Company
Pearson Professional Assessments Limited
Other education n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 22
- Edward James Lamb Symington 2025-2026 View profile
- Sean Ronald Peterson 2022-2025 View profile
- Douglas Carl Kennedy 2011-2022 View profile
- Robert Dodd Whelan 2011-2017 View profile
- Dr Gary Gates 2011-2025 View profile
- Jasvinder Nijjar 2011-2016 View profile
- Fiona Mcbride 2011-2011 View profile
- Michael Juergen Klaus Kayser 2011-2011 View profile
- Paul William Louis Howarth 2005-2010 View profile
- Gary Ambrose 2005-2008 View profile
- Robert Anthony Harris 2004-2005 View profile
- Margaret Darlene Feldick 2004-2005 View profile
- Johanna Lena Maria Vaandrager 2004-2005 View profile
- Clive Malcolm Hay Smith 2004-2007 View profile
- Martyn Anthony Leese 2003-2007 View profile
- Dorseylaw Directors Limited 2003-2003 View profile
- Natalie Jane White 2012-2026 View profile
- Stephen Andrew Jones 2012-2020 View profile
- Daksha Hirani 2011-2012 View profile
- Stephen Andrew Jones 2005-2011 View profile
- Christopher Mark Stockwell 2003-2005 View profile
- Dorseylaw Secretaries Limited 2003-2003 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
2 contracts · £4,374,320 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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PPA - National Recruitment: Situational Judgment Testing 26/27
An agreement with Pearson Professional Assessments for the continued delivery of the Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA) and associated assessment services. The initial term of this agreement will run for a period of 12 months, wi…
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Future Theory Test Service (FTTS) Test Centre Network (TCN)
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), an executive agency of the Department for Transport, acting in its capacity as procurement agent on behalf of The Secretary of State for Transport has undertaken a procurement process adopting…
About
- What it does
- Other education n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 18/09/2003
- Previous names
- Pearson Driving Assessments Limited (until 31/01/2014)
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.
- Pearson Overseas Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Pearson Professional Assessments Limited
is controlled by Pearson Overseas Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Pearson Overseas Holdings Limited
is controlled by Pearson PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Pearson PLC.
50 other companies in this group
- TQ Holdings Limited
- Pearson Education Holdings Limited
- Embankment Finance Limited
- Pearson International Finance Limited
- TQ Catalis Limited
- Major123 Limited
- Pearson Canada Finance Unlimited
- Pearson in Practice Technology Limited
- Pearson Management Services Limited
- Pearson Books Limited
- TQ Global Limited
- TQ Group Limited
- Pearson Strand Finance Limited
- Pearson Overseas Holdings Limited
- Pearson Loan Finance NO. 3 Limited
- Pearson Loan Finance NO.2 Unlimited
- Pearson Funding PLC
- Pvnt Limited
- Pearson Education Investments Limited
- Longman Group(Overseas Holdings)Limited
- Pearson in Practice Skills Based Learning Limited
- Pearson Funding Four Limited
- Pearson Education Limited
- Edexcel Limited
- Pearson Loan Finance NO. 5 Limited
- Pearson Loan Finance NO. 4 Limited
- Pearson Brazil Finance Limited
- Green Wharf Limited
- Pearson Shared Services Limited
- Pearson in Practice Holdings Limited
- Pearson Funding TWO Limited
- Pearson Dollar Finance Limited
- Pearson Australia Finance Unlimited
- Pearson Dollar Finance TWO Limited
- Educational Publishers LLP
- Pearson Real Estate Holdings Limited
- Aldwych Finance Limited
- TQ Clapham Limited
- Pearson Strand Limited
- Testchange Limited
- Pearson Loan Finance NO. 6 Limited
- TQ Education and Training Limited
- Education Development International PLC
- Pearson Services Limited
- Embanet UK Limited
- Icodeon Limited
- Pearson Loan Finance Unlimited
- Pearson Nominees Limited
- Blue Wharf Limited
- Pearson PLC
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
- Daniel James Devoe Director · appointed 2025
- James William Caddy Director · appointed 2026
- Matthew John Poyiadgi Director · appointed 2012
Directors past 6 years
- Matthew John Poyiadgi Director · appointed 2012
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- James William Caddy Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Daniel James Devoe Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew John Poyiadgi Director · appointed 2012
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Edward James Lamb Symington Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
- Dr Gary Gates Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2025
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04904325
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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