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The Fostering Network

Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

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

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Previous officers 123

  1. Caroline Barbara Malcolm 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jeanette Towning 2019-2023 Director View profile
  3. Martin Leworthy 2018-2021 Director View profile
  4. Sophie Masey 2018-2022 Director View profile
  5. Dr Lynn Ashburner 2017-2018 Director View profile
  6. Gary David Pickles 2016-2024 Director View profile
  7. Gregory Andrew De Smidt 2016-2021 Director View profile
  8. Julie Ann Barclay Clark 2016-2018 Director View profile
  9. Nigel Paul Mccartney 2016-2023 Director View profile
  10. Graham John Verrall 2015-2016 Director View profile
  11. Janet Smith 2015-2021 Director View profile
  12. Mervyn Erskine 2015-2025 Director View profile
  13. Richard Drean 2015-2016 Director View profile
  14. Martyn Mccormack 2014-2016 Director View profile
  15. Daisy James 2013-2020 Director View profile
  16. Richard Noel Field 2013-2017 Director View profile
  17. Ian Dixon 2012-2019 Director View profile
  18. Janet Williams 2012-2015 Director View profile
  19. Helen Holgate 2012-2017 Director View profile
  20. Penny Tingey 2012-2013 Director View profile
  21. Sally Boxall 2011-2012 Director View profile
  22. Dr Bernard Laurence Herdan 2011-2013 Director View profile
  23. Susanna Daus 2011-2019 Director View profile
  24. Alexander Brown 2011-2016 Director View profile
  25. Darren Harman-Page 2011-2012 Director View profile
  26. Eric Mole 2011-2012 Director View profile
  27. Catherine Jane Held 2011-2012 Director View profile
  28. Alan Torry 2010-2012 Director View profile
  29. Anne Hull 2010-2015 Director View profile
  30. Jonathan Broad 2010-2015 Director View profile
  31. Philip Coghill 2009-2013 Director View profile
  32. Stanley Byrne 2009-2017 Director View profile
  33. Alistair David Cook 2008-2013 Director View profile
  34. Heather Brandon 2008-2010 Director View profile
  35. Lorainne Holliday 2008-2011 Director View profile
  36. Kathleen Jane Worwood 2008-2011 Director View profile
  37. Lorraine Edington 2007-2010 Director View profile
  38. Margaret Joy Allen 2007-2011 Director View profile
  39. Adrian H Clark 2007-2010 Director View profile
  40. Christopher Michael Cutler 2007-2015 Director View profile
  41. Philip Stephen Howard Brown 2007-2015 Director View profile
  42. Kenneth Robert Mark Warriner 2006-2009 Director View profile
  43. Johannah Muckley 2006-2014 Director View profile
  44. David Thomas Hadjicostas MBE 2006-2008 Director View profile
  45. Barbara Foster 2005-2011 Director View profile
  46. Vivienne Kind 2005-2011 Director View profile
  47. Sheila Rosaria Patel 2005-2008 Director View profile
  48. James John Bond 2005-2013 Director View profile
  49. Laura Anne Stewart 2005-2007 Director View profile
  50. Vernella Elizabeth Fuller Armah 2004-2006 Director View profile
  51. Iris Burgoyne 2004-2007 Director View profile
  52. Edward Royer 2004-2007 Director View profile
  53. Roger Jeffrey Mills 2004-2007 Director View profile
  54. Reverend Stephen Jeffrie Hotchen 2003-2006 Director View profile
  55. David Hurst 2003-2006 Director View profile
  56. Michael Christopher Mercer 2003-2009 Director View profile
  57. Michael Joseph Rosenbaum 2003-2014 Director View profile
  58. Thomas Judge 2003-2005 Director View profile
  59. Marilyn Diack 2002-2009 Director View profile
  60. Elizabeth Martin 2002-2004 Director View profile
  61. Eileen Bridget Lawton 2001-2005 Director View profile
  62. Coleen Ann Rea Christie 2001-2002 Director View profile
  63. Stephanie Stone 2001-2004 Director View profile
  64. Susan Jane Jordan 2000-2003 Director View profile
  65. Brian Moore 2000-2003 Director View profile
  66. Carol Feehan 2000-2006 Director View profile
  67. Savinder Bhogal 2000-2004 Director View profile
  68. Anne Galloway Mckinna Black 1999-2007 Director View profile
  69. Anita Banks 1999-2003 Director View profile
  70. Richard Michael Jarman 1999-2003 Director View profile
  71. Andrea Hunt 1999-2003 Director View profile
  72. Marie Marjorie Thiman 1999-2001 Director View profile
  73. Christine Edwards 1998-2001 Director View profile
  74. Jane Westacott 1998-2001 Director View profile
  75. Blodwen Jones 1998-2004 Director View profile
  76. Maureen Theresa Ryan 1998-2001 Director View profile
  77. Mark Van Den Berg 1997-2000 Director View profile
  78. Patrkia Beesley 1997-1998 Director View profile
  79. Catherine Okrafo-Smart 1997-2000 Director View profile
  80. Patricia Porter 1997-2003 Director View profile
  81. Peter Godward 1997-2000 Director View profile
  82. Liz Calvert 1997-1998 Director View profile
  83. Keith Makin 1996-1999 Director View profile
  84. Dr Michael Yelland 1996-1999 Director View profile
  85. David Thomas White 1996-1999 Director View profile
  86. Meral Mehmet 1996-1999 Director View profile
  87. Shirley Fermin 1996-1999 Director View profile
  88. Colin Raynor 1996-1997 Director View profile
  89. Patricia Smye-Rumsby 1996-1996 Director View profile
  90. Renuka Priyadharshini Jeyarajah Dent 1996-1999 Director View profile
  91. Malcolm John Grist 1995-1998 Director View profile
  92. Lynette Bryan 1995-1995 Director View profile
  93. Valerie Man 1994-2000 Director View profile
  94. Anne Spencer 1994-1996 Director View profile
  95. Mark Emmanuel Stanley 1994-1997 Director View profile
  96. Fitz Haylette 1994-1997 Director View profile
  97. Christopher John Rutton May 1994-2003 Director View profile
  98. Metasebia Tadesse 1993-1999 Director View profile
  99. Sarah Dawn Marion Tupling 1992-1996 Director View profile
  100. Juliet Ramage 1992-1995 Director View profile
  101. Catherine Anne Dewar 1992-1994 Director View profile
  102. Peter Hardisty 1993 Director View profile
  103. Veronica Nicks 1992 Director View profile
  104. Bernard Shepherd 1998 Director View profile
  105. Alison King 1993 Director View profile
  106. William Still 1993 Director View profile
  107. Harry Friend 1996 Director View profile
  108. Alexander Danby Tasker 1992 Director View profile
  109. Jane Asquith 1997 Director View profile
  110. William Bayliss 1994 Director View profile
  111. Patricia John 1994 Director View profile
  112. Jacqueline Robinson 1994 Director View profile
  113. Carole Wilkinson 1996 Director View profile
  114. Irene Burgham 1997 Director View profile
  115. Geoffrey Gordon Wilson 2021-2024 Secretary View profile
  116. Erica Wilkinson 2016-2020 Secretary View profile
  117. Venetia Caroline Carpenter 2013-2016 Secretary View profile
  118. Jenny Burley 2011-2013 Secretary View profile
  119. Andrew Forrester 2008-2011 Secretary View profile
  120. Robert Wilfrid Tapsfield 2003-2009 Secretary View profile
  121. Geraldine Mcandrew OBE 1995-2003 Secretary View profile
  122. Patricia Emily Verity 1995-1995 Secretary View profile
  123. Marion Irene Lowe 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.; Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Incorporated
11/07/1980
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The Fostering Network
Previous names
Fostering Network (until 01/02/2007)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Fostering Network 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

28 grants · £10,015,672 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 · £9,693,120 (26 grants)
  • Department for Education · £278,951
  • Department of Health and Social Care · £43,601

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £300,0002024-09-25
  • Department of Health and Social Care £43,6012021-07-25
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £126,6782021-01-27
  • Department for Education £278,9512020-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9832019-08-16
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

5.1y median 3.7y
average tenure
7.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

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 1Health and social care 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
01507277
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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