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ANS Group Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 23

  1. Joseph Daniel Wolski 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Catherine Laura Jane Greening 2022-2022 Director View profile
  3. Steven James Townsley 2022-2022 Director View profile
  4. Christopher James Hodgson 2015-2022 Director View profile
  5. Robert Nugent 2015-2016 Director View profile
  6. Steven Iain Alexander Bomberg 2013-2015 Director View profile
  7. Paul Charles Shannon 2013-2022 Director View profile
  8. Zoey Fletcher 2011-2014 Director View profile
  9. Howard Johnson 2011-2011 Director View profile
  10. Andrew Phillip Barrow 2010-2021 Director View profile
  11. Richard Ellis Gascoigne 2009-2012 Director View profile
  12. David Hutton 2009-2016 Director View profile
  13. Patrick Noel O'Connor 2006-2008 Director View profile
  14. Derek Henry Mcdermott 2005-2006 Director View profile
  15. Martin Bradburn 2004-2009 Director View profile
  16. Mark David Thomas 2000-2001 Director View profile
  17. Paul Patrick Sweeney 2000-2021 Director View profile
  18. Scott Jonathan Fletcher 1996-2016 Director View profile
  19. Robert Nugent 2015-2021 Secretary View profile
  20. Christopher Simon Malthouse 2000-2016 Secretary View profile
  21. Ian Richardson Hogg 2000-2013 Secretary View profile
  22. Stephen Fletcher 1998-2000 Secretary View profile
  23. Samantha Ann Togher 1996-1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

17 contracts · £7,768,070 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.

  • NECS Opensource Hosting Environment Buyer: NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT £30,904 2026-09-11 CPV 72415000 Source: Contracts Finder

    NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) has awarded a contract for Opensource Hosting Environment to ANS Group Limited on behalf of NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit (NECS) (Hosted by NHS England) . T…

  • University of Bristol - Purview, Copilot Guardrails and Power Platform Ecosystem Programme Buyer: University of Bristol £72,450 2026-09-09 CPV 72212517 Source: Contracts Finder

    University of Bristol has engaged ANS to support two related priorities: establishing Microsoft Purview, governance and compliance guardrails for Microsoft 365 Copilot, and strengthening the Power Platform ecosystem so it can be managed sec…

  • GB-Liverpool: Azure Cloud Co-Managed Service Buyer: Plus Dane Housing Limited £700,000 2026-08-27 CPV 72510000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Plus Dane Housing Limited intends to award a contract to ANS Group Limited for the provision of Azure Cloud Co-Managed Services via Government Commercial Agency (GCA) G-Cloud 14 Framework in accordance with the framework call-off procedures…

  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System Buyer: Nottinghamshire County Council £500,467 2026-07-01 CPV 72260000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Nottinghamshire County Council on behalf of East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) is awarding the contract for the procurement of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System to ANS Ltd, of which is to support EMCCA's ongoing c…

  • Remote Access Movements Portal (RAMP) and WATERGUARD Applications (WG Apps) Hosting Service Provision WG & RAMP Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE £4,492,098 2026-03-27 CPV 71356300 Source: Contracts Finder

    New contract with an industry provider to host applications for RAMP and WG programmes.

  • Azure Managed Service & Cybersecurity Operations Centre Buyer: London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham £707,188 2026-03-05 CPV 72212210 Source: Contracts Finder

    Provision of Azure Managed Service & Cybersecurity Operations Centre

  • Security Operation Centre Buyer: Wolverhampton City Council £119,829 2025-10-23 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Wolverhampton City Council has awarded a contract for a Security Operation Centre via Gcloud14.

  • Cloud Archiving Solution Buyer: British Transport Police £91,275 2025-09-03 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Cloud archiving solution for BTP, G-Cloud 14 call-off

  • North Northamptonshire Council - Data Platform Implementation, Support and Training Buyer: North Northamptonshire Council £320,000 2025-06-20 CPV 72266000 Source: Contracts Finder

    North Northamptonshire Council is seeking suitably qualified and experienced Supplier to provide implementation, support and training services with their roll out of Microsoft Fabric platform. This procurement will be managed and awarded…

  • Azure Landing Zone and Virtual Desktop Project Buyer: BATH SPA UNIVERSITY £82,500 2025-06-18 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Azure Landing Zone and Virtual Desktop Project 1 year +1 +1

  • Public and Private Cloud Management Buyer: University of Cumbria £651,360 2023-08-02 CPV 72000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Supply of Cloud Managed services via CCS G-Cloud 13 Framework Agreement RM1557.13

  • Provision of Single Data Centre of Excellence Buyer: The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex Value not published Date not published CPV 72150000 Source: Find a Tender

    Consultancy to support with the implementation of a Single Data Platform for Surrey and Sussex

  • Data Analytics Data Partner Buyer: Bristol City Council Value not published Date not published CPV 72000000 Source: Find a Tender

    Data Partner for implementation of a replacement Data Analytics Platform utilising Microsoft Azure Fabric

  • 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
  • Technology Services 4 Buyer: Crown Commercial Service Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    This framework is for the provision of technology and digital consultancy services, transition and SIAM, end user services, infrastructure services, live service management and maintenance, asset management, application development and life…

    Framework
  • Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7 Buyer: Crown Commercial Service Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    This framework enables public sector organisations to procure suppliers to deliver digital, data, and technology services in line with government policies, standards, and best practices. The scope for this framework contract supports delive…

    Framework
  • Microsoft Power Platform professional services - Low Code/No Code Buyer: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Value not published Date not published CPV 72000000 Source: Find a Tender

    Provision of Microsoft Power Platform professional services to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council to establish a governed and scalable Power Platform operating model, and to design, build, test and deploy priority business use cases. Ini…

About

What it does
Other telecommunications activities; Information technology consultancy activities; Computer facilities management activities; Other information technology service activities
Incorporated
22/03/1996
Registered office
Manchester
Previous names
Associated Network Solutions PLC (until 09/03/2007)

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. ANS Group Limited is controlled by Project Daytona Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Project Daytona Bidco Limited is controlled by Project Daytona Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Project Daytona Limited is controlled by ANS Leaders Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-06-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. ANS Leaders Limited is controlled by ANS Midco 3 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-12-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. ANS Midco 3 Limited is controlled by ANS Pikco 2 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-06-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. ANS Pikco 2 Limited is controlled by ANS Pikco 1 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-06-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. ANS Pikco 1 Limited is controlled by ANS Midco 2 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-06-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
  8. ANS Midco 2 Limited is controlled by ANS Midco 1 Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-12-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  9. ANS Midco 1 Limited is controlled by Gail Suzanne Jones
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2018-12-20, ceased 2020-05-14 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Gail Suzanne Jones.

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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.

Grants received

3 grants · £9,500 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Education · £9,500 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £1,5002023-04-01
  • Department for Education £2,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Education £6,0002020-04-01
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.

6 directors on the board

3.7y median 3.8y
average tenure
5.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (6)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Finance 30Professional services 17Tech and media 17Dormant 4Business services 3Education 2

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
03176761
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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