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Volunteering Matters

Volunteering Matters is an active UK company (number 01435877), incorporated 1979, with 9 current directors including Millicent Gardoryth Wenlock and Christopher Ivan Ridgers. Source: Companies House, updated 25th October 2026.

Technical and vocational secondary education

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Who leads it

Previous officers 54

  1. Sacha Tokhmeh Foroush Hamed 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Lanai Collis-Phillips 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Michael Guy Abrahams 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Katie Farrington 2023-2026 Director View profile
  5. Pru Whitwell 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Craig Hamilton 2021-2024 Director View profile
  7. Martin Fleming 2021-2023 Director View profile
  8. Katrina Lambert 2020-2026 Director View profile
  9. Emmanuel Ayoola 2020-2022 Director View profile
  10. Sue Maskrey 2019-2025 Director View profile
  11. Iona Wyn 2017-2021 Director View profile
  12. Peter Bailey 2017-2021 Director View profile
  13. Julie Kirkbride 2016-2025 Director View profile
  14. Katerina Brigitte Rudiger 2016-2021 Director View profile
  15. Patrick Luong 2016-2023 Director View profile
  16. Brian Andrew Smouha 2015-2019 Director View profile
  17. Andrew Peter Hudson 2015-2023 Director View profile
  18. Anne Elizabeth Heal 2015-2024 Director View profile
  19. Joyce Ohaja 2015-2017 Director View profile
  20. Satyen Narendra Dhana 2014-2020 Director View profile
  21. Mitan Shailesh Kumar Patel 2014-2018 Director View profile
  22. Rolande Jane Anderson 2012-2016 Director View profile
  23. Matthew James Nicholas 2012-2016 Director View profile
  24. Bruce John Moore 2012-2013 Director View profile
  25. William John Ashworth Bullough 2012-2015 Director View profile
  26. Dr Alison Janet Elliot 2010-2016 Director View profile
  27. Sir Jon Deacon Shortridge 2010-2015 Director View profile
  28. David Lindow Wilkinson 2009-2021 Director View profile
  29. Michael John Law 2009-2011 Director View profile
  30. Jamie Joseph Morgan 2007-2014 Director View profile
  31. Sarah Gordon 2007-2012 Director View profile
  32. Harriet Neuberger 2006-2011 Director View profile
  33. Kate Mary Mabey 2002-2012 Director View profile
  34. Thomas Richard Harman Luce 2000-2003 Director View profile
  35. David Bernard Mellor 2000-2007 Director View profile
  36. Janet Mary Morgan 2000-2004 Director View profile
  37. Scott David Malkin 1999-2011 Director View profile
  38. Anne Catherine Mcguire 1997-1998 Director View profile
  39. Douglas John Barrington Hill 1997-2016 Director View profile
  40. Paulette Georgina Rowe 1996-2004 Director View profile
  41. David Gibbons 1993-1999 Director View profile
  42. Sir William Benjamin Utting 1991-1997 Director View profile
  43. Professor William Plowden 2000 Director View profile
  44. John Alfred Pulford 2012 Director View profile
  45. Lord Clive Brooke 1997 Director View profile
  46. Andrew John Bernard Rowe 2000 Director View profile
  47. Alexander Duncan Gordon 2006 Director View profile
  48. Alasdair Henry Hutton 2010 Director View profile
  49. John Rea-Price 1995 Director View profile
  50. Pru Whitwell 2021-2021 Secretary View profile
  51. Paul Reddish 2019-2023 Secretary View profile
  52. Oonagh Melrose Aitken 2014-2019 Secretary View profile
  53. Lucy Manuela De Groot 2011-2014 Secretary View profile
  54. Dame Elisabeth Anne Marian Frost Hoodless 2011 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

4 contracts · £1,667,433 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.

  • Mentoring for Care Leavers Buyer: Newcastle City Council £75,000 2026-07-20 Source: Find a Tender

    Newcastle City Council are seeking a Provider to deliver Mentoring Services to Young People and Young Adults who are care leavers within Newcastle City Council. This is a unique opportunity to work with the Council to design and deliver a p…

  • VCSE Infrastructure Support Buyer: Newcastle City Council £752,433 2026-06-22 Source: Find a Tender

    The Authority is procuring two separate over threshold contracts. 1.VCSE Infrastructure Support; 2.Volunteer Support Services. These will be run as separate competitions. Opportunity 1 VCSE Infrastructure Support Value: £512,499 (36 months)…

  • Support Services Framework for Babies, Children, Young People and Families Buyer: Powys County Council £840,000 2026-03-17 Source: Find a Tender

    Powys County Council is establishing an approved provider framework for the provision of a range of support services for Babies, Children, Young People and families, in and around the county of Powys.

    Framework
  • QHM-2025-9361 Home from Hospital service Buyer: NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Value not published Date not published CPV 85000000 Source: Find a Tender

    Home from Hospital service

About

What it does
Technical and vocational secondary education; Post-secondary non-tertiary education; Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Incorporated
10/07/1979
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
Volunteering Matters
Previous names
CSV (until 24/04/2015)

Ownership

Owned by (4) 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.

  • Satyen Narendra Dhana ceased 2019-07-31
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Andrew Peter Hudson ceased 2023-09-28
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: Former director (Dec 2015 to Sep 2023)
  • Joyce Ohaja ceased 2017-03-16
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Brian Andrew Smouha ceased 2019-07-30
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - 80 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 80 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - 4 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 4 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

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

Ownership paths are calculated from the active Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings that show a majority (more than 50% of shares or voting rights, or the right to appoint or remove a majority of the directors). Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates. Holdings of 25-50% are significant influence or control, not majority control, and are not used to build a group.

Grants received

104 grants · £13,660,661 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £12,363,203 (73 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £488,700 (16 grants)
  • Ministry of Justice · £309,154 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £232,884 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £112,500

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002026-03-05
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £60,0002026-01-28
  • Sport England £5,0002024-03-27
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £179,5772024-03-27
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £88,7782023-09-13
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

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
6.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Education 4Other services 2Health and social care 1Professional services 1Property 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
01435877
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 25th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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