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Cips Corporate Services Limited

Retail sale of books in specialised stores

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

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Kate Barratt 2024-2024 Director View profile
David Mclure Taylor 2023-2024 Director View profile
Malcolm Charles William Harrison 2019-2023 Director View profile
Douglas Green 2019-2019 Director View profile
Katherine Tomlinson 2018-2019 Director View profile
Duncan Philip Brock 2018-2022 Director View profile
Andrew Coulcher 2017-2018 Director View profile
Jannine Edgar 2017-2018 Director View profile
David Andrew Noble 2009-2017 Director View profile
Simon George Sperryn 2008-2009 Director View profile
Kenneth William James 1998-2008 Director View profile
Charles Andrew Holden 1998-2000 Director View profile
Peter William Bearne 1991-1992 Director View profile
Malcolm Richard Croft 1996-2017 Secretary View profile
Peter Thomson 1991-1998 Secretary View profile
James Bernard Lewis 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £405,000 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.

Provision of CIPS4 Buyer: Crown Commercial Service £90,000 2022-08-29 CPV 80500000 Source: Contracts Finder
Provision of CIPS4
The Provision of Apprenticeship Training for the Level 4 Commercial Procurement Buyer: Crown Commercial Service £315,000 2020-08-11 CPV 80521000 Source: Contracts Finder
This procurement will establish a single supplier to provide Apprenticeship Training for the Level 4 Commercial Procurement and Supply Apprenticeship Programme.

About

What it does: Retail sale of books in specialised stores; Other service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated: 14/05/1991
Registered office: Peterborough
Previous names: Cips Services Limited (until 30/08/2012)

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.

The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply
75-100% shares · notified 2023-07-20

Group

Cips Corporate Services Limited is controlled by The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2023-07-20 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.

1 other company in this group

The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply

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

Net assets: £93
Total assets: £93
Cash: £46,381
Employees: 0
Turnover: Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Five-year trend

Period ending	Turnover	Net assets
2025-10-31	Not reported	£93
2025-10-31	Not reported	£93

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-10-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

3 grants · £709,676 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 Education · £709,676 (3 grants)

Most recent

Department for Education £132,8802023-04-01
Department for Education £60,9622020-04-01
Department for Education £515,8342020-04-01

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.

3 directors on the board

Benedict Charles Farrell Director · appointed 2024
Jonathan Morgan Director · appointed 2024
Mark Paul Draisey Director · appointed 2025

1.8y median 1.6y

average tenure

2.5y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Benedict Charles Farrell Director · appointed 2024
Jonathan Morgan Director · appointed 2024

Portfolio (1)

Mark Paul Draisey Director · appointed 2025

Also govern a charity

Mark Paul Draisey The Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind

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.

Other services 2

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.

Sources

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

Record details

Company number: 02610367
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Accounts next due: 31/07/2027
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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