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Virtual College Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 16

  1. Alejandro Faginas Souto 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Josephine Mary Clarkson 2019-2021 Director View profile
  3. Hannah Brindle 2018-2022 Director View profile
  4. Lesley Pauline Ord 2006-2018 Director View profile
  5. Martin Anthony Fojt 2003-2006 Director View profile
  6. Robert George 2001-2004 Director View profile
  7. Vittorio John Peters 2001-2003 Director View profile
  8. Dr Keith Howard 1999-2001 Director View profile
  9. John Mark Winkley 1999-2001 Director View profile
  10. Rodney Allen Knox 1997-2021 Director View profile
  11. Peter Robinson 1997-1998 Director View profile
  12. Dr Ian Robert Gomersall 1995-2021 Director View profile
  13. Neil Thomas Comer 2016-2022 Secretary View profile
  14. Dickinson, Paul Michael, the Executors of Mr 2000-2018 Secretary View profile
  15. Thomas Audsley Gomersall 1996-2000 Secretary View profile
  16. Patricia Mary Gomersal 1995-1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

7 contracts · £1,281,813 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.

  • LCC Training Framework Buyer: Lincolnshire County Council £833,333 2026-06-29 Source: Find a Tender

    Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) is developing an Open Light Touch Framework focusing on the delivery of Statutory and Non-Statutory/ Best Practice Training for its staff and relevant partners in Lincolnshire. This long-term commissioning …

    Framework
  • Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) Skills Buyer: DSIT £188,500 2025-10-15 CPV 80000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    ***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the Crown Commercial Services DPS RM6219 Learning and Training Services. Brief Description of Requi…

  • con_28344 - EYCDT - Safeguarding Module Development Buyer: Department for Education £136,500 2025-07-24 CPV 73220000 Source: Contracts Finder

    The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) safeguarding consultation1 which took place 22 April 2024 to 17 June 2024 highlighted that time, resource and cost pressures can lead to settings only being able to access poor-quality safeguarding tr…

  • LSCP Virtual College Learner Management system Buyer: Lincolnshire County Council £123,480 2024-02-29 CPV 48512000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Online Learner Management system to allow multi-agency access to family help and social care training.

  • Tender ELearning Platform and Compliance Resources Platform Buyer: THE CONSORTIUM ACADEMY TRUST Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    The Consortium Academy Trust are running a *below threshold* tender process to award a supplier for an eLearning Professional Learning Platform contract and a Compliance Resources platform commencing on 01/07/2026.

  • G Cloud 15 Buyer: Government Commercial Agency Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    G-Cloud 15 (GC15) is the replacement for G-Cloud 14 (GC14), G-Cloud 14 Lot 4 (GC14.4) and Cloud Compute 2 (CC2). It is the largest framework of its kind in the public sector. G-Cloud spend for FY23/24 was £3.1bn and Cloud Compute was £0.5m.…

    Framework
  • DfE OOSS E-Learning hosting and maintenance (con_32182) Buyer: Department for Education Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    12mth hosting of DfE OOSS Safeguarding e-Learning hosting.

About

Incorporated
02/05/1995

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. Virtual College Limited is controlled by Virtual College Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-03-18, ceased 2026-06-24 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Virtual College Holdings Limited is controlled by Rodney Allen Knox
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-11-10, ceased 2021-12-23 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Rodney Allen Knox.

6 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.

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.

2 directors on the board

4.6y median 4.6y
average tenure
4.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
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 2Tech and media 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03052439
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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