The Leeds Society for Deaf & Blind People

Company 00146281 Active

Registered charity: The Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

6 directors on the board

Evin Wickremaratne Director · appointed 2015
Christine Roche Director · appointed 2012
Sheila Foster Director · appointed 2018
Jason Maynard Hixon Director · appointed 2012
Donna Burrows Director · appointed 2019
Beverley Byard Director · appointed 2025

9.2y median 9.8y

average tenure

13.9y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Evin Wickremaratne Director · appointed 2015
Christine Roche Director · appointed 2012
Sheila Foster Director · appointed 2018
Jason Maynard Hixon Director · appointed 2012
Donna Burrows Director · appointed 2019

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Evin Wickremaratne Director · appointed 2015
Christine Roche Director · appointed 2012
Sheila Foster Director · appointed 2018
Jason Maynard Hixon Director · appointed 2012
Donna Burrows Director · appointed 2019
Beverley Byard Director · appointed 2025

also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Paul Landey Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2025
Hashim Mahmood Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving directors could step down together
No director brings board experience from anywhere else
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Company details

Number	00146281
Status	Active
Type	PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated	01/03/1917
Address	LEEDS SOCIETY FOR DEAF AND BLIND PEOPLE, ST MARY'S STREET, LEEDS, LS9 7DP
Accounts next due	31/12/2026
Accounts last made up	31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

85590 - Other education n.e.c.88100 - Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Ownership - persons with significant control (0)

No persons with significant control recorded.

Officers (90)

Beverley Byard Director · appointed 2025
Donna Burrows Director · appointed 2019
Sheila Foster Director · appointed 2018
Evin Wickremaratne Director · appointed 2015
Alison Miller Secretary · appointed 2012
Christine Roche Director · appointed 2012
Jason Maynard Hixon Director · appointed 2012

Show 83 former officers

Rachael Sweeting Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
Charis Green Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
Hashim Mahmood Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
William Lumsden Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
David Robinson Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
William Finney Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2024
Rahim Ali Karim Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
Smith, Mark Gordon Robert Davenport, Reverend Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
Craig Jones Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
Sarah Millar Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
Zara Emery Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
Kerry Milwain Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
Martin John Dodgson Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
Nick Mctague Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2022
Alan Leadbeater Oldroyd Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
Judith Baron Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
Jaqueline Hurst Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2014
Mary Naylor Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2023
Carole Boyes Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
Edward Pollard Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
Sue Horseman-Backhouse Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
Susan Lee Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
Christopher Bojas Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
Anna Lawson Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
Paul Landey Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2025
Hilary Margaret Adolfson Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2023
Bryan Matthews Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
David Cockroft Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
Julie Lambert Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Maureen Wood Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2019
Thomas Bonner Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Martin Smith Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Andrew Murray Holmes Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
Alison Spear Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2024
Ann Beilby Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Barry Naylor Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Shirley Lockwood Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Janet Elizabeth Pearson Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Craig Moxon Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Sallie Holmes Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Duncan Wood Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
John Lockwood Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Diane Frances Colville Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
Andrew David Preston Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
Simon Spear Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2011
Kenton Robbins Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
Robert Anthony Young Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
Samantha Green Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
Andrew Stanley Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
Gary Peck Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
Christine Jane Nash Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
Barry Tebbs Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
Graham Roberts Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
Anderson, Barry John, Cllr Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
Caroline Lucy Darnbrook Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
Lancaster, Brenda, Cllr Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
Jonathan Joseph Bentley Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
Paul Paley Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2008
Paul Young Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
Roy Granville Taylor Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
Linda Clough Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2011
Michael Gerwart Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2012
Alec Hudson Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2008
Jacqueline Hurst Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2006
Stephen Goulding Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2012
Roslyn Robinson Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
Glyn Mark Royal Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2006
Andrew Paul Keefe Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2008
Lucy Jane Hailey Clapham Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
Ralph Fieldhouse Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
Hamilton, John Frederick, Reverend Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2008
Swapna Mcneil Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2005
John Leslie Carter Director · resigned 1993
Harry Dodds Director · resigned 2007
Martin Orr Milligan Director · resigned 1993
Edmund Richard Vaughan Director · resigned 1992
Peter Geoffrey Wooler Director · resigned 2008
Vyvyan Mary Cardno Director · resigned 1995
John Halstead Robins Director · resigned 2001
Janet Lovell Director · resigned 1992
Kenneth John Goddard Director · resigned 1999
James Richard Hughes Director · resigned 2006
Margaret Waterhouse Director · resigned 2003

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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