Company · Durham
Waythrough
Other residential care activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Susan Anne MooreDirector · since 2024
- Carolyn Ann ReganDirector · since 2024
- Paul John NajsarekDirector · since 2024
- Ian Edward AylingDirector · since 2024
- Danielle OumDirector · since 2024
- Maureen Shira HopcroftDirector · since 2024
- James WalderDirector · since 2023
- Selina DouglasDirector · since 2021
- Caroline Lesley GitshamDirector · since 2018
- June RileySecretary · since 2025
Previous officers 41
- Dr Kapil Bakshi 2024-2025 View profile
- Seth, Bhakti, Doctor 2023-2025 View profile
- Imogen Kate Brawn 2021-2021 View profile
- Ian Malcolm Macqueen 2020-2026 View profile
- Janet Elizabeth Bilbie 2020-2023 View profile
- Eric John Feltin 2019-2024 View profile
- James Ronald Foyle 2019-2022 View profile
- Adam Emmanuel Shutkever 2019-2019 View profile
- Gillian Kathryn Taylor 2019-2020 View profile
- Alexander Boyt 2019-2025 View profile
- Sarah Patricia Shepherd 2017-2025 View profile
- David Wild 2016-2016 View profile
- Hayward, James Douglas, Cdr 2016-2016 View profile
- Joyce Drummond-Hill 2014-2017 View profile
- Craig Alistair Peterson 2013-2018 View profile
- Professor Roger Smith 2013-2018 View profile
- Ian Roberts Dewhirst 2008-2023 View profile
- John Thompson Spencer 2006-2015 View profile
- Vivienne Jane Holmes 2006-2022 View profile
- Karen Elaine Hall 2002-2007 View profile
- Ronald Leslie Woodworth 2001-2015 View profile
- James Black 2000-2022 View profile
- Patrick Norman Anderson 2000-2005 View profile
- Linda Elizabeth Keith 1999-1999 View profile
- Christopher George Matthews-Maxwell 1999-2024 View profile
- William Hills 1993-2000 View profile
- Jennifer Louise Mooney 1994 View profile
- Peter Kershaw 1993 View profile
- Michael William Treasure 2021 View profile
- William Dennis 1993 View profile
- Rosalind Kaye Aitchison 1993 View profile
- Ruth Elizabeth Gertrude Cranfield 1995 View profile
- Michael Cope 1998 View profile
- Andrew Whitley 2024-2025 View profile
- Edward Anthony Heatley 2019-2020 View profile
- Camila Horner 2017-2024 View profile
- Lesley Cavender 2001-2017 View profile
- Gillian Smellie 1996-2000 View profile
- Mark Charles Havers 1994-2002 View profile
- David Granath 1993-1997 View profile
- Ian Aitchison 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
9 contracts · £655,000 totalFrom 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.
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Hospital Discharge and Peer Mentoring Service
The Hospital Discharge and Peer Mentoring service will work closely with key partners to reduce the likelihood of individuals being re-admitted into hospital within 30 days and offer support, both professionally and peer-led, to individuals…
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Provision of Drug & Alcohol Specialist
Drug and Alcohol specialist attached to the Rough Sleeper service
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Bradford District Wide Housing Related Support Multiple Disadvantage Services
The Council is seeking Providers to deliver projects, under the category of Housing Related Support for Adults. The services are • Short term accommodation with support to independence • Bradford Respite and Intermediate Support Service (BR…
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North East Area Council Drug and Alcohol worker
Drug and Alcohol worker dedicated to the North East Areas of Barnsley
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Bradford District Wide Services for Rough Sleepers
The Council is seeking Providers to deliver projects, under the category of Services Rough Sleepers under the following categories: • Lot 1: Homeless Day Shelter • Lot 2: No Second Night Out Service
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Connect to Work Programme
Hartlepool Borough Council (the Council) has been appointed as the Lead Body by Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) for the Connect to Work Programme. As such, the Council is responsible for ensuring successful management and delivery of …
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Housing, Health & Wellbeing Hospital Discharge Support Service
The service is to prevent individuals aged 18 and over from being discharged from hospital into street homelessness, and to support safe, timely, and sustainable discharges through coordinated in-hospital intervention and time-limited post-…
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Safe Accommodation Services
In Surrey our vision is for every adult and child experiencing domestic abuse to be seen, safe and heard, and free from the harm caused by perpetrator behaviour. The work we undertake will drive all action against domestic abuse in the Coun…
About
- What it does
- Other residential care activities n.e.c.; Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 30/05/1984
- Registered office
- Durham
- Also a registered charity
- Waythrough
- Previous names
- Humankind Charity (until 06/02/2025)
Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community (until 05/06/2018)
Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community Limited (until 18/03/2011)
Ownership
Owned by (4) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Lesley Cavender ceased 2017-01-31
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Paul Vincent Townsley ceased 2023-06-22
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - James Black ceased 2022-03-31
significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Caroline Lesley Gitsham ceased 2023-06-22
significant influence (trust) · notified 2022-04-01
Group
- Waythrough
is controlled by Lesley Cavender
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-01-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Lesley Cavender.
6 other companies 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
72 grants · £15,723,850 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 · £13,320,646 (10 grants)
- Department for Education · £1,660,939 (5 grants)
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £517,126 (15 grants)
- Comic Relief · £119,850
- BBC Children in Need · £90,240
Most recent
Contracts awarded
19 contracts · £15,949,604 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.
Top suppliers
- Unknown supplier · £12,330,000 (3 contracts)
- FRC Group · £1,400,000 (2 contracts)
- TravelPerk UK IRL Limited · £500,000
- Currys Group LTD t/a Currys Business · £494,000 (2 contracts)
- Bates Office Services · £360,000 (2 contracts)
Most recent
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
- Susan Anne Moore Director · appointed 2024
- Selina Douglas Director · appointed 2021
- Carolyn Ann Regan Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Lesley Gitsham Director · appointed 2018
- Paul John Najsarek Director · appointed 2024
- Ian Edward Ayling Director · appointed 2024
- Danielle Oum Director · appointed 2024
- Maureen Shira Hopcroft Director · appointed 2024
- James Walder Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Caroline Lesley Gitsham Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Selina Douglas Director · appointed 2021
Portfolio (8)
- Susan Anne Moore Director · appointed 2024
- Carolyn Ann Regan Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Lesley Gitsham Director · appointed 2018
- Paul John Najsarek Director · appointed 2024
- Ian Edward Ayling Director · appointed 2024
- Danielle Oum Director · appointed 2024
- Maureen Shira Hopcroft Director · appointed 2024
- James Walder Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Ian Malcolm Macqueen Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Sarah Patricia Shepherd Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Dr Kapil Bakshi Director · appointed 2024 · 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
- 01820492
- 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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