Skip to content
Governance Register
Sign inFind yourself
Find yourselfSign in
Search How it works For organisations For professionals

Edition

United Kingdom (current)IrelandUnited StatesNew ZealandCanadaAustraliaScotlandNorthern Ireland

Company

Business Funding Research LTD

Business Funding Research LTD is an active UK company (number 07312969), incorporated 2010, with 3 current directors including Charles Songhurst and Dr Stephen John Bence. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

How am I connected?
More
View network map Report an issue

Create a free account to see who leads this organisation and how they are connected.

Official record Companies House · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources · Free, no card or password

Network

The large node is Business Funding Research LTD. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.

Who leads it

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

Public contracts won

5 contracts · £110,625 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.

  • DDaT25272 - UK Companies House and Investment Data Buyer: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED £110,625 2025-10-13 CPV 48000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    ***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) had a requirement for the provision of UK Companies House and Investment Data platform. This has been sourced via G…

  • Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (iCBT) Buyer: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Value not published Date not published CPV 72260000 Source: Find a Tender

    Digital mental health platform providing online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

  • Company Funding, Exits and Economic Outcomes Buyer: Competition and Markets Authority Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Fixed Term Subscription and Custom Data Export

  • Business Intelligence Platform Buyer: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Business Intelligence Platform 3 year agreement.

  • 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
13/07/2010

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. Business Funding Research LTD is controlled by Charles Songhurst
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Charles Songhurst.

3 other companies 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
£57,513
Total assets
£5,420,375
Cash
£2,509,039
Employees
128
Turnover
£9,986,824
Profit/loss
-£1,756,994

Filed as Medium-sized company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. 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.

3 directors on the board

15.5y median 16.2y
average tenure
16.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
0
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.

Dormant 2Professional services 2

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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
07312969
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data