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Colehouse LTD

Management consultancy activities other than financial management

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Previous officers 7

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Daniel O'Connor 2023-2025 Director View profile
Julian Michael Parkin 2022-2023 Director View profile
Joseph Matthew Cooper 2020-2021 Director View profile
Mark David Till 2020-2022 Director View profile
Richard Dennis Mossman 2018-2024 Director View profile
Elizabeth Glynis Paxton 2005-2018 Director View profile
Garry Paxton 2005-2018 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

3 contracts

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.

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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Technology Services 4 Buyer: Crown Commercial Service Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender
This framework is for the provision of technology and digital consultancy services, transition and SIAM, end user services, infrastructure services, live service management and maintenance, asset management, application development and life…

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Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7 Buyer: Crown Commercial Service Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender
This framework enables public sector organisations to procure suppliers to deliver digital, data, and technology services in line with government policies, standards, and best practices. The scope for this framework contract supports delive…

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About

What it does: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Incorporated: 24/05/2005
Registered office: Colchester
Previous names: Blokcomm LTD (until 15/10/2019)
Paxton Consulting LTD (until 20/06/2018)

Ownership

Owned by (4) 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.

Philip Robert Tootell
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-01-01
Elizabeth Glynis Paxton ceased 2018-04-06
significant influence · notified 2017-05-22
Garry Paxton ceased 2018-04-06
75-100% shares · notified 2017-05-22
Richard Dennis Mossman ceased 2025-10-01
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-04-06

Group

Colehouse LTD is controlled by Philip Robert Tootell
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-01-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Philip Robert Tootell.

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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.

Financials

Net assets: £775,534
Total assets: £779,444
Cash: £254,722
Employees: 19
Turnover: Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Five-year trend

Period ending	Turnover	Net assets
2025-09-30	Not reported	£775,534
2025-09-30	Not reported	£775,534

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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

Philip Robert Tootell Director · appointed 2022
Patrick Michael Byrne Director · appointed 2025

2.8y median 2.8y

average tenure

4.3y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

Philip Robert Tootell Director · appointed 2022
Patrick Michael Byrne Director · appointed 2025

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.

Finance 5Tech and media 4Professional services 1Retail and trade 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: 05460913
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Accounts next due: 30/06/2027
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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