# Direct Help & Advice Ltd

## Details

- **Company number:** [03495233](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03495233)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- **Incorporated:** 20 Jan 1998
- **Registered office:** PHOENIX STREET, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE, DE1 2ER
- **Nature of business:** [63990](/sic/63990) Other information service activities n.e.c., [82200](/sic/82200) Activities of call centres, [85600](/sic/85600) Educational support services


## Previous names

- Derbyshire Housing Aid Ltd (until 20 Sep 2012)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCRUTON, John Benjamin | director | 29 Nov 2016 | 4 Sep 2018 |
| MERRITT, Jonathan Glen, Dr | director | 26 Jan 2026 | 23 Jul 2026 |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Guy Naylor | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 6 Apr 2016 | 15 Jan 2020 |
| Mrs Karen Virginia Banks | significant-influence-or-control | 13 May 2025 |  |
| Miss Karla Cook | significant-influence-or-control | 15 Jan 2020 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Turnover | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2018 | - | £356,823 | £58,206 | 36 |
| 31 Mar 2012 | £2,065,038 | £492,814 | £73,605 | - |