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Durham Benevolence Limited

Company 00569380 Active

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Board DNA

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14
directors on the board
1.4y median 1.4y
average tenure
3.3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years
5 vs 4 portfolio
first-time directors
3
also govern a charity
2
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Manufacturing 3Other services 2Business services 1Education 1Finance 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 1Professional services 1

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Company details

Number00569380
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated24/07/1956
Address8 THE ESPLANADE, SUNDERLAND, TYNE & WEAR, SR2 7BH
Accounts next due30/06/2027
Accounts last made up30/09/2025

Industry (SIC)

99999 - Dormant Company

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (76)

  • Aram, Mark William Director · appointed 2026
  • Allison, Jamie Robert Director · appointed 2026
  • Rankin, Martin Director · appointed 2025
  • Fitzsimmons, Raymond Peter Director · appointed 2025
  • Turner, Kevin Director · appointed 2025
  • Nolan, Lawrence Director · appointed 2025
  • Rowell, Christopher Director · appointed 2025
  • Purser, Boyd Russell Director · appointed 2025
  • Davey, John Edward Sidney Director · appointed 2025
  • Thompson, Michael Andrew Director · appointed 2025
  • Fitches, Stanley Director · appointed 2025
  • Groves, Ian Keith Director · appointed 2025
  • Davies, Mark Director · appointed 2025
  • Scott, Richard George Secretary · appointed 2024
  • MAW, Duncan Director · appointed 2023
  • Britton, Allan Former Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
  • Elgie, Gary Former Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
  • Watts, John David Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
  • Willis, Stephen Anderson Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
  • Shaw, Michael Stuart Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
  • Gittins, Thomas Fred Former Secretary · appointed 2016 · resigned 2024
  • Steele, Simon Craig Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2022
  • Jeffrey, Edwin John Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2019
  • Rann, Philip Donald Former Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2016
  • Graham, Brian Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Stobbs, Robert William Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2011
  • Footitt, Brian, Prof Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Steele, Craig Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Debenham, Paul Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Watson, Christopher Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Rumford, Geoffrey Former Secretary · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
  • Wilson, Denovan Keith Former Secretary · appointed 2009 · resigned 2009
  • Bibby, Keith Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Gowens, Alexander Ash Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
  • Bulmer, Joseph Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
  • Middleton, Robin Charles Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2012
  • Webster, John Lockhart Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
  • Tucker, Richard Hamlyn Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2012
  • Richmond, Derek Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
  • Sweet, Malcolm James Kennedy Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
  • Ramshaw, Stephen Robert Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2012
  • Wake, Kenneth Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2010
  • Johnson, David Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2011
  • Forster, James Frederick Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2012
  • Stableford, John Edward Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2010
  • Crossley, Gilbert Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2012
  • Fortune, Malcolm Hall Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2010
  • Neville, Roy Norman Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2008
  • Mcfarlane, David Fairweather Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2007
  • Mattimore, Robert Louis Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2004
  • Manning, Michael Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2006
  • Murray, Jack Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
  • Stobart, Kenneth Charles Davies Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2007
  • Griffin, Angus Macdonald Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
  • Clark, George Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2012
  • Milne, Harry Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2006
  • Froud, Joseph William Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2003
  • Westwick, Frank Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
  • Marshall, Charles Sheldon Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2005
  • Hall, Alan Former Secretary · appointed 1992 · resigned 2008
  • Lamb, James William Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1995
  • Potts, Joseph Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Pendlebury, John Henry Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Shuttleworth, John Thomas Former Director · resigned 2001
  • Torgersen, Paul Frederick Former Secretary · resigned 1996
  • Bush, Frederick Lackenby Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Bates, George Edward Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Thompson, John Victor Former Director · resigned 2001
  • Race, Maurice Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Cheesmond, George Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Stracey, Peter Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Savage, Walter Norman Former Director · resigned 2002
  • Brewis, Norman William Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Birch, Geoffrey, Dr Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Wedge, Thomas Addison Walton Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Smith, Harry Former Director · resigned 1995

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