The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Voluntary and Community Action Sunderland

Company 01759477 Active

Registered charity: Voluntary and Community Action Sunderland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.

4
directors on the board
6.4y median 6y
average tenure
11.4y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
3 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
3
left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Related organisations

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Company details

Number01759477
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated06/10/1983
Address15 NORFOLK STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR1 1EA
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

94990 - Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (83)

  • Lowery, Amanda Director · appointed 2024
  • Brigham, Paul Director · appointed 2023
  • Ramanathas, Kamareswaradas Director · appointed 2017
  • Armstrong, Stephen Director · appointed 2015
  • Hilton, Janette Secretary · appointed 2015
  • Cummings, Alan Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
  • Bikaya, Rachidy Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
  • Stabler, Karl Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
  • Lowe, Katherine Fay Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2026
  • Wood, Richard Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
  • Patchett, Alan Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2010
  • Watson, Susan, Councillor Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2010
  • Ahmadi, Sarah Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
  • Curtis, David John Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
  • Gardiner, Dorothy Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2017
  • Moss, Helena Louise Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
  • Adshead, Keith Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2012
  • Cornish, Patricia Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
  • Scott, John Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
  • Morrison, Anne Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2017
  • Docherty, Angelo Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
  • Goodfellow, Marion Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
  • Farrelly, Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2012
  • Downey, Raymond John Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2004
  • Wilson, Geoffrey Michael Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
  • Bulmer, Constance Mary Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2023
  • Hollern, James, Councillor Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
  • Dorward, Nora Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2005
  • Cooper, Bryan Henderson Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
  • Miller, Stuart Tindale Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
  • Gibson Stephenson, Jillian Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
  • Staines, Anne Elaine Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
  • Taylor, MBE, Stephen Ronald, the Venerable Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
  • Mcdonough, Gillian Former Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2019
  • Robson, Lawrence Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
  • Balmer, Brenda Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
  • Brunning, Michael Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2014
  • Rooke, Kevin Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Dunn, Jacqueline Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
  • Forsyth, Thomas Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
  • Smith, Paul Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
  • Bell, Peter Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2000
  • Meik, Jennie Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
  • Park, George Ralph Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2002
  • Marwood, Stewart Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
  • Price, James William Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
  • Baker, Mary Former Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
  • Marshall, Julie Anne Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2002
  • Elliott, Margaret Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
  • Page, Gwynne Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
  • O'Connor, Kevin Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Renton, Rosemary Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2002
  • Soldinger, Philip Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
  • Mitchell, Tony Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Stephens, Jeremy Paul Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
  • Clark, Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2004
  • Brough, Graham Antony Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
  • Purvis, Henry Cable Dagg Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
  • Moore, Michael Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
  • Mcadams, Thomas Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1996
  • Blair, Jean Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
  • Ready, Alexander Wilson Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1995
  • Martin, Ailsa Sibella Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
  • Everett, Antony Philip Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
  • Fallon, David Louis Former Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 1999
  • Burn, Patricia Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
  • Preston, Inel Margaret Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
  • Young, Kathleen Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
  • Miller, Mary Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
  • Cumiskey, Thomas Former Secretary · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
  • Donnison, Eleanor Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Zion, Harry Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Peacock Baines, Jessie Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Mason, Freda Former Director · resigned 2002
  • Huntley, Richard Bernard Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Lawson, Patricia Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Billson, John Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Christie, Henry Hodgson Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Gibson-Stevenson, Jillian Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Hedley, John Foster Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Rose, Harold Wilfred Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Rawling, John Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Riddle, James Former Secretary · resigned 1993

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