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Practical Action

Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 62

  1. Hope Chigudu 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Rachel Sibande 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Dr Yvonne Maria Pinto 2019-2022 Director View profile
  4. Elwaleed Mohamed Elbashir Elobeid 2017-2020 Director View profile
  5. Joanne Smith 2017-2023 Director View profile
  6. Valerie Celia Jolliffe 2016-2019 Director View profile
  7. Ian Andrew Thornton 2016-2024 Director View profile
  8. Helena Wayth 2015-2021 Director View profile
  9. Graham David Young 2015-2024 Director View profile
  10. Imran Khan 2012-2018 Director View profile
  11. Dr Roger Clarke 2012-2020 Director View profile
  12. Dr Mary Elizabeth Jane Chadwick 2012-2017 Director View profile
  13. Brenda Ann Lipson 2012-2021 Director View profile
  14. Professor James Rob Smith 2011-2020 Director View profile
  15. Paul Leonard Turner 2011-2017 Director View profile
  16. Richard Nigel Saxby-Soffe 2010-2020 Director View profile
  17. Dominic Newton Haslam 2009-2015 Director View profile
  18. Veronica Walford 2009-2018 Director View profile
  19. Helena Mary Molyneux 2008-2019 Director View profile
  20. Mahmood Hassan 2007-2016 Director View profile
  21. Dr Emma Crewe 2007-2014 Director View profile
  22. John Errington Heskett 2005-2014 Director View profile
  23. Ben Hayman 2005-2008 Director View profile
  24. Prof Stephen Roger Watson 2005-2013 Director View profile
  25. Ruth Mcneil 2004-2014 Director View profile
  26. Sean George Cronin Sutcliffe 2004-2013 Director View profile
  27. Frank Allan Mcrobie 2004-2010 Director View profile
  28. George Nicholas Selbie 2003-2010 Director View profile
  29. Charles Howard Thomson 2001-2005 Director View profile
  30. Ash Lewis 2001-2003 Director View profile
  31. Bryan Constant Bentham Stevens 2000-2009 Director View profile
  32. Dr Neil Thin 2000-2009 Director View profile
  33. Professor Peter Moir Guthrie 1999-2006 Director View profile
  34. Teresa Anne Baring 1999-2005 Director View profile
  35. John Hobson Coulter 1998-2006 Director View profile
  36. Edmund Murray Marsden 1998-2000 Director View profile
  37. Maria Luisa Cassoni 1997-1998 Director View profile
  38. Jennifer Edith Borden 1997-2006 Director View profile
  39. Diana Clare Mitlin 1997-2007 Director View profile
  40. Nicholas Benedick Sparrowe Colchester 1996-1996 Director View profile
  41. Lady Sarah Ashburton 1996-1999 Director View profile
  42. Hugh Richard Belshaw 1995-2006 Director View profile
  43. Henry Dale 1994-2005 Director View profile
  44. Philip Jack Goddard 1994-1997 Director View profile
  45. Richard Hellyar Oake 1994-1999 Director View profile
  46. Veronica Ann Lowe 1994-1996 Director View profile
  47. James Masih Shera 1995 Director View profile
  48. Murray Armor 1995 Director View profile
  49. Paul Sebastian Zuckerman 1996 Director View profile
  50. Dennis Hyde Frost 1994 Director View profile
  51. John Andrew Barnett 1994 Director View profile
  52. Peter John Lindsay Scott 1995 Director View profile
  53. Adrienne Mary Martin 1995 Director View profile
  54. Lesley Anne Mcintosh 2024-2024 Secretary View profile
  55. Stephen David Page 2021-2022 Secretary View profile
  56. John Duncan Lockett 2018-2021 Secretary View profile
  57. Alison Hilary Marshall 2006-2015 Secretary View profile
  58. John Angus Walker 2006-2015 Secretary View profile
  59. Patricia Rose Adey 2000-2018 Secretary View profile
  60. David Andrew Barker 1998-2000 Secretary View profile
  61. Pauline Theresa Smith 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  62. Nigel Dalcour Sinker 1997 Secretary 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
21/02/1966
Registered office
Rugby
Also a registered charity
Practical Action
Previous names
Practical Action Limited (until 25/09/2009)
Intermediate Technology Development Group Limited (until 30/10/2008)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Practical Action on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

5 other companies 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

12 grants · £8,195,691 total

360Giving 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

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £3,528,525 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,526,486 (6 grants)
  • Comic Relief · £998,862
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £91,818 (2 grants)
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · £50,000

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £40,6572024-06-07
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £883,5592023-12-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £2,644,9662023-12-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £51,1612022-10-21
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £50,0002021-04-01
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.

13 directors on the board

3.3y median 2.3y
average tenure
6.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (9)

Portfolio (4)

0
left in the last 12 months

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.

Other services 3Tech and media 1

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

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00871954
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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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