The names of four businessmen come up in any discussion around Teesworks – as they own 90% of the company. The remaining 10% is owned by the public STDC.
Musgrave owns 45% of Teesworks Ltd.
Joseph Christopher Musgrave OBE (Chris) was born in December 1965 in Hartlepool; son of Mary and Joseph Musgrave (Joe). He has two sisters, Lynn and Lesley-Ann, the Miss Great Britain winner of 1986. In 1990 Joe and Chris established a company refurbishing supermarkets called JCM. It was successful and employed 250 people.
Due to JCM’s success it secured a contract from the Ministry of Defence in 1997 to dispose of military equipment from the British Armed forces in Hong Kong during the transition of the British colony to China. A high security vetting process for bidders of the equipment was put in place. The auctions raised millions of pounds for HM Treasury with JCM taking a commission.
They then moved onto property and business site development where they bought sites across the country including land at Wynyard. This is where they developed Wynard Business Park. Joe Musgrave died in 2016.
Companies
Chris Musgrave is currently the director of 48 companies.
19 active companies can be found on one of his Companies House profiles:
• JCM Retail Equipment Ltd (other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets) – appointed on 13 Mar 2000
• Joseph Developments Ltd (activities of head office) – appointed on 25 Oct 2001
• JCM Holdings Ltd (activities of head office) – appointed on 26 Oct 2001
• Chris Musgrave Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed on 15 Apr 2002
• JC Musgrave Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed on 9 May 2005
• Wynyard Park Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed on 29 July 2005
• Wynyard Park (Estate Co) Ltd (dormant company) – appointed on 24 Aug 2005
• Strategic Sites Ltd (dormant company) – appointed on 6 Jan 2006
• Parkserve Ltd (combined facilities support activities) – appointed on 10 Aug 2012
• JCM Property Consultants Ltd (management consultancy activities other than financial management) – appointed on 17 Dec 2013
• Thornex Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed 19 May 2014
• Invicta Asset Management Ltd (other service activities not elsewhere classified) –appointed on 12 Aug 2014
• Curious Combination Ltd (other service activities not elsewhere classified) –appointed on 13 Aug 2014
• Stone Hill Park Ltd (buying and selling of own real estate) – appointed on 19 Sept 2014
• Taradina Number Three Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed on 9 Oct 2014
• Taradina Number Two Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed on 9 Oct 2014
• Saddlestone Occident Ltd (other service activities not elsewhere classified) – appointed on 14 Oct 2014
• Saddlestone West Ltd (buying and selling of own real estate) – appointed on 14 Oct 2014
• Legacy (NE) Ltd (buying and selling of own real estate) – appointed on 20 Nov 2015
Another 23 active companies can be found on his other profile.
- JC Musgrave Capital Ltd (management consultancy activities other than financial management) – appointed 20 Nov 2019
- DCS Industrial Ltd (operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities) – appointed on 25 Nov 2019
- Corporation House Development Ltd (dormant) – appointed 29 Nov 2019
- Teesside International Development Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed 6 Dec 2019 ***with Martin Corney***
- Teesside International Land Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed 6 Dec 2019 ***with Martin Corney***
- Teesside International (North) Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed 6 Dec 2019 ***with Martin Corney***
- Teesworks Ltd (remediation activities and other waste management services & operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities) – appointed 6 Dec 2019 ***with Martin Corney***
- DCS Industrial Developments Ltd (development of building projects & construction of commercial buildings) – appointed on 20 Jan 2020 ***with Martin Corney***
- DCS Industrial (South) Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed on 21 Jan 2020 ***with Martin Corney***
- Albert Road Redevelopment Ltd (dormant) – appointed on 10 Feb 2020 ***with Martin Corney***
- Topland (UK) Ltd (activities of other holdings companies not elsewhere classified) – appointed on 19 Oct 2020
- JCM Land Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed on 19 Jan 2020 ***with Joseph Chris Musgrave born June 1997***
- Wynyard Red Gap Ltd (buying and selling of own real estate) – appointed on 21 Oct 2021
- Thornex Options Ltd (buying and selling of own real estate) – appointed on 21 Oct 2021
- Teesworks Port Ltd (operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities) – appointed on 27 Oct 2021 ***with Martin Corney***
- Teesworks Quay Ltd (operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities) – appointed on 27 Oct 2021 ***with Martin Corney***
- Bamburgh Holdings Ltd ((activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified) – appointed on 5 Nov 2021
- Thornex Developments Ltd (activities of construction holding companies) – appointed on 24 Jan 2022
- W120 Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed on 24 Jan 2022
- Thornex Holdings Ltd (activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified) – appointed on 28 Sept 2022
- JCM Agriculture and Leisure Ltd (mixed farming) – appointed on 1 Oct 2022
- Wynyard Leisure Ltd (hotels and similar accommodation & licensed restaurants) – appointed on 5 Dec 2022
- Bamburgh Leisure Ltd (licensed restaurants) – appointed on 13 Feb 2023
Here we see another profile with just one company registered to it:
• Teesside International Airport Business Park Ltd – appointed on 2 Apr 2020 along with Julie Gilhespie as part of the TVCA. * Martin Corney*
Now this may be the last profile, or it may not. It’s a quite extensive swathe of existence over on Companies House when it comes to Chris Musgrave.
• MCCM Land Ltd (management of real estate on a fee or contract basis) – Director, appointed on 8 Dec 2022 * Martin Corney*
• MCCM Developments Ltd (other accommodation) – Director, appointed on 8 Dec 2022 * Martin Corney*
• MCCM Supply Ltd (other business support service activities not elsewhere classified) – Director, appointed on 8 Dec 2022 * Martin Corney*
• Steel River Quay Ltd (other business support service activities not elsewhere classified) – Director, appointed on 23 Mar 2023 * Martin Corney*
• Steel River Power Ltd (other business support service activities not elsewhere classified) – Director, appointed on 23 Mar 2023 * Martin Corney
His son
Chris Musgrave’s son, none other than Joseph Christopher Musgrave (they really like that name I guess), also has a profile. The companies are as follows:
- West Wynyard Woodland Ltd (silviculture and other forestry activities) – appointed on 18 Feb 2020
- JCM Plant Ltd (renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment) – appointed on 27 Oct 2020
- Purdy Capital Ltd (management consultancy activities other than financial management) – appointed on 18 Jan 2021
- JCM Land Ltd (development of building projects) – appointed on 19 Jan 2021
- Redpark Leisure Ltd (hotels and similar accommodation) – appointed on 8 Feb 2023
What’s interesting about his son’s profile is that JCM Plant Ltd who rents and leases construction machinery was set up just over one month after the first contractor Hall Construction entered the Teesworks site in Sept 2020. JCM has leased machinery previously. For the Wynyard business park development. Who oversaw this project? Chris Musgrave.
Another interesting factoid on the journey through Chris Musgrave’s active companies is that the only one who’s nature of business in remediation is Teesworks Ltd. So, what qualifies this extensive property developer to oversee the largest remediation of land in the UK’s recent history?
OBE
On receiving an OBE Chris Musgrave declared:
“Those early years were the ‘golden years’ for me. I learned about the importance of hard work and recognising an opportunity.”
And so, he did, in the form of Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen.
