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Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government

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Previous officers 85

  1. Scullion, Jane, Cllr 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Gittins, Louise Clare, Cllr 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Craig, Beverley Anne, Councillor 2024-2025 Director View profile
  4. Davies, Shaun, Cllr 2023-2024 Director View profile
  5. Bentley, Kevin Paul, Cllr 2023-2025 Director View profile
  6. Brown, Abigail Margaret, Cllr 2022-2025 Director View profile
  7. Harris, Joseph, Cllr 2021-2025 Director View profile
  8. Isobel Elizabeth Seccombe 2019-2023 Director View profile
  9. Bramble, Anntoinette, Cllr 2019-2019 Director View profile
  10. Michael Richard Payne 2018-2024 Director View profile
  11. Peter Mountford Fleming 2018-2022 Director View profile
  12. James Gerard Jamieson 2018-2023 Director View profile
  13. Paul Bettison OBE 2017-2018 Director View profile
  14. Sykes, Howard, Councillor 2017-2021 Director View profile
  15. Simmonds, David, Cllr 2017-2018 Director View profile
  16. John William Nunn 2016-2017 Director View profile
  17. Sir Stephen Michael Bullock 2016-2018 Director View profile
  18. David Timothy Simmonds 2015-2016 Director View profile
  19. David Hodge CBE 2015-2017 Director View profile
  20. Mcmahon, James, Councillor 2014-2015 Director View profile
  21. Gary Porter 2013-2019 Director View profile
  22. Marianne Jane Overton 2013-2025 Director View profile
  23. David Hunter Sparks 2013-2015 Director View profile
  24. Robert Gerald Van Cortlandt Vernon-Jackson 2013-2017 Director View profile
  25. Sir Merrick Richard Cockell 2013-2014 Director View profile
  26. Professor Dominic Marcus Shellard 2011-2012 Director View profile
  27. Jill Christine Shortland 2010-2013 Director View profile
  28. David Robert Parsons 2010-2011 Director View profile
  29. Ruth Margaret Cadbury 2010-2013 Director View profile
  30. David John Wilcox 2009-2010 Director View profile
  31. Robert Ian Neilson Gordon 2009-2010 Director View profile
  32. Nicholas William Skellett 2008-2009 Director View profile
  33. Stephen Smeaton Moir 2008-2010 Director View profile
  34. Tony Mcdermott 2008-2009 Director View profile
  35. Ian Gordon Fleetwood 2007-2010 Director View profile
  36. Charles Jeremy Webb 2007-2013 Director View profile
  37. Clokie, Paul Newman, Councillor 2007-2010 Director View profile
  38. Osbourne, Derek Richard, Councillor 2006-2010 Director View profile
  39. David Peter Walden 2005-2009 Director View profile
  40. Hitchins, Stephen, Councillor 2005-2006 Director View profile
  41. Geoffrey Knight 2005-2007 Director View profile
  42. Aidan Paul Rave 2004-2006 Director View profile
  43. Keith Ronald Mitchell 2004-2007 Director View profile
  44. Russell Roberts 2004-2012 Director View profile
  45. Richard Edward Kemp 2004-2005 Director View profile
  46. Alan Warner 2004-2008 Director View profile
  47. Nicholas John Dixon Chard 2003-2007 Director View profile
  48. David Alan Beechey 2002-2004 Director View profile
  49. Professor Stephen James Martin 2002-2010 Director View profile
  50. Philip Henry George Sellwood 2002-2024 Director View profile
  51. Thomas Philip Noel Crowley 2002-2004 Director View profile
  52. Francesca Okosi 2001-2004 Director View profile
  53. Rory Cassian Love 2001-2003 Director View profile
  54. Sir David Reeve Williams 2001-2005 Director View profile
  55. Powell, Sally Ann Vickers, Councillor 2001-2004 Director View profile
  56. Stocks, John Robert, Councillor 2000-2007 Director View profile
  57. Baroness Dorothea Glenys Thornton 2000-2008 Director View profile
  58. Terence Edmund John Gorman 2000-2001 Director View profile
  59. Colin Barrow 1999-2004 Director View profile
  60. Peter David Thomas 1999-2005 Director View profile
  61. Rita Sammons 1999-2000 Director View profile
  62. Lawrence David Bailey 1999-2002 Director View profile
  63. Professor Robin Hambleton 1999-2002 Director View profile
  64. Joseph Bartholemew Abrams 1999-2000 Director View profile
  65. Keith Robert Sonnet 1999-2010 Director View profile
  66. Sir David George Henshaw 1999-2004 Director View profile
  67. Roger Thomas Bennett 1999-1999 Director View profile
  68. Ronald Stanley Gee 1998-2002 Director View profile
  69. Lord Peter Richard Charles Smith 1998-2003 Director View profile
  70. Chris Clarke 1998-2001 Director View profile
  71. Peter Frederick Chalke 1998-1999 Director View profile
  72. Ian Carr Fry Swithenbank 1998-2010 Director View profile
  73. Leonard Lloyd Duvall 1998-2001 Director View profile
  74. Sarah Pickup 2015-2015 Secretary View profile
  75. Mark Lloyd 2015-2015 Secretary View profile
  76. Dennis Skinner 2015-2025 Secretary View profile
  77. Stephen Edward Hughes 2015-2015 Secretary View profile
  78. Carolyn Grace Downs 2012-2015 Secretary View profile
  79. John Anthony Ransford 2009-2012 Secretary View profile
  80. Paul Coen 2006-2009 Secretary View profile
  81. John Rees 2006-2007 Secretary View profile
  82. Alison Jane Benham Sutherland 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
  83. Robert Anthony Fraser 2002-2005 Secretary View profile
  84. David Miley 1999-2002 Secretary View profile
  85. Brian Anthony Briscoe 1998-2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £320,000,000 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.

  • 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…

  • 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

About

What it does
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.; Regulation of health care, education, cultural and other social services, not incl. social security; Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Incorporated
27/11/1998
Registered office
London

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 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.

Grants received

21 grants · £3,351,504 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 of Health and Social Care · £1,874,624 (5 grants)
  • Department for Education · £862,238 (11 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £527,778 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £86,864

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £222,4132024-02-29
  • Department of Health and Social Care £563,0002021-10-01
  • Department of Health and Social Care £287,9492021-07-01
  • Department of Health and Social Care £292,0752021-06-11
  • Department of Health and Social Care £708,0002021-03-19

Contracts awarded

32 contracts · £2,408,533 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

Most recent

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.

7 directors on the board

3.2y median 1y
average tenure
15.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

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 4Property 3Transport 3Business services 1Education 1Hospitality 1Retail and trade 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
03675577
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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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