UK subsidiary of OHCHR-listed parent (Heidelberg Materials AG)
• Company number: 00300002
• Status: Active
• Type: Private limited Company
• SIC: 08110 - Quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate, 08990 - Other mining and quarrying not elsewhere classified, 23630 - Manufacture of ready-mixed concrete, 64203 - Activities of construction holding companies
• Registered office: Second Floor, Arena Court, Crown Lane, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, SL6 8QZ
• Previous names: Arc Limited (01 Apr 1986 – 19 Jan 1999); Amey Roadstone Corporation Limited (23 Apr 1935 – 01 Apr 1986)
• Listing / market cap: Ultimate parent Heidelberg Materials AG (Xetra: HEI) – market cap ≈ US$28.3bn (Oct 2026).

Persons with significant control (CH):

• UDS (No 10) (active) — address: Second Floor, Arena Court, Crown Lane, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, SL6 8QZ Notified on 6 April 2016 Governing law Companies Act 2006 Legal form Private Unlimited Company With Share Capital Place registered Companies House Registration number 1842188 Incorporated in United Kingdom Nature of control Ownership of shares – 75% or more Ownership of voting rights - 75% or more Right to appoint or remove directors

Directors (CH; 59 director appointments, 8 current; † = Israel correspondence address, 0 appointments):

Directors (month/year as shown by Companies House; † = Israel correspondence address, an address fact only)

Name	Born (month/year)	Service	†
Matthew David Barlow	May 1979	Sep 2017–present
Gareth James Day	July 1977	Feb 2019–present
Edward Alexander Gretton	July 1970	Jun 2008–present
Mr. Jonathan Peter Morrish	September 1970	Feb 2020–present
Gordon Alexander Napier	December 1977	Sep 2023–present
Alfredo Quilez Somolinos	July 1967	Jan 2022–present
James Stuart Whitelaw	August 1972	Jul 2017–present
Simon Lloyd Willis	October 1965	Oct 2018–present
Andrew Christopher Bolter	December 1970	Jul 2003–Dec 2005
Brian Charleton	July 1968	Dec 2011–Jun 2026
Ross Anthony Norman Chiese	July 1950	pre-Dec 1991–May 1994
David Jonathan Clarke	February 1974	Sep 2013–Dec 2016
James Alexander Claydon	July 1960	Feb 2009–Dec 2019
Maxwell Hay Fordyce Colligan	December 1968	Dec 2011–Jul 2017
Daniel John Cooper	April 1970	Jan 2016–Jan 2019
Anthony Ross Cotton	January 1943	pre-Dec 1991–Oct 1993
Yuval Dagim	December 1962	Sep 2008–Aug 2011
Andrew James Harrower Dougal	September 1951	Mar 1996–May 2002
Andrew James Harrower Dougal	September 1951	pre-Dec 1991–Nov 1993
Robert Charles Dowley	September 1972	Dec 2013–Dec 2013
Graham Dransfield	March 1951	Jul 2003–Jun 2008
Simon Roger Fernley	March 1950	Mar 1996–Sep 2001
Jules Daniel Hugues Gauthier	January 1957	Jul 2009–Mar 2016
Benjamin John Guyatt	October 1975	Jun 2008–Jun 2008
Benjamin John Guyatt	October 1975	Jun 2008–Aug 2008
Todd William Hannigan	October 1972	Sep 2005–Oct 2007
Steven Neville Hardman	May 1968	Jan 2001–Jan 2001
Stephen Richard Harrison	February 1968	Sep 2012–Mar 2015
Plamen Jordanoff	September 1973	Apr 2007–Dec 2008
Christian Leclercq	September 1965	Jun 2008–Mar 2010
Gary Charles McArdle	October 1960	Aug 2005–Jun 2008
Gary Charles McArdle	October 1960	Aug 2004–Jul 2005
John Charles Meins	September 1939	Apr 1993–Dec 1999
Robert Ian Menzies-Gow	September 1942	pre-Dec 1991–Apr 1993
Dr Jonathan Peter Morrish	September 1970	Dec 2007–Sep 2012
Jonathan Peter Morrish	September 1970	Jan 2001–Jan 2001
John Mortimer	November 1953	Jan 1995–Feb 2000
Patrick Joseph O'Shea	September 1958	Jun 2008–Dec 2015
Patrick Joseph O'Shea	September 1958	Aug 2005–Jul 2005
Patrick Joseph O'Shea	September 1958	Aug 2004–May 2008
Michael Alan Ogden	November 1954	Jul 2001–Jun 2004
Ian Alan Duncan Peters	July 1965	May 2000–Jul 2003
Seyda Pirinccioglu	May 1971	Jul 2010–Aug 2013
Phillip Keith Redmond	December 1966	Dec 2011–Oct 2018
Edmund Michael Reed	February 1956	Jul 2003–Sep 2004
Philip John Schacht	December 1964	Sep 2005–Sep 2008
David Philip Sharman	January 1948	Sep 2005–Jan 2013
Alan Robert Harold Sindel	February 1965	Aug 2005–Feb 2006
Alan Robert Harold Sindel	February 1965	Jul 2003–Jul 2005
David John Snowdon	December 1944	Apr 1993–Mar 1996
Nicholas Swift	June 1964	Jul 2003–Jun 2007
David James Tonkin	April 1962	Sep 2001–Jul 2004
Peter John Turner	October 1944	pre-Dec 1991–Feb 1997
Ian Paul Tyler	July 1960	Nov 1993–Mar 1996
Dr Richard Antony Bruce Varcoe	November 1959	Oct 1997–Dec 2000
Simon Neil Vivian	September 1957	Apr 1992–Jun 2003
Dr Ralph Dominik Von Achten	December 1965	Apr 2016–Jan 2020
Dr Ralph Dominik Von Achten	December 1965	Jun 2008–Dec 2008
Dr Carsten Matthias Wendt	June 1976	Dec 2016–Jan 2022

Current secretary: Wendy Fiona Rogers

Latest accounts (income/expenditure): FY to 31 Dec 2024 (latest filed, 4 Oct 2025): turnover £1,082,903,000 (2023: £1,100,884,000); operating profit before exceptional items £68,487,000 (2023: £76,109,000).

Documented OPT activity:

• Heidelberg Materials AG and Hanson Israel Ltd are listed in the 2025 OHCHR update under (g).
• Who Profits: Hanson Israel (99.98%) owns the Nahal Raba quarry south of Qalqilya on ~515 dunam of land belonging to the villages of al-Zawiya and Rafat; Heidelberg acquired Hanson Israel via its 2007 acquisition of the British Hanson plc.
• Heidelberg's July 2025 letter to Who Profits: Nahal Raba quarry, asphalt and concrete plants closed since Nov 2023; expansion 'in principle' granted; no active OPT facilities. Expansion approved 4 July 2025 per BHRRC/taz; Yesh Din petitioned against it.
• UK entity role: whether Hanson Israel is held through any UK Hanson company today was not confirmed – the OCR'd 2024 HQPE accounts do not mention Israel. The UK company's own OPT involvement: none documented.

Controversies:

• Shareholder and NGO criticism of quarrying of occupied natural resources; Yesh Din litigation (above). Human Rights Watch reported a 2020 sale agreement conditional on the expansion approval (per Yesh Din).

Links to Israeli government / WZO / JNF / JA / Keren Hayesod / security apparatus / IDF: Israeli Civil Administration licensing of the quarry (Who Profits). WZO/JNF/JA/KH: none found.

Arms trade involvement: None.

See also

• UK companies linked to 'Israel'
• UK Companies with Address or Ownership Links to Israel - Alphabetical
• UK Companies with Address or Ownership Links to Israel - Ranked by density of connection
• UK Companies with documented links to business activity in the Occupied Palestinian territories and the occupied Golan
• UK defence, security, surveillance and dual-use technology companies with documented business ties to 'Israel'
• UK companies linked to 'Israel': Methodology