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Ascent Digital Services UK Limited

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

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Previous officers 11

  1. Simon Sear 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Christopher Bates 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. James Michael Whitehouse 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. George Earp 2020-2025 Director View profile
  5. Joseph Sultana 2020-2025 Director View profile
  6. Benjamin Charles Hudson 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Ian David Long 2004-2008 Director View profile
  8. Richard John Pugh 2002-2020 Director View profile
  9. Grange Trustees Limited 2002-2002 Corporate-director View profile
  10. Matthew Robert Aldridge 2002-2020 Secretary View profile
  11. Sandra Harmer 2002-2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts · £295,000 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.

  • Power BI Development Services Phase 2 Buyer: CITIZEN HOUSING GROUP LIMITED £295,000 2025-11-28 CPV 72212482 Source: Contracts Finder

    Retained Fabric, Engineering and Data Consulting Following delivery of Fabric Readiness Assessment and Fabric Fast Start this contract covers the expansion and continued deployment of Microsoft Fabric and associated Tools includer Power…

  • 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.…

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About

Incorporated
11/10/2002

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. Ascent Digital Services UK Limited is controlled by Aspire Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2021-10-08 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Aspire Bidco Limited is controlled by Aspire Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-07-02 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Aspire Midco Limited is controlled by Aspire Holdco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-07-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Aspire Holdco Limited is controlled by Aspire Topco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-06-26 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Aspire Topco Limited is controlled by Artisan Acquisitionco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-09-30 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Artisan Acquisitionco Limited is controlled by Artisan Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-01-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. Artisan Midco Limited is controlled by Artisan Topco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-01-18 · source: Companies House PSC register
  8. Artisan Topco Limited is controlled by Eightplatform II Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-01-18 · source: Companies House PSC register
  9. Eightplatform II Limited is controlled by Permira Viii Investment Platform Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-11-26 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Permira Viii Investment Platform Limited.

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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

2.4y median 0.8y
average tenure
5.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

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.

Other services 9Finance 7Tech and media 4Professional 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
04560258
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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