The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Acorn Villages Limited

Company 01048360 Active

Registered charity: Acorn Villages Limited

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Board DNA

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9
directors on the board
9.7y median 8.2y
average tenure
19.2y
longest tenure
6
directors past 6 years
5 vs 1 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Property 3Retail and trade 2Education 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 1Professional services 1

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Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

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Company details

Number01048360
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated05/04/1972
AddressACORN VILLAGES LTD CLACTON ROAD, MISTLEY, MANNINGTREE, CO11 2NJ
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

87200 - Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (29)

  • Mcelhinney, James Brian Director · appointed 2024
  • Shields, Edwina Holly Wyndham Director · appointed 2023
  • Taylor, Brian Henry Director · appointed 2023
  • Willis, David John Director · appointed 2020
  • Daines, Colin Director · appointed 2018
  • Cridland, Carly Marie Secretary · appointed 2014
  • Eyers, Brenda Elizabeth Director · appointed 2013
  • Owens, Judith Anne Director · appointed 2013
  • Whittaker, John Derek Director · appointed 2007
  • Gray, Jeremy Martin Director · appointed 2007
  • Lang, Derek Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
  • LEE, Marie Kathleen Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2017
  • Finch, Robert John Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2022
  • Burrows, Keith Henry Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2022
  • Norman, Mary June Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Hoskyns, Ann, Lady Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2018
  • Scott, Peter Stuart Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2011
  • Jordan, Keith Geoffrey Scott Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2023
  • Taylor, David Edmund Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2008
  • Hargreaves, Martin James, Doctor Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2013
  • Harding, Neil Charles Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2007
  • Nichols, Jean Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2006
  • Green, Mary Isbel Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2019
  • Ablett, Heather Former Secretary · appointed 1993 · resigned 2014
  • Green, Denzil Murray Edward Former Secretary · resigned 2005
  • Ablett, Raymond John Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Macmillan, Sylvia, Doctor Former Director · resigned 2013
  • Downes, Roy Former Director · resigned 2009
  • Castagnoli, Edna Former Director · resigned 2010

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