During October 2025, Tom Strickland focused on repository maintenance for the companieshouse/overseas-entities-web project, targeting improvements in configuration clarity and hygiene. He identified and removed an unused suppress.xml file written in XML, which was no longer referenced in the repository or its CI/CD pipelines. This non-functional change reduced maintenance overhead and minimized the risk of misconfiguration, supporting cleaner onboarding and easier audits. Tom’s work demonstrated attention to repository health and concise commit practices, leveraging his skills in repository maintenance and XML configuration management. The scope was limited to a single feature, reflecting a focused but shallow depth of engineering effort.