Company
Essentialskillz Limited
Essentialskillz Limited is an active UK company (number 09697809), incorporated 2015, with 2 current directors, Marc James Smith and Alexander Peter Dacre. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 9
- Mark Andrew Adams 2024-2025 View profile
- Patrick Dervan 2020-2021 View profile
- Julian Kerr Roberts 2017-2020 View profile
- Sean Kavanagh 2015-2015 View profile
- Anthony Dervan 2015-2021 View profile
- Christopher Diddams 2024-2026 View profile
- Christopher Bone 2023-2024 View profile
- Matthew James Allen 2021-2023 View profile
- Michelle Dervan 2015-2021 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
1 contract · £19,710 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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SFO/EssentialSkillz/TD
Platform to host data protection e-learning
About
- Incorporated
- 22/07/2015
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.
- Anthony Dervan ceased 2021-10-26
50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Essentialskillz Limited
is controlled by Anthony Dervan
Evidence
ceased 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2021-10-26 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Anthony Dervan.
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
- Marc James Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Alexander Peter Dacre Director · appointed 2021
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Marc James Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Alexander Peter Dacre Director · appointed 2021
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
- 09697809
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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