Skip to content
Governance Register

Company

Assist Knowledge Development Limited

Assist Knowledge Development Limited is an active UK company (number 03321009), incorporated 1997, with 6 current directors including Philippa Jane Roll and Neil Vincent Shorter. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

Create a free account to see who leads this organisation and how they are connected.

Official record Companies House · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources · Free, no card or password

Network

The large node is Assist Knowledge Development Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.

Who leads it

Previous officers 8

  1. Lawrence Darvill 2017-2024 Director View profile
  2. Martin Nicholas Maya 2013-2018 Director View profile
  3. Alan Paul 2009-2022 Director View profile
  4. Oliver Paul Turner 2006-2015 Director View profile
  5. Martin James Pearson 1997-2018 Director View profile
  6. Alan Paul 2024-2026 Secretary View profile
  7. James Robert Cadle 1999-2022 Secretary View profile
  8. Stephen Richard Skidmore 1997-2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

Public contracts won

4 contracts · £820,985 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.

  • Level 4 Business Analyst Apprenticeship ST0117 Buyer: Department for Work and Pensions £540,000 2026-05-08 CPV 80511000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Delivery of the Level 4 Business Analyst ST0117 to DWP employees. This contract was awarded from the Framework RM6102. Due to technical issues, although the postcode displays as SW1H 9NA, this contract covers England.

  • L4 Business Analyst Apprenticeships - AssistKD 2026 (con_30889) Buyer: Department for Education £90,000 2026-02-27 CPV 80000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Contract to deliver L4 Business Analyst apprenticeships to DfE workforce

  • Business Analyst - Level 4 ST0117 X 10 Buyer: Defra Commercial £180,000 2025-09-22 CPV 80000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Business Analyst - Level 4 ST0117 X 10

  • Training Course Buyer: Met Office £10,985 2015-03-03 CPV 80000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Training course

About

Incorporated
19/02/1997

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

  • Jonathan Derek Hunsley
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2026-03-31
  • Martin James Pearson ceased 2018-12-21
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Assist Knowledge Development Limited is controlled by Jonathan Derek Hunsley
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2026-03-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Jonathan Derek Hunsley.

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

Total assets
£2,491,334
Cash
£2,813,650
Employees
0.39
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

3 grants · £702,146 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 · £702,146 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £89,0992023-04-01
  • Department for Education £55,2842020-04-01
  • Department for Education £557,7632020-04-01
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

8.7y median 5.3y
average tenure
26.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

1
also govern a charity
1
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.

Utilities 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.

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
03321009
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data