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Adoption Matters

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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Who leads it

Previous officers 49

  1. Madeleine Baldon 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jonathan Leigh Fingerhut 2025-2026 Director View profile
  3. Wilkinson, Elizabeth Mary, the Ven 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Rev Anita Kay Burke 2023-2025 Director View profile
  5. Mahilravi Samuel Thevasagayam 2022-2024 Director View profile
  6. Barry Neil Speker 2020-2026 Director View profile
  7. Phil Alan Dyer 2019-2019 Director View profile
  8. Keith Johnson 2019-2020 Director View profile
  9. Lynn Pates 2018-2026 Director View profile
  10. Catherine Gibbons 2018-2025 Director View profile
  11. Elizabeth Harlow 2017-2021 Director View profile
  12. David Andrew Vincent Champness 2017-2023 Director View profile
  13. David Cracknell 2013-2023 Director View profile
  14. Sara Juliet Winstanley 2013-2018 Director View profile
  15. David Paul Shield 2011-2022 Director View profile
  16. Nicholas Louis Lapham 2011-2017 Director View profile
  17. Bishop, Ian Gregory, the Ven 2011-2012 Director View profile
  18. Marjorie Lynn Hearton 2010-2016 Director View profile
  19. Peter Nowland 2007-2009 Director View profile
  20. Carolyn Ann Johnson 2007-2025 Director View profile
  21. John Stuart Radford 2007-2009 Director View profile
  22. Professor John Mather 2007-2008 Director View profile
  23. Margaret Frances Young 2007-2011 Director View profile
  24. Alan Thomas Rowntree 2007-2017 Director View profile
  25. Daphne Anne Jordan 2007-2017 Director View profile
  26. Sheila Ruth Whipp 2007-2013 Director View profile
  27. Gillings, Richard John, the Venerable 2003-2010 Director View profile
  28. Keith James Merrett 2002-2010 Director View profile
  29. Irene Walton 2002-2012 Director View profile
  30. Alan Scott Park 1998-2010 Director View profile
  31. David Stuart Casson 1998-2004 Director View profile
  32. Patricia Warwick 1996-2006 Director View profile
  33. Russell Keith Hamilton 1996-1997 Director View profile
  34. Elliott, Austen Ernest, Doctor 1995-2001 Director View profile
  35. Hewetson, Christopher, Venerable 1994-2002 Director View profile
  36. Michael Edward Charles Fenton 1993-2001 Director View profile
  37. Mary Catherine Reeve 1993-1996 Director View profile
  38. Rev Geoffrey Martin Turner 1993-1994 Director View profile
  39. Dr Shirley Anne Leslie 1993-2005 Director View profile
  40. John Richard Eager 1993-1997 Director View profile
  41. Samuels, Christopher William John, Rev Canon 1993-2015 Director View profile
  42. Neil Gibbons 1993-2003 Director View profile
  43. Right Reverend Michael Frederick Gear 1993 Director View profile
  44. Lady Mary Carlisle Rochester 1993 Director View profile
  45. Ronald Bennett Davies 1995 Director View profile
  46. Kathryn Ann Foreman 2012-2013 Secretary View profile
  47. Anne Elizabeth Gregory 2003-2011 Secretary View profile
  48. Urquhart, Peter William Gordon, His Hon 2001-2005 Secretary View profile
  49. Reverend Kenneth Harris 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

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.

  • Adoption fees Buyer: Wirral Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Inter Agency Fees for adoption of a child

About

What it does
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Incorporated
25/02/1982
Also a registered charity
Adoption Matters
Previous names
Adoption Matters North West (until 21/05/2014)
Chester Diocesan Adoption Services (until 18/04/2007)

Grants received

1 grant · £583,333 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

  • Department for Education · £583,333

Most recent

  • Department for Education £583,3332020-04-01
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.

5 directors on the board

7.6y median 4.6y
average tenure
23.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Hospitality 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
01617324
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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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