Company · London
Connected Places Catapult
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nilesh SachdevDirector · since 2026
- Darran Keith MessemDirector · since 2025
- Gareth William PowellDirector · since 2025
- Carolyn Foreman DwyerDirector · since 2025
- Stuart Leslie PatrickDirector · since 2025
- Erika Jane LewisDirector · since 2024
- Iain Scott CravenDirector · since 2024
- Catherine Sidony McguinnessDirector · since 2022
- Lucy Emma YuDirector · since 2021
- Claudette Anita ForbesDirector · since 2021
- Susan Margaret HuntDirector · since 2019
- Jacob Mark Alexander LanglandsSecretary · since 2020
Previous officers 15
- Rebecca Louise Seaward 2024-2025 View profile
- Dr Jon Bruce Kirkpatrick 2021-2024 View profile
- Dr Olawale Nelson Ogunshakin 2021-2023 View profile
- Nicholas James Chism 2020-2024 View profile
- Elizabeth Ann Peace 2020-2024 View profile
- Dr Alison Vincent 2020-2026 View profile
- Greg Clark 2020-2026 View profile
- Nicholas Martin Harper 2019-2020 View profile
- Pamela Elizabeth Alexander 2019-2021 View profile
- Professor Rachel Faith Davies Cooper 2019-2020 View profile
- Benedict Edmund Plowden 2019-2020 View profile
- Susan Margaret Sharland 2019-2020 View profile
- Sarah Catherine Sharples 2019-2021 View profile
- Nicola Jane Yates 2019-2024 View profile
- Terence Malcolm Hill 2019-2020 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
3 contractsFrom 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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i3P Membership 2026
Membership of the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership (i3P), operated by the Connected Places Catapult
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Provision of i3P Membership (2026/27)
The Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership (i3P) is a Connected Places Catapult (referred to herein as CPC) programme that has been established to develop, share and promote innovation across the infrastructure industry and to provi…
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NDL Hackathon Kickstarter Event UK7
The National Data Library is testing what public-sector departments need to do to make their data ready for LLMs and AI tools to access it effectively. The Met Office Kickstarter is one such case study, for which Connected Places Catapult (…
About
- What it does
- Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 20/02/2019
- Registered office
- London
Ownership
Owned by (5) 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.
- Erika Jane Lewis
25-50% voting · notified 2024-03-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Nilesh Sachdev
25-50% voting · notified 2026-04-01 - Nicola Jane Yates ceased 2024-02-29
25-50% voting · notified 2019-02-20 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Terence Malcolm Hill ceased 2020-05-01
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-02-20 - Greg Clark ceased 2026-03-31
25-50% voting · notified 2020-04-30 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Connected Places Catapult
is controlled by Erika Jane Lewis
Evidence
active 25-50% voting · notified 2024-03-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Erika Jane Lewis.
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.
Grants received
65 grants · £150,707,143 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £110,007,860 (40 grants)
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £30,367,343 (23 grants)
- Department for Transport · £9,431,940
- Department for Business and Trade · £900,000
Most recent
- Department for Transport
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Contracts awarded
5 contracts · £160,000 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.
Top suppliers
- Unknown supplier · £160,000 (4 contracts)
- Craft Intelligence Limited · £0
Most recent
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.
11 directors on the board
- Nilesh Sachdev Director · appointed 2026
- Susan Margaret Hunt Director · appointed 2019
- Darran Keith Messem Director · appointed 2025
- Lucy Emma Yu Director · appointed 2021
- Catherine Sidony Mcguinness Director · appointed 2022
- Carolyn Foreman Dwyer Director · appointed 2025
- Iain Scott Craven Director · appointed 2024
- Gareth William Powell Director · appointed 2025
- Erika Jane Lewis Director · appointed 2024
- Stuart Leslie Patrick Director · appointed 2025
- Claudette Anita Forbes Director · appointed 2021
Directors past 6 years
- Susan Margaret Hunt Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Nilesh Sachdev Director · appointed 2026
- Susan Margaret Hunt Director · appointed 2019
Portfolio (9)
- Darran Keith Messem Director · appointed 2025
- Lucy Emma Yu Director · appointed 2021
- Catherine Sidony Mcguinness Director · appointed 2022
- Carolyn Foreman Dwyer Director · appointed 2025
- Iain Scott Craven Director · appointed 2024
- Gareth William Powell Director · appointed 2025
- Erika Jane Lewis Director · appointed 2024
- Stuart Leslie Patrick Director · appointed 2025
- Claudette Anita Forbes Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Alison Vincent Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Greg Clark Director · appointed 2020 · 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
- 11837978
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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