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Dreams Come True Charity

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 45

  1. Gavin Lyons 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Lisa Cheryl Gerhardt 2021-2023 Director View profile
  3. Simon Andrew Foster 2020-2025 Director View profile
  4. Najlaa Taqi-Eddin 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Amy Mccolloch 2019-2023 Director View profile
  6. Patrick William Elio Leoni Sceti 2018-2026 Director View profile
  7. Miranda Jane Kennett 2016-2021 Director View profile
  8. Malcolm Vaughan Jones 2015-2017 Director View profile
  9. Pamela Janet Cryer 2014-2020 Director View profile
  10. Miranda Jane Abraham 2014-2020 Director View profile
  11. Andrew David Challis 2014-2024 Director View profile
  12. David Fulton Weeks 2014-2021 Director View profile
  13. Christopher Brian Harris 2013-2015 Director View profile
  14. Linda Anne Gibson 2013-2019 Director View profile
  15. Sonia Priya Sodha 2013-2014 Director View profile
  16. DE LA Bedoyere, Sally Jean, Countess 2012-2016 Director View profile
  17. Robert Jon Reaks 2012-2013 Director View profile
  18. Rhona Marie Parry 2012-2016 Director View profile
  19. Kate Schroder 2011-2012 Director View profile
  20. Julia Naomi Margo 2011-2019 Director View profile
  21. Donna Theresa Smith 2011-2012 Director View profile
  22. Adrian Philip Shandley 2011-2013 Director View profile
  23. Deborah Leah Mechaneck 2009-2015 Director View profile
  24. Jane Lisbeth White 2009-2015 Director View profile
  25. Janet Margaret Beal 2008-2012 Director View profile
  26. Gary Williams 2008-2011 Director View profile
  27. Mark Stewart Linley 2005-2008 Director View profile
  28. Sandra Pinches 2004-2010 Director View profile
  29. Paul George Kirtley 2004-2011 Director View profile
  30. Robinson, Paul, Doctor 2002-2003 Director View profile
  31. Stanley William Young 1997-2006 Director View profile
  32. Michael John Austin 1997-2002 Director View profile
  33. Howard Bidmead 1995-2000 Director View profile
  34. William John Dowden 1997 Director View profile
  35. Lyn Amanda Relfe 1993 Director View profile
  36. Raymond Edward Mathews 1992 Director View profile
  37. Edna Dorothy Dowden 1997 Director View profile
  38. Jean Stevens 2022-2023 Secretary View profile
  39. Lynne Christina Govus 2018-2022 Secretary View profile
  40. Martin Jeffrey Neal 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  41. Karen Anne Yoxall 2007-2018 Secretary View profile
  42. Adrian Jonathan Pearce 2005-2011 Secretary View profile
  43. Judith Fowler 1993-2009 Secretary View profile
  44. Geoffrey David Gould 1993-2005 Secretary View profile
  45. Leslie Coultas Henderson 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
03/10/1988
Also a registered charity
Dreams Come True Charity

Grants received

4 grants · £45,000 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 · £45,000 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-01-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002016-12-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002015-11-25
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002012-03-29
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.

8 directors on the board

4.7y median 3.6y
average tenure
9.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (6)

1
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.

Professional services 5

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
02301610
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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