Explosive Risk Management
Hampshire-registered counter-explosive ordnance consultancy; delivered MoD-run CSSF bomb-disposal and search training for AMISOM-linked East African forces in 2019
| Explosive Risk Management Limited
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Private limited company |
| Founded | 22 January 2009 |
| Registration ID | Companies House 06798226 |
| Status | Active |
| Headquarters | 13-17 Hursley Road, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO53 2FW (registered office) |
| Services | Counter-IED and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) consultancy and training; physical security and stockpile management; UXO survey |
| Key people | Simon James de Gruchy (director); Jemma de Gruchy (director) |
| Website | explosiveriskmanagement.com |
Explosive Risk Management (Explosive Risk Management Limited, "ERM", Companies House no. 06798226) is a small British counter-explosive ordnance consultancy. It was incorporated on 22 January 2009 with SIC code 82990 (other business support services).[1] It describes its work as "consultancy and training addressing terrorism, IED countermeasures, and hybrid threats", plus "Physical Security and Stockpile Management, UXO survey, clearance and disposal". It says its staff are drawn "from defence, security and policing backgrounds".[2] In 2019 the Ministry of Defence gave it three CSSF training contracts for the East Africa programme, worth £196,700 in total. ERM was a named supplier on the earlier (2015–) Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) framework, but is not named on the published 2023–27 list.[3][4]
Company
The registered office has moved several times. It was at 17 Godfrey Pink Way, Bishops Waltham, Southampton SO32 1PB from June 2011. By early 2018 it was at 14 Talisman Business Centre, Duncan Road, Park Gate, Southampton SO31 7GA, and it returned to Bishops Waltham on 1 April 2018. From 14 January 2019 it was at 1 & 2 The Barn, Oldwick, West Stoke Road, Chichester PO18 9AA, which is the address given in the 2019 contract notices. Since 20 December 2022 it has been at Chandlers Ford.[1][5] The company is a member of the Counter EO UK trade grouping, and says it holds ISO 9001:2015 certification for "security consultancy and the design and delivery of specialist training". It describes its clients as "UK government departments, commercial clients and partner nations".[6]
The accounts for the year to 30 September 2025 (total exemption, unaudited) show net assets of £248,232, cash at bank of £197,046 and an average of two employees (2024: two). The accounts also disclose advances to a director.[1]
CSSF and other UK government work
MoD East Africa CSSF training contracts (2019)
All three contracts were let by the Ministry of Defence (two of the notices are headed "GB-Glasgow") "in Support of East Africa CSSF Programme":
| Contract | Awarded | Period | Procedure | Value (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD) Training Course | 6 June 2019 | 1–26 July 2019 | Not specified | 88,100 |
| AMISOM Search Practitioners Course | 1 July 2019 | 5–25 August 2019 | Not specified | 54,300 |
| Provision of Staff Officers' Awareness Course (SOAC) | 1 July 2019 | 29 July – 2 August 2019 | Single tender action (non-OJEU), "transparency only" | 54,300 |
| Total | 196,700 |
[5][7][8][9] The IEDD course was published twice on Contracts Finder, with the same value, dates and supplier, so it is counted once here. The single-tender Staff Officers' Awareness Course notice gave an estimated value of £20,000, but the award was £54,300.[9] The AMISOM course was for search practitioners linked to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).[8]
FCO/FCDO payments
| Date | Expense type (as published) | Amount (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 18 March 2016 | Programme Spend (Oracle Projects Control Account) | 42,000.00 |
| 11 October 2018 | Vehicles Miscellaneous | 31,472.97 |
| 4 July 2023 | Physical Security Equipment | 30,701.76 |
| 13 November 2023 | Security Consultancy | 31,151.45 |
| 20 May 2024 | Security Consultancy | 27,823.48 |
| Total | 163,149.66 |
[10] These payments come from the FCO/FCDO directly and are separate from the 2019 MoD contracts. No contract notices have been found for them. MoD payments under the 2019 contracts would appear in MoD, not FCDO, spending data, which has not been checked.
People
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon James de Gruchy | Director; PSC (25–50% shares and votes) | 22 January 2009 | – | February 1975 |
| Jemma de Gruchy | Director; PSC (25–50% shares and votes) | 1 January 2012 | – | December 1976 |
| Nicholas Anthony Watts | Director and secretary | 22 January 2009 | 31 March 2010 | January 1976 |
[1] Simon de Gruchy is described online as the managing director and a former British Army IEDD instructor. This rests on a LinkedIn profile, which also styles him "QGM" (Queen's Gallantry Medal). It needs confirming in the London Gazette before it goes in the page body. He is a candidate for a director page once that is done.
Gaps
- The search snippet for a 2015 trade-press report (ADS Advance, "Optima and ERM enter strategic partnership") points to an ERM link with Optima Defence & Security Group, but the article now returns 404 and has not been read.
- The countries and units trained under the 2019 East Africa courses are not stated in the notices.
- The work behind the FCDO payments for 2016, 2018 and 2023–24 is unknown.
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Companies House, EXPLOSIVE RISK MANAGEMENT LIMITED, company number 06798226 GOV.UK, accessed 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Explosive Risk Management, Explosive Risk Management Limited — Threat Reduction, EOD, and Defence Consultancy explosiveriskmanagement.com, accessed 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Tussell, Conflict Stability and Security Fund Framework: suppliers Tussell, accessed 20 October 2026.
- ↑ BidStats, Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) (2023): award notice summary BidStats, accessed 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ministry of Defence, Provision of Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD) Training Course in Support of East Africa CSSF Programme Contracts Finder, published 13 June 2019.
- ↑ Counter EO UK, Explosive Risk Management: Company Profile Counter EO UK, accessed 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Ministry of Defence, GB-Glasgow: Provision of IEDD Training Course in Support of East Africa CSSF Programme Contracts Finder, published 13 June 2019.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ministry of Defence, GB-Glasgow: AMISOM Search Practitioners Course Contracts Finder, published 5 July 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ministry of Defence, TRANSPARENCY ONLY - Provision of Staff Officers' Awareness Course Contracts Finder, published 4 July 2019.
- ↑ Foreign and Commonwealth Office, FCO departmental spending over £25,000 GOV.UK, 2010–2020; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO: departmental spending over £25,000 GOV.UK, 2020–2025.