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Mystery Shoppers Limited

Management consultancy activities other than financial management

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

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Who leads it

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £1,344,073 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 Service Quality Regime (SQR) Inspection Services Buyer: XC TRAINS LIMITED £1,344,073 2026-06-02 Source: Find a Tender

    XC Trains Limited (XC) operates passenger rail services across the United Kingdom. XC is a unique operation in that it runs from the Southwest in England to the North of Scotland and is the most extensive rail franchise in Britain, calling …

  • The Provision of Mystery Shoppers Buyer: Construction Industry Training Board Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    CITB operates mystery shops with the core objective of consistently monitoring testing and training centres to provide CITB with assurance that those centres are operating and following the scheme rules for each product and are delivering t…

About

What it does
Management consultancy activities other than financial management; Market research and public opinion polling
Incorporated
15/10/1991
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

  • Paul Ronald Grafton
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-09-25
  • Denise Margaret Grafton
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-09-25

Group

  1. Mystery Shoppers Limited is controlled by Paul Ronald Grafton
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-09-25 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Paul Ronald Grafton.

2 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.

Financials

Net assets
£943,440
Total assets
£943,440
Cash
£494,101
Employees
68
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.

3 directors on the board

24.5y median 34.7y
average tenure
34.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

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 1Retail and trade 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
02654347
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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