Company · Hull
Avocet Trust
Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michael Charles CraughanDirector · since 2026
- Jane DawsonDirector · since 2024
- Jane Frances HounsomeDirector · since 2024
- Ivan SpibeyDirector · since 2022
- Christopher Bond LefevreDirector · since 2022
- Julie Gaynor HyamDirector · since 2021
- Richard DibbDirector · since 2019
- Andrew David TearleDirector · since 2016
Previous officers 34
- Daniel Brown 2022-2023 View profile
- Wendy Denise Holmes 2019-2019 View profile
- Jacqueline Comerford 2019-2023 View profile
- Florence Lesley Irene Cartwright 2017-2022 View profile
- Paul Jibson 2013-2017 View profile
- Irene Gray 2011-2013 View profile
- Ann Stanley 2010-2018 View profile
- Stanley, John, Jp 2008-2018 View profile
- Mike Palmer 2008-2011 View profile
- Lesley Irene Cartwright 2008-2022 View profile
- John Cartwright 2008-2017 View profile
- Frank Harold Norman 2008-2018 View profile
- Christopher Mcdonald Brown 2006-2026 View profile
- Sue Baker 2006-2021 View profile
- Angela Susan Howard 2005-2008 View profile
- Ruth Fletcher 2004-2008 View profile
- Bolland, Kenneth, Captain 2003-2006 View profile
- Brian Crosher 2002-2006 View profile
- Amanda Jane Jemima Brock 2002-2008 View profile
- Granville Miller 2001-2004 View profile
- Leslie Colin Howell 2001-2002 View profile
- Pauline Cochran 1998-2002 View profile
- Adrian Paul Bishop 1997-2002 View profile
- Kenneth Edmondson 1997-2014 View profile
- John Charles Trever 1997-1999 View profile
- Terence Davies 1997-2001 View profile
- Frederick Norman Dennis 1995-2000 View profile
- Dr Patricia Frankish 1991-2008 View profile
- Shelagh Devereux 1991-2007 View profile
- Jeanne Carlin 1991-2004 View profile
- Howard Bruce Heblethwayte Raper 2006-2010 View profile
- Anthony Warwick Lightfoot 2002-2006 View profile
- Anne Rosemary Tunnicliffe 2001-2002 View profile
- William Love 1999-2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
- Incorporated
- 20/09/1991
- Registered office
- Hull
- Also a registered charity
- Avocet Trust
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Andrew David Tearle
significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2023-08-01 - Leslie Colin Howell ceased 2023-03-09
significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-09-20
Group
- Avocet Trust
is controlled by Andrew David Tearle
Evidence
active significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2023-08-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Andrew David Tearle.
4 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
1 grant · £6,394 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 · £6,394
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Christopher Bond Lefevre Director · appointed 2022
- Ivan Spibey Director · appointed 2022
- Michael Charles Craughan Director · appointed 2026
- Julie Gaynor Hyam Director · appointed 2021
- Jane Dawson Director · appointed 2024
- Jane Frances Hounsome Director · appointed 2024
- Andrew David Tearle Director · appointed 2016
- Richard Dibb Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Andrew David Tearle Director · appointed 2016
- Richard Dibb Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Christopher Bond Lefevre Director · appointed 2022
- Julie Gaynor Hyam Director · appointed 2021
- Jane Dawson Director · appointed 2024
- Richard Dibb Director · appointed 2019
Portfolio (4)
- Ivan Spibey Director · appointed 2022
- Michael Charles Craughan Director · appointed 2026
- Jane Frances Hounsome Director · appointed 2024
- Andrew David Tearle Director · appointed 2016
Left in the last 12 months
- Christopher Mcdonald Brown Director · appointed 2006 · 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02647631
- 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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