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Cranfield Management Development Limited

Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 22

  1. Professor David Richard Oglethorpe 2019-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Lynette Joy Ryals 2017-2019 Director View profile
  3. Dr John Thomas Glen 2015-2017 Director View profile
  4. Prof Maury Alan Peiperl 2015-2017 Director View profile
  5. Professor Joseph Gerard Nellis 2014-2015 Director View profile
  6. John Mark Algar 2013-2014 Director View profile
  7. Dr David Julian Butcher 2010-2018 Director View profile
  8. Professor Frank Martin Horwitz 2009-2013 Director View profile
  9. William Lewis Shedden 2004-2015 Director View profile
  10. Professor Clifford Michael Friend 2003-2015 Director View profile
  11. Michael David Osbaldeston 2003-2009 Director View profile
  12. Philip John Aspinall 2002-2024 Director View profile
  13. Martin Graham Christopher 1994-2003 Director View profile
  14. Professor Ronald Stanley Fletcher 1993-2003 Director View profile
  15. Professor Leo Murray 1992-2003 Director View profile
  16. Deborah Rachel Ruth Harry 1992-2007 Director View profile
  17. Denise Kim Everitt 1992-1995 Director View profile
  18. David Harry Bate 1992-2002 Director View profile
  19. Neil Philip Wilson 2007-2025 Secretary View profile
  20. Alasdair Maciver 2007-2007 Secretary View profile
  21. Stanley Thomas Mccombie 1992-1992 Secretary View profile
  22. Peter Neal Walford 1992-1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

5 contracts · £24,908,600 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 Project Leadership Programme (PLP) Buyer: Department for Business and Trade £10,300 2026-07-07 CPV 80400000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Provision of Project Leadership Programme (PLP) x 1 Learner

  • Project Leadership Programme 2026 - 2029 Buyer: DfTc - Department for Transport £618,000 2026-06-25 CPV 80000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    The National Services and Transformation Authority (NISTA) have completed a procurement exercise and awarded the new contract for the Project Leadership Programme to Cranfield Management Development Limited. Details of the award can be f…

  • Provision of Project Leadership Programme (PLP) Buyer: Department for Business and Trade £10,300 2026-05-22 CPV 80400000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Provision of Project Leadership Programme (PLP)

  • Provision of Project Leadership Programme (PLP) Buyer: Crown Commercial Service £24,270,000 2026-02-06 CPV 80000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    The Project Leadership Programme (PLP) is a leadership development programme for senior leaders (G6/7 - SCS1)

  • Project Leadership Programme Buyer: Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) and Crown Commercial Services (CCS) acting as it’s agent. Value not published Date not published CPV 80000000 Source: Find a Tender

    IPA has formally undertaken the re-procurement of the Project Leadership Programme, a development programme run for project leaders in government.

About

What it does
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.; Other education n.e.c.
Incorporated
29/10/1992
Registered office
Bedford

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. Cranfield Management Development Limited is controlled by Cranfield University
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Cranfield University.

16 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
£1,832,049
Total assets
£1,832,049
Cash
£1,378,919
Employees
55
Turnover
£10,688,602
Profit/loss
-£1,500,528

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. 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

5.8y median 7.1y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

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.

Hospitality 2Arts and leisure 1Education 1Professional services 1Transport 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
02760241
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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