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Who leads it
Previous officers 7
- Malcolm Dennis Green 1995-2008 View profile
- Michael Patrick Anthony Brown 1995-2003 View profile
- Robert Leonard Pocock 1994-2016 View profile
- Anthony Gerald Gallagher 2000-2003 View profile
- Alecstair Morton Cowell 1998-1999 View profile
- Catherine Jesson 1995-2014 View profile
- Patricia Beech 1994-1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
9 contracts · £388,474 totalFrom 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.
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Evaluation Services for Film Academy 2026 to 2029
The BFI is seeking to work with a supplier over the full duration of the 2026 to 2029 programme to help drive a refreshed Monitoring and Evaluation Plan from inception right through to final reporting. The supplier is expected to have the a…
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PROCUREMENT OF EXTERNAL EVALUATION SERVICES FOR IMPROVING MY CANCER JOURNEY (ICJ) PROGRAMME ACROSS CARDIFF AND VALE
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB) is seeking to appoint an independent provider to deliver external evaluation services for the Improving My Cancer Journey (ICJ) Programme. The programme supports individuals living with and …
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Public responses to climate-related heritage loss (NP 312) - AWARD
Various research projects by Historic England and other organisations have been done exploring attitudes to climate change, but a comprehensive population study hasn't yet been done to produce representative and actionable insights into how…
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Exploring Adults' Engagement with Suicide, Self-Harm, and Eating Disorder Online Content
The research aims to understand how UK adults engage with online content related to suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders, including how such content is encountered, its perceived impact, and how experiences vary across different groups.…
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Together Housing Group STAR Survey
THG is committed to providing high quality, customer focussed, services and developing both new services and accommodation to meet the needs of both existing and future customers. We would like to commission an independent Customer Satisfac…
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Harringey Mental Wellbeing Survey 2015
Improving positive mental health and wellbeing has been a growing government priority. The Department of Health’s No Health Without Mental Health strategy prioritises cross-government action to work with all sectors of the community in orde…
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PO 189741 - CONSULTANCY FOR UNDERSTANDING DEPLOYMENT
Consultancy required for project on Understanding Deployment Decisions.
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Residents Survey
Provision of a borough-wide residents' survey to collect, analyse and report on resident views, experiences and satisfaction with council services. The service includes survey design, sampling, fieldwork delivery, data analysis and reportin…
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Provision of External Research Providers
The provision of External Research Providers. External Research Providers added to an approved supplier list which consists of the following four lots: Lot 1 - Methodological expertise: Quantitative Research including statistical, analytica…
About
- Incorporated
- 13/12/1994
Ownership
Owned by (4) 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.
- Karen Etheridge ceased 2021-11-05
significant influence · notified 2018-04-16 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Ching Yi Chen ceased 2021-11-05
significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-04-16 - MEL Research Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2021-11-05 - 09433106 ceased 2018-04-16
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-05-01
Group
- MEL Research Limited
is controlled by Karen Etheridge
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2018-04-16, ceased 2021-11-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Karen Etheridge.
5 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
- £85,242
- Total assets
- £89,187
- Cash
- £51,946
- Employees
- 87
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. 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
- Ching Yi Chen Director · appointed 2015
- Karen Etheridge Director · appointed 2014
- Elliot Thomas Simmonds Director · appointed 2025
- David Chong Ping Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Ching Yi Chen Director · appointed 2015
- Karen Etheridge Director · appointed 2014
- David Chong Ping Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- David Chong Ping Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (3)
- Ching Yi Chen Director · appointed 2015
- Karen Etheridge Director · appointed 2014
- Elliot Thomas Simmonds Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
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.
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03000946
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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