Company
Ardent Consulting Engineers Limited
Ardent Consulting Engineers Limited is an active UK company (number 05463029), incorporated 2005, with 7 current directors including Simon Jonathan Hall and Kevin William Kay. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 2
- Daniel James Rapson 2011-2014 View profile
- James Ian Sutherland Gallacher 2005-2021 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
2 contracts · £240,000 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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Sustainable Drainage Technical Support
This contract has been extended from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025 and from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026. East Sussex County Council is the Lead Local Flood Authority for its administrative area. Currently, this means that it is, amongst othe…
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Environmental Engineering Consultancy
Provision of engineering consultancy services to support Flood Re projects and initiatives.
About
- Incorporated
- 25/05/2005
Ownership
Owned by (5) 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.
- Christopher Stuart Baker Pearce ceased 2021-03-01
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Antony Richard Foreman ceased 2021-03-01
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Matthew Last ceased 2021-03-01
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Brian Cafferkey ceased 2021-03-01
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Trident Trust Company (U.K.) Limited
50-75% shares (trust), 50-75% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2021-03-01
Group
- Ardent Consulting Engineers Limited
is controlled by Christopher Stuart Baker Pearce
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2021-03-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Christopher Stuart Baker Pearce.
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
- £2,933,227
- Total assets
- £2,960,718
- Cash
- £933,519
- Employees
- 0.88
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- £1,131,939
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.
7 directors on the board
- Antony Richard Foreman Director · appointed 2005
- Christopher Stuart Baker Pearce Director · appointed 2005
- Matthew Last Director · appointed 2008
- Simon Jonathan Hall Director · appointed 2023
- Brian Cafferkey Director · appointed 2014
- Kevin William Kay Director · appointed 2023
- Stephen James Burton Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Antony Richard Foreman Director · appointed 2005
- Christopher Stuart Baker Pearce Director · appointed 2005
- Matthew Last Director · appointed 2008
- Brian Cafferkey Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Antony Richard Foreman Director · appointed 2005
- Christopher Stuart Baker Pearce Director · appointed 2005
- Matthew Last Director · appointed 2008
- Simon Jonathan Hall Director · appointed 2023
- Brian Cafferkey Director · appointed 2014
- Kevin William Kay Director · appointed 2023
- Stephen James Burton Director · appointed 2023
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05463029
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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