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Certn (UK) LTD.

Human resources provision and management of human resources functions

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

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Previous officers 21

  1. Michael Coombs 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Donal Greene 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Michael Christopher John Whittington 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Owen Madrick 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Gregoire Chevallier 2022-2022 Director View profile
  6. Elizabeth Ann Clark 2011-2022 Director View profile
  7. Barnabas Varga 2010-2022 Director View profile
  8. William Ian David Hall 2009-2009 Director View profile
  9. Luke Battah 2008-2010 Director View profile
  10. Fiona Margaret Battah 2008-2008 Director View profile
  11. David Lowe 2004-2008 Director View profile
  12. Neil Eric Kenneth Giles 2003-2005 Director View profile
  13. Shabnam Shan 2002-2008 Director View profile
  14. Robert Trevelyan 2002-2004 Director View profile
  15. Paul Jackson 2000-2002 Director View profile
  16. Simon Crawshaw 1999-2006 Director View profile
  17. Barry Watters 1994-2008 Director View profile
  18. Gary Jenner 1994-2003 Director View profile
  19. Hedley Stuart Clark 2009-2022 Secretary View profile
  20. Deborah Karen Williamson 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  21. Michael David Chapman 2008-2009 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

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.

  • Office for Students: Contract for Fit and Proper (FPP) checks Buyer: Office for Students Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    When providers of higher education in England apply to register with the Office for Students, the registration team conduct FPP checks on key individuals as part of the initial registration process and on an ongoing basis as part of the ong…

About

What it does
Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Incorporated
07/12/1994
Registered office
London
Previous names
Credence Background Screening Limited (until 21/08/2024)
AIM Screening LTD (until 15/03/2011)
Alternative Investigation Management Limited (until 15/01/2009)

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. Certn (UK) LTD. is controlled by Hedley Stuart Clark
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2022-01-19 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Hedley Stuart Clark.

4 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
-£1,834,285
Total assets
-£519,466
Cash
£617,351
Employees
157
Turnover
£11,109,705
Profit/loss
-£2,107,490

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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.

1 directors on the board

0.6y median 0.6y
average tenure
0.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02998939
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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