Company
Cogent Skills Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nicholas Paul BoneDirector · since 2026
- Marta CsibraDirector · since 2026
- Matthew Russell LayDirector · since 2025
- David George VineallDirector · since 2025
- Susan Elizabeth FernsDirector · since 2023
- Justine Sarah FoshDirector · since 2020
- Katherine Jane Woods-RuddickDirector · since 2019
- Stephen Denis ElliottDirector · since 2017
- Karl Robert GorgeDirector · since 2014
Previous officers 26
- Kathryn Elizabeth Mingay 2023-2025 View profile
- Samantha Michelle Harris 2023-2026 View profile
- Elizabeth Anne De Jong 2022-2025 View profile
- Joseph Mark Howe 2022-2026 View profile
- Michael Paul Barber 2022-2022 View profile
- Dr Elizabeth Jane Collins 2021-2026 View profile
- Colin Frederick Reed 2021-2025 View profile
- Terence George Weston 2021-2022 View profile
- Dr Elisabeth Helen Smith 2019-2021 View profile
- Corhyn Parr 2019-2022 View profile
- Stephen Stewart 2018-2021 View profile
- Stephen Marcos Jones 2018-2022 View profile
- Nicholas Richard Gardiner 2017-2026 View profile
- Philip Kenneth Law 2017-2019 View profile
- Simon Robert Earp 2017-2024 View profile
- Professor Luigi Gerard Martini 2017-2018 View profile
- Jamie Walker 2017-2018 View profile
- Philip Andrew Kennedy 2017-2019 View profile
- John Stuart Falder 2017-2019 View profile
- Christopher Brian Lewis 2016-2018 View profile
- Tony Burke 2016-2023 View profile
- Anthony Paul Handley 2016-2019 View profile
- Mark William Kenrick 2016-2020 View profile
- Phillip John Watkins 2016-2016 View profile
- Jeremy Rupert Michael Haigh 2016-2020 View profile
- Joanna Margaret Woolf 2015-2025 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 18/12/2014
- Also a registered charity
- Cogent Skills Limited
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Cogent Skills Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
6 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.
Grants received
1 grant · £31,325 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £31,325
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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.
9 directors on the board
- Nicholas Paul Bone Director · appointed 2026
- Susan Elizabeth Ferns Director · appointed 2023
- Katherine Jane Woods-Ruddick Director · appointed 2019
- Marta Csibra Director · appointed 2026
- Karl Robert Gorge Director · appointed 2014
- Stephen Denis Elliott Director · appointed 2017
- Justine Sarah Fosh Director · appointed 2020
- David George Vineall Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew Russell Lay Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Katherine Jane Woods-Ruddick Director · appointed 2019
- Karl Robert Gorge Director · appointed 2014
- Stephen Denis Elliott Director · appointed 2017
- Justine Sarah Fosh Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Nicholas Paul Bone Director · appointed 2026
- Katherine Jane Woods-Ruddick Director · appointed 2019
- Marta Csibra Director · appointed 2026
- Matthew Russell Lay Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (5)
- Susan Elizabeth Ferns Director · appointed 2023
- Karl Robert Gorge Director · appointed 2014
- Stephen Denis Elliott Director · appointed 2017
- Justine Sarah Fosh Director · appointed 2020
- David George Vineall Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Kathryn Elizabeth Mingay Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Nicholas Richard Gardiner Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
- Joseph Mark Howe Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
- Samantha Michelle Harris Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Elizabeth Anne De Jong Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Dr Elizabeth Jane Collins Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
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
- 09361100
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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