Company
AQA Assessment Services Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 24
- Claire Elizabeth Thomson 2025-2026 View profile
- Justin Christopher Coombs 2024-2026 View profile
- Martin Derek Lloyd 2020-2021 View profile
- David Alfred Shaw 2020-2023 View profile
- Mark Richard Bedlow 2019-2025 View profile
- Patricia Brennan 2017-2019 View profile
- Nicholas Martin Stevens 2017-2025 View profile
- John William Peck 2013-2014 View profile
- Mark Lawrence Hamilton 2013-2017 View profile
- Bernadette Philomena Brooks 2013-2021 View profile
- Stephen John Gowers 2012-2016 View profile
- Neil Robert Anderson 2011-2013 View profile
- Stephen Mark Beats 2010-2012 View profile
- Graham Charles Hudson 2010-2014 View profile
- Christopher John Ayres 2009-2010 View profile
- Denton Van Niekerk 2009-2009 View profile
- Simon John Day 2005-2007 View profile
- Anthony Christopher John Lee 2005-2012 View profile
- Malcolm Brighton 2005-2009 View profile
- Gary Brighton 2005-2017 View profile
- John David Richardson 2016-2016 View profile
- Richard Andrew Cole 2014-2016 View profile
- Sally Patricia Hopwood 2006-2014 View profile
- Arthur Mark Tebbutt 2005-2017 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 20/09/2005
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- AQA Commercial Services Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-03-26 - AQA Education ceased 2023-11-24
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-12-20 - AQA Education ceased 2024-03-26
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-11-24
Group
- AQA Assessment Services Limited
is controlled by AQA Commercial Services Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-03-26 · source: Companies House PSC register - AQA Commercial Services Limited
is controlled by AQA Education
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-08-16 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by AQA Education.
10 other companies in this group
- UK Awarding Academy Limited
- Assessment and Qualifications Alliance Limited
- AQA Commercial Services Limited
- DRS Data and Research Services Limited
- Alphaplus Consultancy Limited
- North West Skills Academy Limited
- Oxford International AQA Examinations Limited
- Doublestruck Limited
- Grademaker Limited
- AQA Education
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.
2 directors on the board
- Claire Mawford Director · appointed 2025
- Derek James Richardson Director · appointed 2023
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Claire Mawford Director · appointed 2025
- Derek James Richardson Director · appointed 2023
Left in the last 12 months
- Claire Elizabeth Thomson Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
- Justin Christopher Coombs Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
- Nicholas Martin Stevens Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Mark Richard Bedlow Director · appointed 2019 · 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
- 05568337
- 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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