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Other service activities n.e.c.

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 45

  1. Ayanna Nelson 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dheepa Balasundaram 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. Edward James Watson O'Neill 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. Jonathan Vincent Dominic Rowney 2021-2025 Director View profile
  5. Amerdeep Kaur Somal 2020-2020 Director View profile
  6. Ruth Madeleine Smith 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Andrea Daniels 2020-2023 Director View profile
  8. Elizabeth Frida Edwards 2020-2023 Director View profile
  9. Carolyn Pearson 2018-2021 Director View profile
  10. Christine Anne Higgins 2018-2021 Director View profile
  11. Kirsten Lynn Walkom 2018-2022 Director View profile
  12. Katie Farrington 2018-2022 Director View profile
  13. Shelagh Mckibbin 2013-2018 Director View profile
  14. Baroness Helena Ann Kennedy 2009-2018 Director View profile
  15. Barbara Joan Donoghue Vavalidis 2008-2019 Director View profile
  16. Dame Stella Rimington 2006-2019 Director View profile
  17. Catherine Suzanne Zennstrom 2006-2009 Director View profile
  18. Dianne Gwenllian Nelmes 2005-2020 Director View profile
  19. Maggie Rae 2005-2020 Director View profile
  20. Victoria Cammack 2004-2008 Director View profile
  21. Janice Pamela Panton 2000-2019 Director View profile
  22. Baroness Lilian Pauline Neville Jones 2000-2008 Director View profile
  23. Kamlesh Bahl 1998-2002 Director View profile
  24. Ruth Barbara Rendell 1997-2004 Director View profile
  25. Barbara Ann Nokes 1997-2006 Director View profile
  26. Lady Ruth Rogers 1997-2008 Director View profile
  27. Ruth Margaret Harding 1997-2018 Director View profile
  28. Lady Hilary Isabella Jane Browne-Wilkinson 1995-1997 Director View profile
  29. Cherie Booth 1995-2004 Director View profile
  30. Peter John Wallach 1992-2012 Director View profile
  31. Karen Sheila Townshend 1992-1997 Director View profile
  32. Lady Gillian Parker 1991-1997 Director View profile
  33. Baroness Sally Rachel Hamwee 1991-2005 Director View profile
  34. Lady Jane Antonia Frances Rayne Lacey 1997 Director View profile
  35. James Duffy 2002 Director View profile
  36. Manel De Silva 2020 Director View profile
  37. Illtyd Harrington 1993 Director View profile
  38. Lorraine Ainscow 2006 Director View profile
  39. Joanna Mary Knowles 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  40. Michaela Louise Chamberlain 2023-2023 Secretary View profile
  41. Dr Sally Oglesby 2021-2023 Secretary View profile
  42. Lornette Pemberton 2021-2023 Secretary View profile
  43. Osbert Morris Alexander Klass 2020-2021 Secretary View profile
  44. Sandra Horley 2000-2020 Secretary View profile
  45. Rosemary Reuter 1991-2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

3 contracts · £5,656,174 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

About

What it does
Other service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
30/01/1979
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
Refuge

Group

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

1 other company 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

25 grants · £11,570,894 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

  • Home Office · £6,654,901 (9 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,845,103 (6 grants)
  • National Emergencies Trust · £1,443,378 (2 grants)
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £902,385
  • Postcode Support Trust · £600,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £493,6512025-08-28
  • Postcode Support Trust £300,0002025-02-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-05-16
  • Postcode Support Trust £300,0002023-12-01
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.

9 directors on the board

3y median 2.4y
average tenure
7.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (7)

1
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.

Business services 2Health and social care 2Tech and media 2Manufacturing 1Other services 1Professional services 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01412276
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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