London-based gender and social-inclusion consultancy; CSSF contractor
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23 September 1999 (incorporated)
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Discovery House, 28-42 Banner Street, London, England, EC1Y 8QE
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Other service activities not elsewhere classified
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Social Development Direct (Social Development Direct Limited, Companies House number 03846881) is a contractor to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) under the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF). Companies House records it as incorporated on 23 September 1999, status "Active", nature of business "96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified", with registered office at Discovery House, 28-42 Banner Street, London, England, EC1Y 8QE.[1][2] It is a named supplier on Lot 1 of the CSSF Framework Agreement 2023–27.[3] Contracts Finder lists 1 published CSSF award(s) to it with a combined stated value of £98,086. FCO and FCDO payments to it over £25,000 recorded in published departmental spending data total about £1,191,729; these figures cover all FCO/FCDO (and, after September 2020, former Department for International Development) programmes and are not limited to the CSSF.[4]
CSSF and other UK government work
SDDirect and the Yemen Polling Center produced Women as Peacebuilders in Yemen (June 2018), which states it was "produced for: CSSF Yemen" and "funded through the UK's Conflict, Stability and Security Fund". The CSSF for Yemen "commissioned this qualitative study to understand more about women's engagement in conflict prevention, peace and stability in Yemen".[5] SDDirect also says it is "part of a multidisciplinary consortia delivering the Global Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (GMEL) service for the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund" for the Joint Funds Unit, leading on gender and social inclusion.[6]
Published CSSF contracts
CSSF awards published on Contracts Finder
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Contract |
Value (£) |
Supplier name as published |
Source
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| 2018-01-26 |
CSSF Yemen research and gender analysis on the impact of conflict on women's experience of violence and roles in peace-b |
98,086 |
Social Development Direct LTd |
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FCO/FCDO payments
FCO/FCDO payments over £25,000 (all programmes; calendar year of payment)
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Amount (£)
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| 2018 |
32,303
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| 2020 |
121,455
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| 2022 |
70,034
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| 2023 |
294,441
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| 2024 |
673,496
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1,191,729
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People
Current officers recorded at Companies House
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Role |
Appointed
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| Muge Begum Rice |
Secretary |
12 January 2026
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| Kate Eleanor Bishop |
Director |
19 December 2025
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| Edith Rose Caldwell |
Director |
10 March 2020
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| Jonathan Geoffrey Elms |
Director |
16 June 2025
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| John Andrew Kerr |
Director |
10 March 2020
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| John Duncan Lockett |
Director |
16 December 2024
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| Helen Victoria Thompson |
Director |
20 April 2026
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See also
Notes
- ↑ Companies House, Social Development Direct Limited (03846881) Companies House, accessed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Companies House, Social Development Direct Limited (03846881): officers Companies House, accessed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) Framework Agreement (2023-2027): contract award notice 029743-2023 Find a Tender Service, 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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, 2020–2026.
- ↑ Marie-Christine Heinze and Sophie Stevens, SDDirect and Yemen Polling Center, Women as Peacebuilders in Yemen Social Development Direct, June 2018.
- ↑ Social Development Direct, Global Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (GMEL) Partnership, Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) SDDirect, accessed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, CSSF Yemen research and gender analysis on the impact of conflict on women's experience of Contracts Finder, 2018-01-26.