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System Simulation Limited

Business and domestic software development

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

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Previous officers 8

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Oliver Paul Tudor Rickard 2012-2016 Director View profile
Michael Anthony Coyne 2002-2007 Director View profile
Graham Jonathan Howard 2002-2013 Director View profile
Douglas Stevenson 1996 Director View profile
Dr George Lauder Mallen 2014 Director View profile
Michael John Stapleton 2024 Director View profile
Dr Christopher Charles Martin 1993-2000 Secretary View profile
Kate Stuart-Smith 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £68,484 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.

Collections Index Buyer: Department for Culture, Media and Sport £68,484 2026-03-04 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) requires a supplier to procure and provide a software service called CollectionsIndex+.
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: Business and domestic software development
Incorporated: 28/07/1970
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.

Michael John Stapleton ceased 2024-12-03
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06

Group

System Simulation Limited is controlled by Michael John Stapleton
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2024-12-03 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Michael John Stapleton.

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.

Financials

Total assets: £460,715
Cash: £742,382
Employees: 13
Turnover: Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss: £187,378

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-01-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

4 directors on the board

Michael Andrew Selway Director · appointed 1993
Mark Stewart Mckenzie Director · appointed 2017
Agnes Adrienn Labszki Director · appointed 2025
Richard Michael Beales Director · appointed 2017

13.2y median 9.2y

average tenure

33.2y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Michael Andrew Selway Director · appointed 1993
Mark Stewart Mckenzie Director · appointed 2017
Richard Michael Beales Director · appointed 2017

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Mark Stewart Mckenzie Director · appointed 2017
Richard Michael Beales Director · appointed 2017

Portfolio (2)

Michael Andrew Selway Director · appointed 1993
Agnes Adrienn Labszki Director · appointed 2025

Also govern a charity

Michael Andrew Selway The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells, The Royal Tunbridge Wells Choral Society

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.

Arts and leisure 1Professional services 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
No director brings board experience from anywhere else
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

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

Record details

Company number: 00985613
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Accounts next due: 31/10/2027
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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