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The Fostering Network
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
Network
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Who leads it
- Paul Philip SeathDirector · since 2023
- Kate BrashDirector · since 2023
- Matthew Michael PageDirector · since 2023
- Lyssa ElsterDirector · since 2023
- Frank HarasiwkaDirector · since 2022
- Ishara TewaryDirector · since 2019
- Jonathan Patrick James WalshDirector · since 2018
- Stuart David LewisDirector · since 2018
- Christopher PopeDirector · since 2018
- Martha Christine Adam-BushellSecretary · since 2024
Previous officers 123
- Caroline Barbara Malcolm 2023-2025 View profile
- Jeanette Towning 2019-2023 View profile
- Martin Leworthy 2018-2021 View profile
- Sophie Masey 2018-2022 View profile
- Dr Lynn Ashburner 2017-2018 View profile
- Gary David Pickles 2016-2024 View profile
- Gregory Andrew De Smidt 2016-2021 View profile
- Julie Ann Barclay Clark 2016-2018 View profile
- Nigel Paul Mccartney 2016-2023 View profile
- Graham John Verrall 2015-2016 View profile
- Janet Smith 2015-2021 View profile
- Mervyn Erskine 2015-2025 View profile
- Richard Drean 2015-2016 View profile
- Martyn Mccormack 2014-2016 View profile
- Daisy James 2013-2020 View profile
- Richard Noel Field 2013-2017 View profile
- Ian Dixon 2012-2019 View profile
- Janet Williams 2012-2015 View profile
- Helen Holgate 2012-2017 View profile
- Penny Tingey 2012-2013 View profile
- Sally Boxall 2011-2012 View profile
- Dr Bernard Laurence Herdan 2011-2013 View profile
- Susanna Daus 2011-2019 View profile
- Alexander Brown 2011-2016 View profile
- Darren Harman-Page 2011-2012 View profile
- Eric Mole 2011-2012 View profile
- Catherine Jane Held 2011-2012 View profile
- Alan Torry 2010-2012 View profile
- Anne Hull 2010-2015 View profile
- Jonathan Broad 2010-2015 View profile
- Philip Coghill 2009-2013 View profile
- Stanley Byrne 2009-2017 View profile
- Alistair David Cook 2008-2013 View profile
- Heather Brandon 2008-2010 View profile
- Lorainne Holliday 2008-2011 View profile
- Kathleen Jane Worwood 2008-2011 View profile
- Lorraine Edington 2007-2010 View profile
- Margaret Joy Allen 2007-2011 View profile
- Adrian H Clark 2007-2010 View profile
- Christopher Michael Cutler 2007-2015 View profile
- Philip Stephen Howard Brown 2007-2015 View profile
- Kenneth Robert Mark Warriner 2006-2009 View profile
- Johannah Muckley 2006-2014 View profile
- David Thomas Hadjicostas MBE 2006-2008 View profile
- Barbara Foster 2005-2011 View profile
- Vivienne Kind 2005-2011 View profile
- Sheila Rosaria Patel 2005-2008 View profile
- James John Bond 2005-2013 View profile
- Laura Anne Stewart 2005-2007 View profile
- Vernella Elizabeth Fuller Armah 2004-2006 View profile
- Iris Burgoyne 2004-2007 View profile
- Edward Royer 2004-2007 View profile
- Roger Jeffrey Mills 2004-2007 View profile
- Reverend Stephen Jeffrie Hotchen 2003-2006 View profile
- David Hurst 2003-2006 View profile
- Michael Christopher Mercer 2003-2009 View profile
- Michael Joseph Rosenbaum 2003-2014 View profile
- Thomas Judge 2003-2005 View profile
- Marilyn Diack 2002-2009 View profile
- Elizabeth Martin 2002-2004 View profile
- Eileen Bridget Lawton 2001-2005 View profile
- Coleen Ann Rea Christie 2001-2002 View profile
- Stephanie Stone 2001-2004 View profile
- Susan Jane Jordan 2000-2003 View profile
- Brian Moore 2000-2003 View profile
- Carol Feehan 2000-2006 View profile
- Savinder Bhogal 2000-2004 View profile
- Anne Galloway Mckinna Black 1999-2007 View profile
- Anita Banks 1999-2003 View profile
- Richard Michael Jarman 1999-2003 View profile
- Andrea Hunt 1999-2003 View profile
- Marie Marjorie Thiman 1999-2001 View profile
- Christine Edwards 1998-2001 View profile
- Jane Westacott 1998-2001 View profile
- Blodwen Jones 1998-2004 View profile
- Maureen Theresa Ryan 1998-2001 View profile
- Mark Van Den Berg 1997-2000 View profile
- Patrkia Beesley 1997-1998 View profile
- Catherine Okrafo-Smart 1997-2000 View profile
- Patricia Porter 1997-2003 View profile
- Peter Godward 1997-2000 View profile
- Liz Calvert 1997-1998 View profile
- Keith Makin 1996-1999 View profile
- Dr Michael Yelland 1996-1999 View profile
- David Thomas White 1996-1999 View profile
- Meral Mehmet 1996-1999 View profile
- Shirley Fermin 1996-1999 View profile
- Colin Raynor 1996-1997 View profile
- Patricia Smye-Rumsby 1996-1996 View profile
- Renuka Priyadharshini Jeyarajah Dent 1996-1999 View profile
- Malcolm John Grist 1995-1998 View profile
- Lynette Bryan 1995-1995 View profile
- Valerie Man 1994-2000 View profile
- Anne Spencer 1994-1996 View profile
- Mark Emmanuel Stanley 1994-1997 View profile
- Fitz Haylette 1994-1997 View profile
- Christopher John Rutton May 1994-2003 View profile
- Metasebia Tadesse 1993-1999 View profile
- Sarah Dawn Marion Tupling 1992-1996 View profile
- Juliet Ramage 1992-1995 View profile
- Catherine Anne Dewar 1992-1994 View profile
- Peter Hardisty 1993 View profile
- Veronica Nicks 1992 View profile
- Bernard Shepherd 1998 View profile
- Alison King 1993 View profile
- William Still 1993 View profile
- Harry Friend 1996 View profile
- Alexander Danby Tasker 1992 View profile
- Jane Asquith 1997 View profile
- William Bayliss 1994 View profile
- Patricia John 1994 View profile
- Jacqueline Robinson 1994 View profile
- Carole Wilkinson 1996 View profile
- Irene Burgham 1997 View profile
- Geoffrey Gordon Wilson 2021-2024 View profile
- Erica Wilkinson 2016-2020 View profile
- Venetia Caroline Carpenter 2013-2016 View profile
- Jenny Burley 2011-2013 View profile
- Andrew Forrester 2008-2011 View profile
- Robert Wilfrid Tapsfield 2003-2009 View profile
- Geraldine Mcandrew OBE 1995-2003 View profile
- Patricia Emily Verity 1995-1995 View profile
- Marion Irene Lowe 1995 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 total360Giving 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
- Department of Health and Social Care
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Education
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Jonathan Patrick James Walsh Director · appointed 2018
- Paul Philip Seath Director · appointed 2023
- Kate Brash Director · appointed 2023
- Ishara Tewary Director · appointed 2019
- Matthew Michael Page Director · appointed 2023
- Stuart David Lewis Director · appointed 2018
- Lyssa Elster Director · appointed 2023
- Christopher Pope Director · appointed 2018
- Frank Harasiwka Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Jonathan Patrick James Walsh Director · appointed 2018
- Ishara Tewary Director · appointed 2019
- Stuart David Lewis Director · appointed 2018
- Christopher Pope Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Kate Brash Director · appointed 2023
- Ishara Tewary Director · appointed 2019
- Matthew Michael Page Director · appointed 2023
- Stuart David Lewis Director · appointed 2018
- Lyssa Elster Director · appointed 2023
- Christopher Pope Director · appointed 2018
- Frank Harasiwka Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Jonathan Patrick James Walsh Director · appointed 2018
- Paul Philip Seath Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Mervyn Erskine Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
- Caroline Barbara Malcolm Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
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.
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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