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

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Previous officers 40

  1. Dr Kathy Higgins 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Caroline Pinder 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Megan Tarrant 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. Catherine Ann Bowell 2017-2019 Director View profile
  5. Susan Erb 2016-2022 Director View profile
  6. Karen Karuna Mallik 2016-2018 Director View profile
  7. Steven Richard Hitchmough 2015-2020 Director View profile
  8. Christopher Alan Klein 2014-2015 Director View profile
  9. Keith Bernard Powers 2014-2016 Director View profile
  10. Jeremy Payne 2013-2020 Director View profile
  11. Michael Jaffray De Hauteville Bell 2011-2018 Director View profile
  12. Ivor Durrant New 2011-2016 Director View profile
  13. Robin Martin Nicholas Stafford 2011-2014 Director View profile
  14. Adnan Laeeq 2011-2012 Director View profile
  15. Robert David Vann 2010-2012 Director View profile
  16. James Schumacher 2010-2010 Director View profile
  17. Grant Williams 2010-2014 Director View profile
  18. Bram Miller 2009-2011 Director View profile
  19. Ian Care 2009-2016 Director View profile
  20. Alison Joan Fender Brown 2004-2016 Director View profile
  21. Benjamin Noble Fawcett 2004-2007 Director View profile
  22. Alastair George Christie 2004-2009 Director View profile
  23. Anthony John Tyrrell 2001-2013 Director View profile
  24. Malcolm Bernard Sargent 2000-2003 Director View profile
  25. Robina Mary Richter 1999-2001 Director View profile
  26. David Vaughan Harries 1998-2007 Director View profile
  27. Doreen Rae Burbidge 1997-2009 Director View profile
  28. Jacky Akam 1996-2003 Director View profile
  29. Geoffrey Howden Levy 1995-2001 Director View profile
  30. Mary Falkner 1994-2004 Director View profile
  31. Colin Tysoe 1994-1997 Director View profile
  32. Catherine Mary Dolbear 1992-2009 Director View profile
  33. Harry Iles 1996 Director View profile
  34. Judy Anne Connor 1994 Director View profile
  35. Dorothy Elizabeth Cussens 1995 Director View profile
  36. John Anthony Care 2001 Director View profile
  37. William Arthur Marsh 1993 Director View profile
  38. Charles Peter James Hirom 2001 Director View profile
  39. Peter Edward Rooke 1998 Director View profile
  40. Dr Edward Mark Grimble 2017 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
26/03/1980
Also a registered charity
Tools for Self Reliance

Grants received

4 grants · £25,764 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 · £18,880 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £6,884

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £6,8842020-09-30
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,4802016-06-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £6,7002009-07-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £7,7002007-05-09
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

4.1y median 3.2y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

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 1Other 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.

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01487630
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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