Company
WE Change Lives (WCL)
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Previous officers 29
- Lenka Gaborova 2022–2024 View profile
- Peter Edwin Taberham 2018–2023 View profile
- Peter David Holmes 2018–2026 View profile
- Jane Carolan 2017–2022 View profile
- Janice Preece 2015–2017 View profile
- Mike Malley 2015–2016 View profile
- Hamish Ian Fairbrother 2015–2025 View profile
- Kathleen Robinson 2015–2021 View profile
- Gordon Henry Spenley 2012–2017 View profile
- Hilda Ann Whitfield 2005–2019 View profile
- Maureen Sudlow 2003–2015 View profile
- Jean Bullock 2003–2005 View profile
- Terence John Ennis 2003–2018 View profile
- Alice Mary Hartill 1999–2003 View profile
- Richard Eric Burke 1998–1999 View profile
- Brian Kevin Cronin 1997–2003 View profile
- James Bridge 1996–1999 View profile
- Dorothy Pritchard 1994–1996 View profile
- Kevin Miller 1992–1994 View profile
- Kathleen Rafferty 1992–2010 View profile
- Moorcroft, Stanley John, Director 1992–1994 View profile
- Alan Kemp 1992–2016 View profile
- David Winton Whyte 1991–1991 View profile
- Helen Marie Black 1991–1991 View profile
- Emma Claire Willder 2021–2024 View profile
- Tania Young 2019–2021 View profile
- Sharon Lindsey Allen 2015–2019 View profile
- Finlay, Michael Stanley, Reverend Canon 1992–2015 View profile
- Michael Coates 1991–1997 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 26/03/1991
- Also a registered charity
- We Change Lives (WCL)
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.
4 directors on the board
- Martin Schwaller Director · appointed 2025
- Chris Howarth Director · appointed 2018
- Richard James Gore Director · appointed 2015
- Janice Lorraine Wycherley Director · appointed 2012
Directors past 6 years
- Chris Howarth Director · appointed 2018
- Richard James Gore Director · appointed 2015
- Janice Lorraine Wycherley Director · appointed 2012
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Janice Lorraine Wycherley Director · appointed 2012
Portfolio (3)
- Martin Schwaller Director · appointed 2025
- Chris Howarth Director · appointed 2018
- Richard James Gore Director · appointed 2015
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Hamish Ian Fairbrother Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
- Peter David Holmes Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02595601
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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