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Apira Limited
Information technology consultancy activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 10
- Charles Antony Lawrence Skinner 2022-2023 View profile
- Dr Robin Gideon Woolfson 2022-2025 View profile
- David Thomas Corbett 2022-2025 View profile
- Alan Jeffrey Brown 2022-2025 View profile
- Graeme James Lawson 2011-2022 View profile
- Dr Colin Mark Fincham 2004-2011 View profile
- Mark Thomas William Jones 2002-2025 View profile
- Geoffrey Broome 1997-2025 View profile
- Lesley Ann Broome 1997-2012 View profile
- A to Z Company Services LTD 1997-1997 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
10 contracts · £322,820,500 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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Contract for the Provision of Frontline Productivity Programme - Technical Assurance Deep Domain Specialist Capability for the NHS South, Central and West CSU
NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) has awarded a contract for the Provision of Frontline Productivity Programme - Technical Assurance Deep Domain Specialist Capability. This requirement has been procured via SC…
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Business Analyst Service
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) is contracting for Business Analyst Service under a managed service to support UHL to understand and map out the functionality of each Patient Engagement Platform (PEP) / Patient Facing Syst…
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EPR Programme Leadership
Direct award of contract via G-Cloud 14 framework for the provision of NHS EPR Programme Leadership and management of deployment. Additional information: G-Cloud 14 process for supplier longlisting/shortlisting/selection followed.
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EPR Data Reporting - Phase 3
Provision of specialist data reporting services in respect of the Trust's Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Additional information: All values exclude VAT. Contract includes the option for 2 x 12 month extension. Further Competition unde…
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Contract for the Provision of Frontline Digitisation Support and Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Implementation Expertise for NHS South, Central and West CSU
NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) has awarded call off contracts for Frontline Digitisation Support and Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Implementation Expertise to the following suppliers on behalf of NHS South, C…
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664_25 Consultancy Services
FOR A FULL BREAKDOWN ON THE AWARD BY LOT/SUB-LOT, PLEASE REFER TO THE MORE INFORMATION - ATTACHMENTS SECTION OF THIS NOTICE. Additionally, you may also wish to refer to the Framework on the ESPO website (see https://www.espo.org/consulta…
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CP2710-25 Implementation Support for PHN Case Management Solution
This contract is to support system design and deployment, including configuration and build of the solution, testing, training and ultimately go live of the solution followed by a period of 'early days' support. Additional information: …
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G Cloud 15
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.…
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Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7
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…
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EPR Clinical Safety Support
Provision of professional services to undertake a clinical safety review of the Trust's Electronic Patient Record platform
About
- What it does
- Information technology consultancy activities
- Incorporated
- 09/06/1997
- Registered office
- Reading
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.
- Iqvia LTD.
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-07-01 - 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
- Apira Limited
is controlled by Iqvia LTD.
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-07-01 · source: Companies House PSC register - Iqvia LTD.
is controlled by Iqvia RDS Holdings
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Iqvia RDS Holdings
is controlled by Iqvia RDS UK Holdings LTD.
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Iqvia RDS UK Holdings LTD..
51 other companies in this group
- Drugdev Limited
- Clintec International LTD.
- Pharmaspectra Topco LTD
- Pharmaspectra Midco 1 LTD
- Iqvia World Publications LTD.
- PHR Topco Limited
- Linguamatics Solutions Limited
- Iqvia Solutions UK Limited
- Q Squared Solutions Holdings Limited
- Prioritis Limited
- IMS Information Solutions Medical Research Limited
- Redsite Limited
- IMS Health Networks Limited
- Zebra Translations LTD
- Source Informatics Limited
- IMS Technology Solutions UK Limited
- Cambridge Pharma Consultancy Limited
- PHR Warehouse Limited
- Iqvia Finance LTD.
- Clinical LAB Minority Shareholder Limited
- Themis Limited
- Iqvia Investment Holdings Limited
- PHR Bidco Limited
- Medicines Evaluation Unit Limited
- EPS Research Limited
- IMS Information Solutions UK Limited
- Albatross Financial Solutions LTD.
- Ardentia International Limited
- Iqvia Technology Services LTD.
- Linguamatics Limited
- Pharmaspectra Dollarco LTD
- Pharmadeals Limited
- Oxford Conversis Limited
- PHR Upper Midco Limited
- Q Squared Solutions China Limited
- Iqvia LTD.
- IMS (UK) Pension Plan Trustee Company Limited
- Infopharm Limited
- IMS Hospital Group Limited
- Infocus Health Limited
- CRO Solutions Limited
- Iqvia RDS Holdings
- Hospital Marketing Services Limited
- Iqvia Solutions Finance UK V LTD.
- PHR Lower Midco Limited
- Q Squared Solutions China (Quest) Limited
- Iqvia Laboratories LTD
- IMS Health Surveys Limited
- Pharmaspectra Midco 2 LTD
- Iqvia Biotech LTD.
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
- £2,414,378
- Cash
- £2,794,541
- Employees
- 43
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. 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.
3 directors on the board
- Timothy Peter Sheppard Director · appointed 2025
- Imran Mecci Director · appointed 2025
- Daniel James Ratchford Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Timothy Peter Sheppard Director · appointed 2025
- Imran Mecci Director · appointed 2025
- Daniel James Ratchford 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03383428
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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