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Durham Community Action Limited
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
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Who leads it
- Stephen Kumar BhowmickDirector · since 2025
- Ian Douglas Hunter SmartDirector · since 2024
- Karen Lesley DavisonDirector · since 2024
- Elaine KilgannonDirector · since 2021
- Angela HawkesDirector · since 2021
- Linda Catherine BirdDirector · since 2020
- Michael John LitchfieldDirector · since 2020
- Patricia Buckley-AtkinsDirector · since 2018
- Clarice Annie SmithDirector · since 2010
- Janice Margaret WortersDirector · since 2010
- John RobinsonDirector · since 1999
- Sarah Jane BanksDirector · since 1998
- Katherine Joanne BurrowsSecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 52
- Professor John Frederick Francis Robinson 2021-2025 View profile
- Lewis Adam Stokes 2017-2019 View profile
- George Charles Hepburn OBE 2014-2020 View profile
- Brian Leslie Myers 2013-2013 View profile
- Julie Form 2010-2010 View profile
- Sandra Josephine Moorhouse 2009-2012 View profile
- Judith Lund 2007-2015 View profile
- Glyn Bateman 2007-2019 View profile
- Henry Barron 2006-2008 View profile
- Dennis Dunn 2006-2009 View profile
- Gavin Bestford 2006-2018 View profile
- John Stewart Espiner 2004-2011 View profile
- Porter, George, County Councillor 2003-2007 View profile
- Dr Kenneth Roy Ashby 2002-2003 View profile
- Joseph Armstrong 2002-2017 View profile
- Peter Ruff Brown 2001-2006 View profile
- Christine Gowton 2000-2002 View profile
- Patricia Wynne 1999-2016 View profile
- Stephen Edwin Saunders 1998-1999 View profile
- Verna Fee 1998-2000 View profile
- Edward Warner Tomlinson 1998-2001 View profile
- Reverend Jonathan David Francis Inkpin 1998-2001 View profile
- David Swan 1998-1999 View profile
- Victor Ricardo Cadaxa 1998-1999 View profile
- Alan Robson Townsend 1998-2006 View profile
- Rita Welsh 1998-1999 View profile
- George Wharton 1998-2000 View profile
- Kate Culverhouse 1998-2009 View profile
- Alexander Eadington Peart 1998-2016 View profile
- Jennifer Flynn 1998-2023 View profile
- Philip Hughes 1998-2004 View profile
- Colin Burton 1998-2001 View profile
- Mary Helen Tribe 1998-2011 View profile
- James Anthony Elliott 1997-2006 View profile
- Ross Whittle 1994-1996 View profile
- Joanna Lucas 1993-1994 View profile
- Lucy Hovvels 1993-1994 View profile
- Joan Bailey 1992-1994 View profile
- Alan Edward Nicholson 1992-1993 View profile
- Rev Geoffrey Watson 1992 View profile
- John Thompson Spencer 1993 View profile
- Raymond Eric Beels 1992 View profile
- Thomas Toward 1993 View profile
- Joanna Laverick 2018-2022 View profile
- Russell Selwyn Hayward 2011-2018 View profile
- Joanna Laverick 2004-2011 View profile
- Joy Frostwick 2004-2004 View profile
- Leigh Vallance 2000-2004 View profile
- Lyn Boyd 2000-2000 View profile
- Raymond Cowell 1995-2000 View profile
- Marion Martin Horton 1994-1995 View profile
- Leslie Harvey Roberts 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 15/01/1936
- Registered office
- Crook
- Also a registered charity
- Durham Community Action Limited
- Previous names
- Durham Rural Community Council Limited (until 24/07/2013)
Grants received
18 grants · £1,028,117 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 · £804,089 (6 grants)
- Point North · £224,028 (12 grants)
Most recent
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.
12 directors on the board
- John Robinson Director · appointed 1999
- Janice Margaret Worters Director · appointed 2010
- Elaine Kilgannon Director · appointed 2021
- Patricia Buckley-Atkins Director · appointed 2018
- Angela Hawkes Director · appointed 2021
- Ian Douglas Hunter Smart Director · appointed 2024
- Sarah Jane Banks Director · appointed 1998
- Linda Catherine Bird Director · appointed 2020
- Michael John Litchfield Director · appointed 2020
- Stephen Kumar Bhowmick Director · appointed 2025
- Karen Lesley Davison Director · appointed 2024
- Clarice Annie Smith Director · appointed 2010
Directors past 6 years
- John Robinson Director · appointed 1999
- Janice Margaret Worters Director · appointed 2010
- Patricia Buckley-Atkins Director · appointed 2018
- Sarah Jane Banks Director · appointed 1998
- Michael John Litchfield Director · appointed 2020
- Clarice Annie Smith Director · appointed 2010
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- John Robinson Director · appointed 1999
- Janice Margaret Worters Director · appointed 2010
- Patricia Buckley-Atkins Director · appointed 2018
- Ian Douglas Hunter Smart Director · appointed 2024
- Karen Lesley Davison Director · appointed 2024
- Clarice Annie Smith Director · appointed 2010
Portfolio (6)
- Elaine Kilgannon Director · appointed 2021
- Angela Hawkes Director · appointed 2021
- Sarah Jane Banks Director · appointed 1998
- Linda Catherine Bird Director · appointed 2020
- Michael John Litchfield Director · appointed 2020
- Stephen Kumar Bhowmick Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
- John Robinson Fishburn Youth & Community Centre, Sedgefield Arts Recreation and Community Association
- Janice Margaret Worters ST Cuthberts Church Hall, Benfieldside
- Elaine Kilgannon The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. Cuthbert With ST. Aidan, Durham in the Diocese of Durham, Communities Together Durham
- Patricia Buckley-Atkins Sedgefield Arts Recreation and Community Association
- Angela Hawkes Elena Teodorini Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Linda Catherine Bird The Abbeyfield Barnard Castle Society Limited
- Michael John Litchfield United Communities, The Molitor Charitable Trust
- Stephen Kumar Bhowmick Durham Wildlife Trust
Left in the last 12 months
- Professor John Frederick Francis Robinson Director · appointed 2021 · 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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
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Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00309329
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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