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Instep UK Limited

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

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Previous officers 19

  1. Michael Ronald Pilcher 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Joseph Ben Jarman 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Sandeep Singh Jalaf 2023-2023 Director View profile
  4. Nishul Sharad Shah 2023-2023 Director View profile
  5. Amy Elizabeth Crawford 2023-2024 Director View profile
  6. William Valerian Wellesley 2022-2024 Director View profile
  7. Richard Anthony Pryor Jones 2021-2022 Director View profile
  8. Julie Ann Trimble 2021-2021 Director View profile
  9. Richard Joseph Fitzgerald Martin 2021-2021 Director View profile
  10. Andrew James Murphy 2021-2024 Director View profile
  11. Michael Philip Allen 2021-2023 Director View profile
  12. James Farrell 2014-2017 Director View profile
  13. Melanie Clare Flood 2007-2010 Director View profile
  14. Robert Nicholas Johnson 2007-2014 Director View profile
  15. Frederick Harold Stone 2007-2008 Director View profile
  16. Alan Vivian Mullett 2003-2007 Director View profile
  17. Wilf Buck 2002-2004 Director View profile
  18. Suzanne Wendy Hitchen 1999-2021 Director View profile
  19. Peter Hitchen 1999-2021 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

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.

About

Incorporated
14/06/1999

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.

  • Peter Hitchen ceased 2021-03-01
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Instep Training and Development Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-03-01
  • 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

  1. Instep UK Limited is controlled by Peter Hitchen
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2021-03-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Peter Hitchen.

3 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.

Financials

Net assets
£3,449,531
Total assets
£3,474,475
Cash
£1,153,469
Employees
73
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. 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 · £3,287,928 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 · £3,287,928 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Education £81,8652023-04-01
  • Department for Education £120,2732020-04-01
  • Department for Education £3,085,7912020-04-01
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.

2 directors on the board

1.8y median 1.8y
average tenure
1.9y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

1
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months
1
corporate seats

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 2Education 1Professional services 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
03789359
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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