Company · Carnforth
The Fairbank Society
Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Michele Evelyn EmptageDirector · since 2026
- Lorna Mary WilsonDirector · since 2026
- Lesley Janet BarrettDirector · since 2025
- Pettifor, Anne Elizabeth, RevDirector · since 2016
- Mary QuinnDirector · since 2014
- Thomas, David Gareth, DrDirector · since 2013
- Gillian Audrey SykesDirector · since 2012
- Merlin Andrew HibbsDirector · since 2011
Show all 10 current officers
- Bride, Iain Melvin, DrDirector · since 2010
- Lynda SkinnerDirector · since 2010
Previous officers (42)
- Kate HampshireDirector · 2023–2024
- Joanne WhittakerDirector · 2022–2025
- David George HackingDirector · 2020–2025
- Nigel John MartinDirector · 2018–2020
- Whitehead, David, ReverendDirector · 2011–2014
- Colin AshleyDirector · 2009–2014
- Boggis, Margaret, Mrs.Director · 2009–2012
- Elizabeth Anne KerrDirector · 2008–2015
- Frank Duncan HamlettDirector · 2005–2020
- Peter John NightingaleDirector · 2005–2016
- May MackieDirector · 2005–2011
- David Michael ClarkeDirector · 2004–2010
- Thomas Edmund Kendrick HerdDirector · 2004–2005
- Gillian Lucy WebsterDirector · 2003–2005
- Daphne Janet Dorothy PeelDirector · 2002–2024
- Thomas Dennis NixonDirector · 2001–2006
- Keith WightmanDirector · 2000–2011
- Katherine Mary Josephine DoyleDirector · 1997–2005
- Peter Michael RaineyDirector · 1997–2000
- Ann Louise HeatonDirector · 1997–2002
- Margaret PilkingtonDirector · 1997–2003
- Jean HamlettDirector · 1997–2005
- Janet AtkinsDirector · 1995–2004
- Edwin Ronald ElstonDirector · 1993–1999
- Eileen Lilian FlightDirector · –2004
- Olwen Emma FosterDirector · –1994
- Mary Stewart GressonDirector · –1997
- Ian Haig HardmanDirector · –2005
- Dorothy May HineDirector · –1995
- George Lewis HaynesDirector · –2008
- Frank LiveseyDirector · –2007
- James SwiftDirector · –1993
- Eve RobinsonDirector · –1993
- Kathleen Mary HallDirector · –1997
- Eric MidgleyDirector · –1997
- Joan RogersDirector · –1996
- Fiona Susan GregorySecretary · 2010–2015
- Sarah Susan MillerSecretary · 2005–2010
- Susa EllisSecretary · 1997–2005
- Sylvia Mary BoyceSecretary · 1994–1997
- Elizabeth BreaySecretary · –1994
- Robert Henry BowkerSecretary · –1992
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
- Incorporated
- 17/03/1969
- Registered office
- Carnforth
- Also a registered charity
- The Fairbank Society
- Previous names
- Abbeyfield Kirkby Lonsdale Society Limited (the) (until 23/07/2014)
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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.
10 directors on the board
- Gillian Audrey Sykes Director · appointed 2012
- Mary Quinn Director · appointed 2014
- Lynda Skinner Director · appointed 2010
- Michele Evelyn Emptage Director · appointed 2026
- Pettifor, Anne Elizabeth, Rev Director · appointed 2016
- Lorna Mary Wilson Director · appointed 2026
- Lesley Janet Barrett Director · appointed 2025
- Merlin Andrew Hibbs Director · appointed 2011
- Thomas, David Gareth, Dr Director · appointed 2013
- Bride, Iain Melvin, Dr Director · appointed 2010
Directors past 6 years
- Gillian Audrey Sykes Director · appointed 2012
- Mary Quinn Director · appointed 2014
- Lynda Skinner Director · appointed 2010
- Pettifor, Anne Elizabeth, Rev Director · appointed 2016
- Merlin Andrew Hibbs Director · appointed 2011
- Thomas, David Gareth, Dr Director · appointed 2013
- Bride, Iain Melvin, Dr Director · appointed 2010
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (9)
- Gillian Audrey Sykes Director · appointed 2012
- Mary Quinn Director · appointed 2014
- Lynda Skinner Director · appointed 2010
- Michele Evelyn Emptage Director · appointed 2026
- Pettifor, Anne Elizabeth, Rev Director · appointed 2016
- Lesley Janet Barrett Director · appointed 2025
- Merlin Andrew Hibbs Director · appointed 2011
- Thomas, David Gareth, Dr Director · appointed 2013
- Bride, Iain Melvin, Dr Director · appointed 2010
Portfolio (1)
- Lorna Mary Wilson Director · appointed 2026
Also govern a charity
- Gillian Audrey Sykes Cumbria-Westmorland Federation of Women's Institutes, Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Kirkby Lonsdale Team Ministry, Poor's Land, Casterton Village Hall
- Mary Quinn Kirkby Lonsdale Relief in Need Charity
- Lynda Skinner Rochdale Evangelical Church
- Lorna Mary Wilson The Brent Methodist Church
- Merlin Andrew Hibbs Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Kirkby Lonsdale Team Ministry
- Thomas, David Gareth, Dr Kendal South Choir
Left in the last 12 months
- David George Hacking Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
- Joanne Whittaker Director · appointed 2022 · 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
- 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00950104
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/06/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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