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{{short description|'''London-based gender and social-inclusion consultancy; CSSF contractor'''}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Social Development Direct
| type = Registered at Companies House
| founded = 23 September 1999 (incorporated)
| location = Discovery House, 28-42 Banner Street, London, England, EC1Y 8QE
| industry = Other service activities not elsewhere classified
}}
'''[[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.<ref name="CH03846881">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03846881 Social Development Direct Limited (03846881)] ''Companies House'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CHO03846881">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03846881/officers Social Development Direct Limited (03846881): officers] ''Companies House'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref> It is a named supplier on Lot 1 of the CSSF Framework Agreement 2023–27.<ref name="FTS2023">Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029743-2023 Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) Framework Agreement (2023-2027): contract award notice 029743-2023] ''Find a Tender Service'', 2023.</ref> [[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.<ref name="FCOspend">Foreign and Commonwealth Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/foreign-office-spend-over-25000 FCO departmental spending over £25,000] ''GOV.UK'', 2010–2020; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fcdo-departmental-spending-over-25000 FCDO: departmental spending over £25,000] ''GOV.UK'', 2020–2026.</ref>

== 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".<ref name="SDDYemen">Marie-Christine Heinze and Sophie Stevens, SDDirect and Yemen Polling Center, [https://www.sddirect.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-12/sdd_yemenreport_full_v5.pdf Women as Peacebuilders in Yemen] ''Social Development Direct'', June 2018.</ref> 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.<ref name="SDDGMEL">Social Development Direct, [https://sddirect.org.uk/project/global-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-gmel-partnership-conflict-stability-and-security Global Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (GMEL) Partnership, Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF)] ''SDDirect'', accessed 16 October 2026.</ref>

=== Published CSSF contracts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ CSSF awards published on Contracts Finder
! Award date !! Contract !! Value (£) !! Supplier name as published !! Source
|-
| 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 || <ref>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, [https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc5032d3-0b93-46c0-9cb5-389c50f6f071 CSSF Yemen research and gender analysis on the impact of conflict on women's experience of] ''Contracts Finder'', 2018-01-26.</ref>
|}

=== FCO/FCDO payments ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ FCO/FCDO payments over £25,000 (all programmes; calendar year of payment)
! Year !! Amount (£)
|-
| 2018 || 32,303
|-
| 2020 || 121,455
|-
| 2022 || 70,034
|-
| 2023 || 294,441
|-
| 2024 || 673,496
|-
| '''Total''' || '''1,191,729'''
|}
<ref name="FCOspend" />

== People ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Current officers recorded at Companies House
! Name !! Role !! Appointed
|-
| Muge Begum Rice || Secretary || 12 January 2026
|-
| Kate Eleanor Bishop || Director || 19 December 2025
|-
| Edith Rose Caldwell || Director || 10 March 2020
|-
| Jonathan Geoffrey Elms || Director || 16 June 2025
|-
| John Andrew Kerr || Director || 10 March 2020
|-
| John Duncan Lockett || Director || 16 December 2024
|-
| Helen Victoria Thompson || Director || 20 April 2026
|}
<ref name="CHO03846881" />

== See also ==
* [[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]]
* [[:Category:CSSF Contractors]]

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:CSSF Contractors]]
[[Category:UK]]
[[Category:Yemen]]

Social Development Direct - Revision history

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