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Social Development Direct Limited

Other service activities n.e.c.

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 14

  1. Minal Shah 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Susan Mary Griffiths 2020-2026 Director View profile
  3. Christopher John Watts 2016-2025 Director View profile
  4. Rachael Jane Mcgrath 2016-2017 Director View profile
  5. Keith Mullock 2015-2020 Director View profile
  6. Juliet Alexandra Lack 2015-2016 Director View profile
  7. Marc Buchner 2015-2017 Director View profile
  8. Marcia Maria Marini 2015-2018 Director View profile
  9. Susan Jane Phillips 1999-2020 Director View profile
  10. Christopher John Watts 2016-2025 Secretary View profile
  11. Juliet Alexander Lack 2015-2016 Secretary View profile
  12. Sue Phillips 2015-2015 Secretary View profile
  13. Dr Allyson Joyce Thirkell 1999-2015 Secretary View profile
  14. Xiaosui Walters 1999-1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £2,999,866 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.

  • VRU - Expert Partner for Youth Digital Safety in London Buyer: Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime Value not published 2026-09-08 Source: Find a Tender

    About the VRU The London Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), hosted within the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), pioneers a partnership-based public health approach to tackling violence through prevention and early intervention. Sin…

  • DFID 6732 Programme for Adolescent Girls (La Pepiniere) - Democratic Republic of Congo Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT £2,999,866 2015-03-26 CPV 75211000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Actual CPV code is ‘75211200 Foreign Economic-Aid Related Services’. La Pépinière (meaning ‘greenhouse’ or ‘incubator’) takes a multidimensional approach (at programme, policy and organisational levels) to improving the situation of wome…

About

What it does
Other service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
23/09/1999
Registered office
London

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.

  • Susan Jane Phillips ceased 2020-03-10
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Plan International (UK)
    75-100% shares, 75-100% shares (firm), 75-100% voting, 75-100% voting (firm), appoints directors · notified 2020-03-10

Group

  1. Social Development Direct Limited is controlled by Susan Jane Phillips
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2020-03-10 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Susan Jane Phillips.

1 other company 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.

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

2.7y median 1.3y
average tenure
6.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (5)

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 3Business services 1Education 1Health and social care 1Other 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03846881
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/03/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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