Commercial analysis supplier for the government's information-threat work
The Global Strategy Network Ltd
The Global Strategy Network Ltd is UK company 10433562, incorporated on 18 October 2016. The NSOIT privacy notice names it as an analysis contractor, and a January 2026 ministerial answer describes its work on misinformation and disinformation narratives relevant to UK public safety and national security.
Payment and corporate control
DSIT's September 2025 spending file records GBP118,000 to GSN on 12 September, transaction 719926, for consultancy in the information-threats programme. The row leaves contract and project fields blank and does not give the service period or VAT basis. The inspected control register records Giles Henry Donne Barrett and Matthew Thomas King each in the greater-than-25%-through-50% share and voting bands. Those bands do not establish equal halves or individual operational instructions. The retained sources do not prove that GSN replaced Crisp exclusively.
UK Department for Science,Innovation and Technology → The Global Strategy Network Ltd
publishes payment to named analysis supplier
2025-09-12 – 2025-09-12
Original CSV data row107 records GBP118,000 on12September2025, transaction719926, for consultancy in the SOH Information Threats and Security Programme. Contract/project/expenditure-type cells are blank; supplier identity is a name match, not a company number in the CSV. VAT basis, service period and invoice scope remain unknown. This is one payment, not a contract ceiling, annual budget or handover date. Financial details: value: 118,000; currency: GBP; kind: published departmental payment; period: 12September2025;transaction719926;VAT/serviceperiodunknown
Matthew Thomas King → The Global Strategy Network Ltd
register reports more than25% through50% shares and votes
Notification28October2020;active in inspected record
Current PSC band, notification28October2020. Not exact50%,family relationship,joint agreement or proof of specific operational instructions. RichardBarrett historical cessation does not confer current control.
Giles Henry Donne Barrett → The Global Strategy Network Ltd
register reports more than25% through50% shares and votes
Notification24June2021;active in inspected record
Current PSC band, notification24June2021. Not exact50%,family relationship,joint agreement or proof of specific operational instructions. RichardBarrett historical cessation does not confer current control.
The Global Strategy Network Ltd → National Security Online Information Team
ministerial answer identifies narrative-analysis function
Answer27January2026;activitystart/endunknown
The27January2026 answer assigns GSN analysis of misinformation/disinformation narratives relevant to UK public safety and national security. The answer, not misspelled names in the question, anchors attribution. No contract period, effectiveness or feed into CDDP is inferred.
National Security Online Information Team → The Global Strategy Network Ltd
current privacy notice names analysis contractor
Appointment reported; fee, contract and start date unknown. No financial amount, exclusivity or replacement of Crisp established. April2024 page date is not contractor appointment date.
Companies House identifies THE GLOBAL STRATEGY NETWORK LTD, company 10433562, incorporated 18 October 2016 and currently active. Its public PSC register records Giles Henry Donne Barrett and Matthew Thomas King each with more than 25% and not more than 50% of shares and voting rights, notified respectively 24 June 2021 and 28 October 2020. Richard Barrett's PSC status ceased 24 June 2021. These bands do not establish an exact half-share each, a family relationship, or Richard's current control. Personal addresses and birth information were not extracted into the case.
DSIT's September 2025 spending CSV records a payment of GBP 118,000 on 12 September 2025 to The Global Strategy Network Ltd, transaction 719926. Expense: Consultancy Expenditure; area: Security and Online Harms; description: SOH Info Threats and Security Programme. The original CSV has blank contract/project/expenditure-type fields, rendered as Not set in the HTML preview. This is one payment, not a contract ceiling, annual budget or demonstrated invoice scope. VAT basis and service period are not provided. The supplier is named, without a company number in the row; association to the registered company is a name match supported by official supplier naming, not a registry identifier in this payment.
Appointment reported; fee, contract and start date unknown. No financial amount, exclusivity or replacement of Crisp established. April2024 page date is not contractor appointment date.
Current PSC band, notification24June2021. Not exact50%,family relationship,joint agreement or proof of specific operational instructions. RichardBarrett historical cessation does not confer current control.
Notification28October2020;active in inspected record
Current PSC band, notification28October2020. Not exact50%,family relationship,joint agreement or proof of specific operational instructions. RichardBarrett historical cessation does not confer current control.
Original CSV data row107 records GBP118,000 on12September2025, transaction719926, for consultancy in the SOH Information Threats and Security Programme. Contract/project/expenditure-type cells are blank; supplier identity is a name match, not a company number in the CSV. VAT basis, service period and invoice scope remain unknown. This is one payment, not a contract ceiling, annual budget or handover date.
The27January2026 answer assigns GSN analysis of misinformation/disinformation narratives relevant to UK public safety and national security. The answer, not misspelled names in the question, anchors attribution. No contract period, effectiveness or feed into CDDP is inferred.