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Actica Consulting Limited

Actica Consulting Limited is an active UK company (number 03396854), incorporated 1997, with 3 current directors including Michael John Murphy and Matthew James Gibson. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 13

  1. Robert William Hawtin 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Robert Arthur James Cole 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Dr David Michael Charles Hyland 2019-2024 Director View profile
  4. Dr Alexander Porter 2018-2025 Director View profile
  5. David Nathan Starling 2012-2024 Director View profile
  6. Dr Michael John Murphy 2008-2022 Director View profile
  7. Suzanne Angell 2007-2017 Director View profile
  8. Paul Jonathan Allen 2006-2024 Director View profile
  9. Dr Andrew Frank Evason 1998-2022 Director View profile
  10. Dr David Richard Haws 1997-2022 Director View profile
  11. Rebecca Jane Williams 2015-2024 Secretary View profile
  12. Lorraine Burr 2011-2015 Secretary View profile
  13. Dr Edmund John Haws 1997-2011 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

28 contracts · £336,378,492 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.

  • NICE Future ways of working Buyer: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence £187,163 2026-08-20 CPV 79414000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Support to create the ways of working for NICE

  • Operational Experimentation Coordination - CAN Buyer: Ministry of Defence £1,706,628 2026-07-31 CPV 72224000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Navy Command requires specialist external support to plan, coordinate and deliver a programme of Operational Experimentation (OpEx) and associated concept development activity.

  • PS26016 - The Provision of Third Party Inspections Buyer: DESNZ £800,000 2026-05-11 CPV 92700000 Source: Contracts Finder

    ****This is an Award Notice, Not a Call for Competition**** Requirement was source via GCA RM3764.3 Cyber Security Services 3 DPS to provide the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero the provision of Third Party Inspections.

  • Independent Evaluation of DI/DX Solutions for Policing Buyer: Home Office £187,680 2026-04-27 CPV 73000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Independent Evaluation of DI/DX Solutions for Policing

  • CSPS - NCSC Accredited Security Review Buyer: Cabinet Office £67,450 2026-03-30 CPV 73400000 Source: Contracts Finder

    To undertake an independent security assessment of Capita's Civil Service Pensions security control environment.

  • Technical Security Assurance Buyer: DVSA - Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency £6,000,000 2026-03-25 CPV 72000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    THIS NOTICE IS FOR TRANSPARANCY PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS BEING PROCURED BY A CCS FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL SECURITY ASSURANCE

  • PS25364 - GovAssure Assessment Buyer: ICS on behalf of DSIT and DESNZ £96,700 2026-03-13 CPV 73210000 Source: Contracts Finder

    ***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a competitive procurement exercise. ICS had a requirement for the provision of GovAssure Assessment via RM3764.3 Cyber Sec…

  • Gov Assure - cyber assurance review Buyer: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED £18,300 2026-02-24 CPV 72225000 Source: Contracts Finder

    ***This is an award notice, not a call for competition*** UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) had a requirement for the provision of GovAssure - cyber assurance review. This procurement has been concluded via a further competition unde…

  • Customer Engagement Strategy Buyer: The Pensions Regulator £11,000 2026-02-23 CPV 72000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    External expertise to develop a coherent and integrated Customer Engagement strategy that builds on our existing corporate strategy, is based on a holistic view of customer needs and sets out a roadmap for a customer engagement strategy for…

  • Cyber Security Capability Services Buyer: Department for Business and Trade £4,000,000 2026-01-26 CPV 72200000 Source: Contracts Finder

    This Call-Off Contract enables the Department for Business and Trade ("DBT") to access cyber security specialists and services to support secure digital transformation and resilience across departmental programmes. The Supplier will deliver…

  • WP2290 GovAssure Independent CAF Audit Notify and Emergency Alerts Buyer: GOVERNMENT DIGITAL SERVICE £120,000 2026-01-22 CPV 72150000 Source: Contracts Finder

    DSIT (GDS) needs to procure a GovAssure Independent Assurance Review (IAR) against the Notify and Emergency Alerts services as part of our Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF).

  • PS25258 - The Provision for Overseas Territories Space Requirements Buyer: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED £69,930 2026-01-12 CPV 73210000 Source: Contracts Finder

    *****This is an Award Notice, Not a Call for Competition**** The requirement was sourced via Further Competition against Crown Commercial Services RM6235 - Space Enabled and Geospatial DPS to provide The Secretary of State for Science, I…

  • 664_25 Consultancy Services Buyer: Espo £320,000,000 2025-11-04 CPV 66170000 Source: Contracts Finder

    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…

  • 715687502 - EUS Official Future Procurement - Architecture, Discovery and Transition Buyer: Ministry of Defence £717,170 2025-10-10 CPV 72222300 Source: Contracts Finder

    The Services to be provided by the Supplier are outlined below: 2.7.1 planning 2.7.2 setup and migration (via planning) 2.7.4 quality assurance and performance testing

  • Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) Cyber and Information Security Buyer: Cabinet Office £1,000,000 2025-07-30 CPV 72000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    proposals to establish and provide an effective CISO function that includes security and information risk advice & management

  • ROSA Technical Support Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE £156,125 2025-07-01 CPV 71356300 Source: Contracts Finder

    The MOD has invested in Rosa. Rosa is deployed across government and supports the increase of secret ICT across the defence estate at pace. It is also the only system that currently provides the capability to access secret information servi…

  • ISF Cyber: Advanced Balkan Cyber Programme - Lot 2 Buyer: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office £382,673 2025-05-13 CPV 72000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Award notice for Lot 2 of the Advanced Balkan Cyber Programme

  • ISF Cyber: Advanced Balkan Cyber Programme - Lot 2 Buyer: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office £382,673 2025-05-13 CPV 72000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Award notice for Lot 2 of the Advanced Balkan Cyber Programme

  • Provision of HM Treasury IT Health Checks and GovAssure Buyer: Government Commercial Agency £400,000 2024-02-21 CPV 72820000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Call-off Contract for a supplier to provide IT services to HMT

  • ICT11673 Buyer: TRANSPORT FOR LONDON FINANCE LIMITED £75,000 2014-12-31 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    GLA Independent Testing of the E Counting system for the London Elections 2016

  • Precise Policing 2 Buyer: Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender
  • UKRI-6150-R&D Map contractor Buyer: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Contractor for research facing in delivering research outputs on the development of a research testbed for Safer Streets R&D Map Challenge 4 with the Ministry of Justice.

  • Tactical Communications Systems Buyer: Government Commercial Agency Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Specialised military-grade tactical communication and information systems, including hardware, software, associated design, implementation, and support services. To be deployed in active battlefield environments for critical real-time opera…

    Framework
  • 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
  • Transport Technology Buyer: Crown Commercial Service Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    This framework is for the provision of transport and mobility services. This agreement supplies technology goods and services for sustainable urban, rural and intercity transport and mobility. This includes: - transport technology for aviat…

    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
  • BODS Connect Team Buyer: Department for Transport Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    The requested work is to form a dedicated BODS Connect Team (BCT) to provide ongoing, hands-on support for BODS. The BCT will help bus operators and data publishers improve the accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of their data submissions,…

  • BLC-0201 - Cyber Security Services Framework Buyer: BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    BlueLight Commercial has established a multi-supplier Open Framework for the provision of Cyber Security Services. The Framework Agreement will be available for use by all UK Police Forces and all other agencies named in the documentation. …

    Framework

About

Incorporated
03/07/1997

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. Actica Consulting Limited is controlled by Actica Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-04-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Actica Holdings Limited is controlled by Aion Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-04-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Aion Bidco Limited is controlled by Aion Holdco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-01-14 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Aion Holdco Limited is controlled by Aion Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-01-14 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Aion Midco Limited is controlled by Aion Topco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-01-13 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Aion Topco Limited is controlled by Sovereign Capital Partners LLP
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-01-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Sovereign Capital Partners LLP.

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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.

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

7.5y median 9.3y
average tenure
12.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

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.

Construction 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03396854
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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