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Accelerate Community Limited

Accounting and auditing activities

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

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Previous officers 27

  1. David Craig Mellor 2013-2017 Director View profile
  2. Andrew John Pianca 2012-2013 Director View profile
  3. Christopher John Davey 2009-2012 Director View profile
  4. Gillian Sharples 2003-2003 Director View profile
  5. Stephen Robert Sproule 2001-2012 Director View profile
  6. Stephen James Gale 2001-2023 Director View profile
  7. Michael Anthony Jackson 2001-2008 Director View profile
  8. Michael John Pelham Warner 2001-2002 Director View profile
  9. Sydney John Beech 2001-2003 Director View profile
  10. Dr Philip Arthur Thake 2001-2004 Director View profile
  11. Roger Geoffrey Barrs 2001-2015 Director View profile
  12. Peter Norman Olsen 2001-2009 Director View profile
  13. Mark Hjertzen 2001-2004 Director View profile
  14. David Wilson 2001-2008 Director View profile
  15. David Anthony Furst 1998-2012 Director View profile
  16. Zahir Fazal 1998-2001 Director View profile
  17. Peter Cecil Salter 1998-1998 Director View profile
  18. Martyn Raymond Ingles 1997-2000 Director View profile
  19. Michael Robert Jones 1995-1996 Director View profile
  20. David William Davis 1993-1998 Director View profile
  21. Philip Langton Forwood 1998 Director View profile
  22. Derek Leslie Haynes 1993 Director View profile
  23. James Henry Fife Gemmell 2003 Director View profile
  24. Shirley Anne Mitchard 1995 Director View profile
  25. John Joseph May 1994 Director View profile
  26. Alan Dawson 2012-2017 Secretary View profile
  27. Charles Edmund Taylor Sutcliffe 2012 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Accounting and auditing activities
Incorporated
18/05/1976
Registered office
London
Previous names
Hcwa Limited (until 08/11/2018)

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Crowe U.K. LLP
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
  • Crowe U.K. LLP ceased 2016-04-06
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Accelerate Community Limited is controlled by Crowe U.K. LLP
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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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.

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.

2 directors on the board

5.6y median 5.6y
average tenure
8.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

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.

Dormant 5Professional services 5Business services 3Finance 2

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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01259112
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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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