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DUN & Bradstreet Limited

Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 43

  1. Sabine Leferink 2017-2022 Director View profile
  2. Aidan Conway 2016-2017 Director View profile
  3. Christian Erlandson 2016-2017 Director View profile
  4. Neel Gupta 2014-2016 Director View profile
  5. John Stynes 2013-2013 Director View profile
  6. Gareth Tamblyn-Jones 2009-2012 Director View profile
  7. Roger Francis Hodson 2008-2014 Director View profile
  8. Gavin Rogerson 2008-2016 Director View profile
  9. Niall James Mitchell 2007-2011 Director View profile
  10. Peta Elizabeth Clifton 2007-2009 Director View profile
  11. Jorge Humberto Forton Palomino 2006-2016 Director View profile
  12. Howard Keith Sarna 2006-2007 Director View profile
  13. Piers Dominic Gilchrist Woolston 2006-2016 Director View profile
  14. Simon Anthony Helliwell 2005-2007 Director View profile
  15. Kevin John Turland 2005-2006 Director View profile
  16. Mary Gerardine Fleming 2005-2006 Director View profile
  17. Cara Denise Ibbotson 2004-2005 Director View profile
  18. Nicola Jane Edwards 2003-2004 Director View profile
  19. William Lee Wood 2002-2002 Director View profile
  20. John Neil Denholm 2002-2006 Director View profile
  21. Mark Richard Malone 2002-2005 Director View profile
  22. James Timmerman Murphy 2001-2003 Director View profile
  23. Bruno Jean Le Proux De La Riviere 2000-2002 Director View profile
  24. Frank Stanley Sowinski 2000-2000 Director View profile
  25. John Anthony Fry 1995-2000 Director View profile
  26. Claes Goran Henkel 1994-2001 Director View profile
  27. Lynn Mathieson 1992-1994 Director View profile
  28. Mark Preston 1992-1999 Director View profile
  29. Brian John Palmer 1992-1993 Director View profile
  30. Richard James Goodwin Archer 1995 Director View profile
  31. James Andrew Dick 1993 Director View profile
  32. Volney Taylor 1999 Director View profile
  33. Gerald Brownson Stevenson 1993 Director View profile
  34. Keith Henry Williams 1993 Director View profile
  35. Anthony Robert Bushell 1993 Director View profile
  36. John William Humble 1996 Director View profile
  37. Rippon, Aubrey Geoffrey Frederick, the Rt Hon the Lord Rippon of Hexham 1996 Director View profile
  38. Paramdeep Sidhu 2017-2022 Secretary View profile
  39. Elizabeth Johnson 2016-2017 Secretary View profile
  40. Mark Perfrement 2010-2016 Secretary View profile
  41. Christopher John Owen Syer 2001-2009 Secretary View profile
  42. William Shadburn Marshall 1993-2002 Secretary View profile
  43. Raymond Alan Fox 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

13 contracts · £3,362,593 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • D&B + API Interface Buyer: Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) £266,961 2026-06-24 CPV 72000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Provision of D&B and API Interface Data

  • Finance Analytics and Historical PPF Levy Score Services Buyer: Pension Protection Fund £333,429 2026-03-31 CPV 72316000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Finance Analytics to monitor defined benefit scheme sponsors and access to historical PPF Levy Score Services should we receive enquiries in future. Procured using the G-Cloud 14 framework. Value includes VAT and optional one-year ex…

  • Firm Financial Data & Company Information Buyer: FCA £523,764 2026-03-18 CPV 72319000 Source: Contracts Finder

    G-Cloud Call Off contract for firm financial data and company information. This call-off is for an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for further 12 months.

  • Dun and Bradstreet Data Blocks Match and Append Files Buyer: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £25,978 2026-02-27 CPV 72322000 Source: Contracts Finder

    As a government department, we are required to publish our annual targets for spend with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs). To ensure we can report this information accurately, we ha…

  • DN804271 - Due Diligence Subscription Buyer: Met Office £65,000 2026-01-28 CPV 48218000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Credit reference due diligence subscription.

  • Global Business Data for DDaT Buyer: Department for Business and Trade £918,469 2025-11-19 CPV 48600000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Procuring access to global business data to support departmental objectives for DDaT.

  • Dun & Bradstreet integration with Atamis Buyer: FCA £98,400 2025-09-25 CPV 72000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    D&B integration with Atamis to provide 1,000 unique supplier searches. To pull across company financial information for Procurement & Supplier Management to undertake financial assessments.

  • Onboarding Compliance Reports for Licence Applications Buyer: Ofgem £54,000 2025-07-24 CPV 72300000 Source: Contracts Finder

    This contract is for a supplier to provide a comprehensive solution to support research and validation of companies and individuals during the licensing process. The desired solution from the supplier will include access to overseas company…

  • Provision of D&B Finance Analytics Buyer: Crown Commercial Service £128,150 2025-06-18 CPV 48517000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Subscription to access commercial finance data\r Total record volume - 4000 (3700 Region 1 and 300 Region 2)

  • Provision of Group Structure and Financial Data Buyer: Office for National Statistics £796,220 2024-11-07 CPV 72300000 Source: Contracts Finder

    The ONS has wide-ranging and ongoing requirements to provide detailed information on business activity within the UK. The variables included in this procurement are of interest in the transformation of ONS' financial, business, and inte…

  • Project- 4392 Provision of Financial Background Checking Tool Buyer: Department for Business and Trade £88,600 2024-09-17 CPV 48611000 Source: Contracts Finder

    A contract for three (3) separate licences to access D&B's global company data tool, Risk Analytics, which will allow the Department of Business and Trade ("DBT") to conduct assurance checks on potential investing companies. The contra…

  • Finance Analytics Subscription Buyer: The Pensions Regulator £63,622 2022-09-27 CPV 79980000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Subscription to D&B Finance Analytics, giving the Buyer global access to company data, risk and credit ratings and directorships. Contract value includes VAT.

  • G Cloud 15 Buyer: Government Commercial Agency Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    G-Cloud 15 (GC15) is the replacement for G-Cloud 14 (GC14), G-Cloud 14 Lot 4 (GC14.4) and Cloud Compute 2 (CC2). It is the largest framework of its kind in the public sector. G-Cloud spend for FY23/24 was £3.1bn and Cloud Compute was £0.5m.…

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About

What it does
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
28/10/1919
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. DUN & Bradstreet Limited is controlled by D & B Europe Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. D & B Europe Limited is controlled by D&B Group Holdings (UK)
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-20 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by D&B Group Holdings (UK).

6 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

1 grant · £39,549 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £39,549

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £39,5492018-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

5 directors on the board

10.4y median 9.4y
average tenure
19.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

1
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 4Business services 1Tech and media 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00160043
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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