Company · Newcastle upon Tyne
The Childrens' Foundation Limited
Other service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Belinda Jane BatemanDirector · since 2025
- Paul David SigalasDirector · since 2025
- Helen RobinsonDirector · since 2023
- Laura McgrathDirector · since 2023
- Karen RichardsonDirector · since 2022
- Bhopal, Sunil Singh, DrDirector · since 2020
- John TreherneDirector · since 2019
- Vernon, Sue, DrDirector · since 2017
Show all 9 current officers
- Barry Neil SpekerDirector · since 2014
Previous officers (59)
- Jay WilsonDirector · 2023–2025
- Alice Katherine WisemanDirector · 2022–2025
- Tobias, Catherine, DrDirector · 2019–2020
- Dale, Anne, DrDirector · 2019–2022
- Deirdre PearsonDirector · 2015–2019
- Ward Platt, Martin Peter, DrDirector · 2014–2018
- Steele, Alison Mary, DrDirector · 2014–2016
- David WoodDirector · 2013–2022
- Dianne WinshipDirector · 2013–2025
- Fiona WhartonDirector · 2011–2015
- Philomena Maargaret MarshallDirector · 2011–2018
- Jon BalmerDirector · 2010–2015
- Samantha CramondDirector · 2009–2010
- David Francis HaleyDirector · 2008–2010
- Jonathan Mark Anthony BrownDirector · 2008–2009
- Andrew FriendDirector · 2008–2010
- Robert Frederick BennettDirector · 2008–2009
- Colver, Allan Froggatt, ProfessorDirector · 2008–2014
- Stephen David PriorDirector · 2007–2018
- Banerjee, Gitika, DrDirector · 2007–2011
- James, Oliver Francis Wintour, ProfessorDirector · 2006–2009
- Arthur John BennettDirector · 2005–2007
- Paul McardleDirector · 2004–2015
- Louise SquiresDirector · 2004–2006
- Singleton, Stephen James, ProfessorDirector · 2003–2014
- Peregrine Christopher Collet SollyDirector · 2003–2013
- Mary Charlotte DrydenDirector · 2002–2013
- Susan VernonDirector · 2002–2010
- Norma Gordon HopeDirector · 2001–2007
- Kathryn Lucy Hay Winskell Obe DlDirector · 2000–2011
- Julian GillDirector · 2000–2012
- Charles Peter JudgeDirector · 1999–2003
- Douglas John WeygangDirector · 1999–2000
- Sheila Mary ChapmanDirector · 1998–2008
- Jarvis, Stephen Nicholas, ProfessorDirector · 1997–2002
- Cant, Andrew James, ProfessorDirector · 1997–2008
- Ian Gordon Paul DavidsonDirector · 1997–2001
- Bartlett, Kim, ProfessorDirector · 1996–2005
- Eric Brian RoycroftDirector · 1996–1996
- George Robertson RossDirector · 1996–2007
- Campbell Mourton SeniorDirector · 1996–1999
- Kurt George Matthew Mayer AlbertiDirector · 1995–1997
- Robert Noel David StephensonDirector · 1994–1996
- Donald BowmanDirector · 1994–1998
- John WaggetDirector · 1994–1999
- Denis Stewart VernonDirector · 1994–1996
- Maurice James Reginald HarveyDirector · 1994–2000
- Elliott, Joan, DoctorDirector · 1994–2003
- Harvey Griffiths LaviersDirector · 1994–1997
- Arthur Cecil TaylorDirector · 1994–1999
- Craft, Alan William, Professor SirDirector · 1993–2008
- Barrie DowdeswellDirector · –1996
- Aynsley-Green, Albert, ProfessorDirector · –1993
- Ian David WilsonSecretary · 1999–2008
- Peter Masson GavinSecretary · 1998–2010
- Susan Joanne HepworthSecretary · 1997–1998
- David RichardsonSecretary · 1996–1997
- Anne GalbraithSecretary · 1996–2001
- Colin Stuart GreggSecretary · –1996
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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How it connects
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Cultura Trust 1 shared director
- Neca 1 shared director
- Tyne Theatre and Opera House Preservation Trust 1 shared director
- Merillion Court Freehold Limited 1 shared director
- TCF Trading LTD 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Shared officers are formal board links, not proof the organisations work together.
About
- What it does
- Other service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 06/08/1990
- Registered office
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Also a registered charity
- The Childrens Foundation Limited
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Barry Neil Speker Director · appointed 2014
- John Treherne Director · appointed 2019
- Laura Mcgrath Director · appointed 2023
- Karen Richardson Director · appointed 2022
- Bhopal, Sunil Singh, Dr Director · appointed 2020
- Paul David Sigalas Director · appointed 2025
- Belinda Jane Bateman Director · appointed 2025
- Helen Robinson Director · appointed 2023
- Vernon, Sue, Dr Director · appointed 2017
Directors past 6 years
- Barry Neil Speker Director · appointed 2014
- John Treherne Director · appointed 2019
- Bhopal, Sunil Singh, Dr Director · appointed 2020
- Vernon, Sue, Dr Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- John Treherne Director · appointed 2019
- Laura Mcgrath Director · appointed 2023
- Karen Richardson Director · appointed 2022
- Paul David Sigalas Director · appointed 2025
- Belinda Jane Bateman Director · appointed 2025
- Helen Robinson Director · appointed 2023
- Vernon, Sue, Dr Director · appointed 2017
Portfolio (2)
- Barry Neil Speker Director · appointed 2014
- Bhopal, Sunil Singh, Dr Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dianne Winship Director · appointed 2013 · 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
- 02528291
- 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 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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