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MA Education & Music Limited
Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Keith GappDirector · since 2024
- Sally GallagherDirector · since 2024
- Martin James CullingfordDirector · since 2024
- Antony HillDirector · since 2024
- Katie SharmanDirector · since 2023
- Thomas CurtissDirector · since 2018
- Ravi Manik ChandiramaniDirector · since 2014
- Matthew Paul CianfaraniDirector · since 2013
- Brian William GoodridgeDirector · since 2012
- Jonathan BensonDirector · since 2007
- Mark Charles AllenDirector · since 2000
- Katina ToumbaDirector · since 2000
- Susan Margaret AllenDirector · since 2000
- Benjamin Mark AllenSecretary · since 2005
Previous officers 8
- Debra Greening 2021-2022 View profile
- Tom Pollard 2013-2024 View profile
- Anthony Michael Jones 2012-2014 View profile
- Peter Henshaw 2007-2013 View profile
- Matthew Keith Govett 2006-2021 View profile
- Rebecca Claire Margaret Linssen 2005-2024 View profile
- David Richard Kemp 2004-2012 View profile
- Ashvinkumar Chunilal Popat 2001-2004 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
4 contracts · £317,600 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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Framework Agreement for the Purchasing of Media 2026-2030
The County Council wishes to establish a framework for the provision of media owner services. These services will include the supply of advertising space across a range of media formats, such as outdoor, digital, print and transport adverti…
Framework -
AHC CS CommCare partnership Marketing
CommCare partnership - 1 April 2026-31 March 2027 - to support recruitment in social work and social care
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NEPO609 Social Care Research & Info Tool.
Stockton Borough Council have re-procured the Social Care Research and Information Tool, on behalf of the 12 NEPO authorities, which is an externally hosted on-line research and information tool, to support Adult and Children's social care …
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Community Care (childrens social care recruitment ads)
Specialist social care publication for the advertising of jobs. Childrens have a specific need at present are have secured a lower than usual price for an annual contract
About
- What it does
- Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
- Incorporated
- 26/05/2000
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- MA Education Limited. (until 06/04/2024)
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.
- Mark Charles Allen ceased 2024-07-03
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Mark Allen Holdings Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2024-07-03
Group
- MA Education & Music Limited
is controlled by Mark Charles Allen
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2024-07-03 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Mark Charles Allen.
21 other companies in this group
- PR Please Limited
- MA Interiors Limited
- Hopscotch Educational Publishing LTD
- MA Aviation and Auto International Limited
- Miles Publishing Limited
- MA Dentistry Media Limited
- The Airports Publishing Network Limited
- Mark Allen Engineering Limited
- Mark Allen Holdings Limited
- Master Travel Limited
- Headfirst Publishing Limited
- MA Seniors Limited
- MA Agriculture Limited
- MA Financial Media LTD
- MA Music, Leisure & Travel LTD
- Step Forward Publishing Limited
- MA Business Limited
- Sterling Events Limited
- Jazzwise Publications Limited
- MA Exhibitions Limited
- MA Healthcare Limited.
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.
13 directors on the board
- Mark Charles Allen Director · appointed 2000
- Jonathan Benson Director · appointed 2007
- Keith Gapp Director · appointed 2024
- Katina Toumba Director · appointed 2000
- Ravi Manik Chandiramani Director · appointed 2014
- Matthew Paul Cianfarani Director · appointed 2013
- Katie Sharman Director · appointed 2023
- Sally Gallagher Director · appointed 2024
- Brian William Goodridge Director · appointed 2012
- Martin James Cullingford Director · appointed 2024
- Antony Hill Director · appointed 2024
- Susan Margaret Allen Director · appointed 2000
- Thomas Curtiss Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Mark Charles Allen Director · appointed 2000
- Jonathan Benson Director · appointed 2007
- Katina Toumba Director · appointed 2000
- Ravi Manik Chandiramani Director · appointed 2014
- Matthew Paul Cianfarani Director · appointed 2013
- Brian William Goodridge Director · appointed 2012
- Susan Margaret Allen Director · appointed 2000
- Thomas Curtiss Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Katie Sharman Director · appointed 2023
- Sally Gallagher Director · appointed 2024
- Martin James Cullingford Director · appointed 2024
- Thomas Curtiss Director · appointed 2018
Portfolio (9)
- Mark Charles Allen Director · appointed 2000
- Jonathan Benson Director · appointed 2007
- Keith Gapp Director · appointed 2024
- Katina Toumba Director · appointed 2000
- Ravi Manik Chandiramani Director · appointed 2014
- Matthew Paul Cianfarani Director · appointed 2013
- Brian William Goodridge Director · appointed 2012
- Antony Hill Director · appointed 2024
- Susan Margaret Allen Director · appointed 2000
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.
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
- 04002826
- 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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