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The Abbeyfield (Darlington) Society Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 30
- Andrew Mark Teague 2022-2026 View profile
- Revd Jennifer Sara Croft 2021-2024 View profile
- Kate Louise Klys 2021-2021 View profile
- Nancy Wall 2021-2023 View profile
- Lynne Pamela Heslop 2018-2022 View profile
- David Aneurin Bodycombe 2017-2019 View profile
- Reverend David James Railton 2016-2019 View profile
- Dr Trevor Birnie 2015-2023 View profile
- Kevin Norman Robinson 2015-2017 View profile
- Peter Jeffrey Davison 2015-2018 View profile
- Dr Roger David James 2014-2015 View profile
- Marie Green 2013-2018 View profile
- Janette Scott Carling 2013-2015 View profile
- Thomas William Harrison 2010-2019 View profile
- Margaret Alma Bailey 2010-2014 View profile
- Robert Morrow 2009-2018 View profile
- Elizabeth Mary Connors 2006-2010 View profile
- Alan Vickers 2002-2006 View profile
- Dobson, John Richard, Reverend Canon 2001-2014 View profile
- Ann Carter 1999-2001 View profile
- Judith Watson 1993-2019 View profile
- Bainbridge, Jean Millar, Doctor 1993-2004 View profile
- Gabriel Lowes 2015 View profile
- Alan Gill 2004 View profile
- Denise Margaret Ann Walton 2016 View profile
- Alan Butler Wood 2003 View profile
- Gypsy Ann Nichol 2002 View profile
- Alan Roy Leckie 2003 View profile
- John Bell Millar Rowatt 2002-2013 View profile
- Elizabeth Yates 2002-2011 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 08/12/1970
- Also a registered charity
- The Abbeyfield (Darlington) Society Limited
Financials
- Net assets
- £2,156,811
- Total assets
- £2,156,811
- Cash
- £136,271
- Employees
- 11
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Small company accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
6 directors on the board
- Gary Crofton Blenkinsopp Director · appointed 2025
- Carole Anne Sobkowiak Director · appointed 2017
- Heather Irene Scott Director · appointed 2014
- Elizabeth Fraser Lyle Director · appointed 2023
- Paul William Robinson Director · appointed 2019
- David Lindesay Steel Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Carole Anne Sobkowiak Director · appointed 2017
- Heather Irene Scott Director · appointed 2014
- Paul William Robinson Director · appointed 2019
- David Lindesay Steel Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Gary Crofton Blenkinsopp Director · appointed 2025
- Carole Anne Sobkowiak Director · appointed 2017
- Heather Irene Scott Director · appointed 2014
- Elizabeth Fraser Lyle Director · appointed 2023
- Paul William Robinson Director · appointed 2019
- David Lindesay Steel Director · appointed 2018
Left in the last 12 months
- Andrew Mark Teague Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
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
- 00996404
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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