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DEF Software Limited

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 5

  1. Graeme Cooke 2016-2026 Director View profile
  2. Emma Marie Frame 2016-2026 Director View profile
  3. John Rollins 2016-2026 Director View profile
  4. David Frame 2009-2026 Director View profile
  5. Emma Frame 2010-2026 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

9 contracts · £1,526,088 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.

  • PLACE695 Supply of a Planning Development Management System (inc. Section 106 Agreement Monitoring) and Associated Services Buyer: Derbyshire County Council £330,927 2026-06-30 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    The Council approached all suppliers available under Lot 3: Housing, Environmental and Planning Solutions of GCA RM6259 Vertical Application Solutions to take part in a Further Competition. The Council sought to procure a modern, cloud-b…

  • MasterGov County Planning Buyer: Nottinghamshire County Council £74,730 2026-05-04 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    MasterGov County Planning Annual Renewal:- • County Planning • Enforcement • Site Monitoring • Real Time Online Register • GIS Integration • Alert / Reminder Agent • Concurrent User Licenses x 16 • Trapeze Plan Manager x 3 Call…

  • Master Gov Buyer: West Sussex County Council £111,744 2026-02-12 CPV 72260000 Source: Contracts Finder

    MasterGov suite is the development control software which manages the full life cycle of a planning application from initial receipt all the way through to determination of the application itself..

  • DNP0026-25 DM System and Ongoing Support Buyer: Dartmoor National Park Authority £185,156 2026-02-05 CPV 72300000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Replacement Development Management (DM) system with ongoing maintenance and support. There is a need to modernise planning services, improve public access, and align with emerging digital planning initiatives, the Authority initiated a syst…

  • Planning, Building Control & Land Charges System Support and Maintenance Buyer: Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council £255,088 2026-01-30 CPV 72222200 Source: Contracts Finder

    Contract award for the provision of Planning, Building Control & Land Charges System Support and Maintenance. The contract award is made via Lot 3 of Crown Commercial Services (GCA) Vertical Application Solutions Framework. Contract Per…

  • Provision of Planning Software and Support Buyer: HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL £217,936 2025-08-01 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Hampshire County Council has established a contract for the provision of planning software and support services for their Strategic Planning team. The service includes ongoing licensing, maintenance, and support for the Mastergov system - …

  • MasterGov Road Adoption Buyer: St.Helens Council £66,000 2025-07-27 CPV 72000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    The Supply and maintenance of the MasterGov system including on boarding services for Road Adoption and Developer Portal.

  • NDC0011-25 - Provision of Planning Software Buyer: North Devon District Council £284,507 2025-02-05 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Provision of Planning Software

  • 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.…

    Framework

About

Incorporated
09/02/2009

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. DEF Software Limited is controlled by DEF Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-06-15 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. DEF Holdings Limited is controlled by Graeme Cooke
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2026-06-17 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Graeme Cooke.

1 other company in this group

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
£756,115
Total assets
£758,884
Cash
£361,287
Employees
19
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

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.

3 directors on the board

0.1y median 0.1y
average tenure
0.1y
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.

Finance 43Tech and media 27Business services 4Professional services 2Manufacturing 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
06813292
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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