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YHA (England and Wales)
Youth hostels
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Who leads it
- Nisbah Noseef HussainDirector · since 2025
- Reena O'NeillDirector · since 2025
- Barney Christopher BrownDirector · since 2025
- James Edward RedfearnDirector · since 2024
- Sarah Claire Theodora BrewinDirector · since 2024
- Paula Lillian NewtonDirector · since 2023
- Clare Louise ParsonsDirector · since 2023
- Sarah LustyDirector · since 2022
- Darren Richard BarkerDirector · since 2021
- Clare Elizabeth Helen FordhamDirector · since 2020
- Robert Andrew VarleyDirector · since 2019
- Simon Gareth ReeveDirector · since 2018
- Margaret Helen HartDirector · since 2016
- Graham TurnockDirector · since 2015
- Julie Ann IstedSecretary · since 2025
Previous officers 125
- Kathryn Louise Morgan 2025-2026 View profile
- Dr Rej Paul Bhumbra 2024-2025 View profile
- Philip David Henderson 2023-2024 View profile
- Gareth Thomas Cunningham 2022-2023 View profile
- Anna Louise Welsh 2021-2025 View profile
- Caleb William Mark Stevens 2020-2025 View profile
- Tegryn Daniel Jones 2020-2022 View profile
- Philip David Bale 2019-2020 View profile
- Hayley Amanda Barnard 2019-2023 View profile
- Emma Caroline Bradley 2019-2023 View profile
- Hannah Frances Paterson 2018-2021 View profile
- Cathryn Alice Hayhurst 2017-2025 View profile
- Fiona Steggles 2016-2022 View profile
- Barbara Kasumu 2016-2024 View profile
- Marcus Holburn 2016-2024 View profile
- John Philip Derek Heasman 2015-2015 View profile
- Vishaal Rajesh Virani 2015-2018 View profile
- Ian Philip Maginnis 2014-2019 View profile
- Josephine Paula Murray 2014-2022 View profile
- Margo Muris 2014-2015 View profile
- Professor Nelarine Estella Cornelius 2014-2017 View profile
- Nicola Jane Scrivings 2013-2016 View profile
- Christopher Charles Brining Roberts 2013-2021 View profile
- Vinay Talwar 2012-2015 View profile
- Anthony Peter Gaines 2012-2019 View profile
- Francesca Lydia Miles 2012-2014 View profile
- Paul Daniel Wright 2012-2018 View profile
- Harry George Woodward Horton 2012-2016 View profile
- Joshua Nathan Snape 2011-2012 View profile
- Paula Marie Yates 2011-2017 View profile
- Mohammed Dhalech 2010-2012 View profile
- Christopher John Hunt 2010-2014 View profile
- Lindsey Fairbrother 2010-2016 View profile
- Steven Peter Walter Boyd 2010-2013 View profile
- John Vivian Everard 2009-2010 View profile
- David Huber 2009-2009 View profile
- Alan Randall 2009-2009 View profile
- David Anton Huber 2009-2010 View profile
- Alan Randall 2009-2010 View profile
- Robert Henry Smith 2009-2011 View profile
- David Nigel Mills 2008-2009 View profile
- Rita Pearson 2007-2012 View profile
- Michael Austin Taylor 2007-2009 View profile
- Karl Shepherdson 2007-2013 View profile
- John Gordon Annett 2007-2009 View profile
- Nicholas Lionel Hardwick 2007-2009 View profile
- Christine Ann Morrison 2006-2009 View profile
- Paul Shearman 2006-2009 View profile
- Martin Green 2005-2009 View profile
- Trevor Cornfoot 2005-2009 View profile
- Pauline Scott 2005-2013 View profile
- James Murray Blake 2004-2015 View profile
- Michael Phillip Allen 2004-2005 View profile
- Dr Harold Macdonald Mycock 2004-2007 View profile
- Arnold Andrew Eccleston 2004-2006 View profile
- Robin Clive Eckles 2003-2009 View profile
- David John Bostock 2003-2012 View profile
- John Frederick William Templeton 2003-2009 View profile
- Mary Gledhill 2002-2010 View profile
- Jacqueline Mary Moxham 2002-2006 View profile
- Veronica Mignon Boulton 2002-2005 View profile
- Joy Kirsten Jackson 2002-2004 View profile
- Fokrul Islam 2002-2005 View profile
- Susan Jane Mackinnon 2001-2014 View profile
- Hedley William Arthur Alcock 2001-2009 View profile
- David Alan Fisher 2001-2006 View profile
- Graham Barry Bolton 2001-2007 View profile
- Anthony Hulme King 2000-2002 View profile
- Philip Barry Ashmore 2000-2002 View profile
- Andrew Terence Dockray Jenkins 2000-2001 View profile
- Hilary Jane Lade 1999-2001 View profile
- Ruth Mary Chambers 1999-2000 View profile
- John Frederick Beer 1999-2004 View profile
- Mark Timothy Wilson 1999-2000 View profile
- Jennifer Seeley 1998-1999 View profile
- Bryan Goodliff Harwood 1998-2001 View profile
- Peter William Kingsbury 1997-1999 View profile
- Helen Margaret Race 1996-1998 View profile
- Alan Hilary Bourne 1996-2016 View profile
- David Mcnally 1996-2003 View profile
- Michael Stephen Scott 1996-2004 View profile
- Dr Kenneth Roy Ashby 1995-1996 View profile
- Jeanne Margaret Spooner 1995-1996 View profile
- Barbara Smith 1995-2010 View profile
- Jeffery Trevor Murry 1995-2000 View profile
- Denman John Adams 1995-1999 View profile
- Dr Peter Clarke 1994-1999 View profile
- Keith Richard Pennyfather 1994-1996 View profile
- Clive Henry Goodman 1994-2008 View profile
- Patricia Lillian Mckenna 1994-2009 View profile
- Michael Keith Dodd 1994-1996 View profile
- Robin Pugh 1993-2009 View profile
- Gerald Brian Mckenna 1993-1997 View profile
- John Leonard Patten 1993-1994 View profile
- Edward Jordan 1993-1994 View profile
- Christopher Richard Boulton 1993-2008 View profile
- Frank Charles Christopher Martin 1993-1994 View profile
- Jane Elizabeth Cooper 1993-1994 View profile
- Stephen John Edwards 1993-1994 View profile
- Ian Mc Elvenny 1993-1994 View profile
- John Robert Hockey 1993-1995 View profile
- Charles Lindsey Melville Porter 1993-2011 View profile
- Rowland Leslie Pittard 1993-2002 View profile
- Helen Jane Maurice-Jones 1993-2016 View profile
- William Ronald Sellers 1993-1995 View profile
- Derek Sydney Hanson 1993-2002 View profile
- Peter Mathison 1993-2001 View profile
- Iain Stuart Barnes 1993-2000 View profile
- Robin David Richardson 1993-1995 View profile
- Arthur James Meaby 1993-2002 View profile
- Anne Elizabeth Clarke 1993-1994 View profile
- Christopher John Darmon 1993-2015 View profile
- Roger Victor John Cadbury 1993-2002 View profile
- Herbert William Armstrong 1993 View profile
- David Gentleman 1992 View profile
- John Parfitt 1993 View profile
- Leonard Joseph John Clark 1993 View profile
- John Radford Thoumine 1993 View profile
- Bernard Trayner 1993 View profile
- Peter James Harvey 2021-2025 View profile
- William Edward Howarth 2017-2021 View profile
- Caroline Margaret White 2008-2017 View profile
- Dr Roger Clarke 2000-2008 View profile
- Colin Donald Campbell Logan 1993-2000 View profile
- Simon Burgess 1992-1993 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Youth hostels
- Incorporated
- 12/12/1933
- Registered office
- Matlock
- Also a registered charity
- YHA (England and Wales)
- Previous names
- YHA (England and Wales) Limited (until 27/07/2011)
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above YHA (England and Wales) on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Grants received
28 grants · £27,821,381 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £17,019,250 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,722,014 (7 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £4,961,475 (15 grants)
- Department for Work and Pensions · £118,642 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
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.
14 directors on the board
- James Edward Redfearn Director · appointed 2024
- Sarah Lusty Director · appointed 2022
- Paula Lillian Newton Director · appointed 2023
- Robert Andrew Varley Director · appointed 2019
- Margaret Helen Hart Director · appointed 2016
- Nisbah Noseef Hussain Director · appointed 2025
- Simon Gareth Reeve Director · appointed 2018
- Clare Elizabeth Helen Fordham Director · appointed 2020
- Reena O'Neill Director · appointed 2025
- Sarah Claire Theodora Brewin Director · appointed 2024
- Graham Turnock Director · appointed 2015
- Clare Louise Parsons Director · appointed 2023
- Barney Christopher Brown Director · appointed 2025
- Darren Richard Barker Director · appointed 2021
Directors past 6 years
- Robert Andrew Varley Director · appointed 2019
- Margaret Helen Hart Director · appointed 2016
- Simon Gareth Reeve Director · appointed 2018
- Graham Turnock Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Robert Andrew Varley Director · appointed 2019
- Clare Elizabeth Helen Fordham Director · appointed 2020
- Clare Louise Parsons Director · appointed 2023
- Barney Christopher Brown Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (10)
- James Edward Redfearn Director · appointed 2024
- Sarah Lusty Director · appointed 2022
- Paula Lillian Newton Director · appointed 2023
- Margaret Helen Hart Director · appointed 2016
- Nisbah Noseef Hussain Director · appointed 2025
- Simon Gareth Reeve Director · appointed 2018
- Reena O'Neill Director · appointed 2025
- Sarah Claire Theodora Brewin Director · appointed 2024
- Graham Turnock Director · appointed 2015
- Darren Richard Barker Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Kathryn Louise Morgan Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
- Anna Louise Welsh Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
- Cathryn Alice Hayhurst Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Dr Rej Paul Bhumbra Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00282555
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/11/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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