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The Charlotte Straker Project
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Barrie DowdeswellDirector · since 2025
- David ChesserDirector · since 2025
- Hugh MckendrickDirector · since 2024
- Elizabeth Jane HastingsDirector · since 2023
- Jane IleyDirector · since 2023
- Maureen Anne GordonDirector · since 2020
- Berenice Ann GrovesDirector · since 2016
- Lesley WoodcockDirector · since 2013
- Gavin Macfarlane BlackDirector · since 2005
- Dr William F CunninghamDirector · since 1992
Previous officers 37
- Dean Ainslie 2023-2024 View profile
- Robert John Eldridge 2023-2023 View profile
- Janice Elizabeth Lightley 2023-2025 View profile
- Duncan Colin Barrie 2022-2023 View profile
- Peter Gilhespy Willey 2021-2023 View profile
- Jamie Ryan Whelan 2020-2022 View profile
- Stephen Mark I'Anson 2018-2022 View profile
- Gordon Parfitt 2018-2021 View profile
- Richard Alan Dixon 2016-2021 View profile
- Marilyn Hunter 2014-2015 View profile
- Neil Elliott Braithwaite 2012-2024 View profile
- Michael Francis Pottage 2011-2022 View profile
- Ashley John Graham Winter 2009-2018 View profile
- David James Shiel 2007-2010 View profile
- Mary Elizabeth Angela Jones 2003-2024 View profile
- Peter Wood 2002-2023 View profile
- Lady Anna Margaret Blackett 1999-2023 View profile
- Martin Merriman 1998-2009 View profile
- Frances Mary Farrer 1996-2000 View profile
- Mary Mason 1995-2002 View profile
- John Philip Marshall 1994-1996 View profile
- Joan Mcfadzean 1994-2012 View profile
- Alexandra Kathleen Mcarthur 1994-1998 View profile
- Miriam Downey 1993-1994 View profile
- Elsie Dawes 1993-1994 View profile
- Ian Graham Hall 1993-2016 View profile
- David Stuart Hudson 1992-1995 View profile
- Dr Graham Grant 1992-1993 View profile
- Joe Bennington 1992-1994 View profile
- Neville Atkinson Furness 1992-2005 View profile
- Michael Shaw Priestley 1992-1995 View profile
- Ian Wentworth Darling 1992-1994 View profile
- David Johnson 1992-2018 View profile
- Dr Alexander M Mearns 1992-1998 View profile
- Margaret Ann Wagstaff 1992-2024 View profile
- Charles Edward Wilkie Smith 2003-2012 View profile
- Julian J Moffatt 1992-2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 16/10/1992
- Also a registered charity
- The Charlotte Straker Project
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- David Johnson ceased 2018-10-14
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- The Charlotte Straker Project
is controlled by David Johnson
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-10-14 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by David Johnson.
1 other company 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.
Financials
- Employees
- 0.66
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
26 grants · £553,134 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
- Community Foundation North East · £533,134 (25 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000
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.
10 directors on the board
- Elizabeth Jane Hastings Director · appointed 2023
- Berenice Ann Groves Director · appointed 2016
- David Chesser Director · appointed 2025
- Jane Iley Director · appointed 2023
- Maureen Anne Gordon Director · appointed 2020
- Gavin Macfarlane Black Director · appointed 2005
- Barrie Dowdeswell Director · appointed 2025
- Lesley Woodcock Director · appointed 2013
- Hugh Mckendrick Director · appointed 2024
- Dr William F Cunningham Director · appointed 1992
Directors past 6 years
- Berenice Ann Groves Director · appointed 2016
- Maureen Anne Gordon Director · appointed 2020
- Gavin Macfarlane Black Director · appointed 2005
- Lesley Woodcock Director · appointed 2013
- Dr William F Cunningham Director · appointed 1992
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Berenice Ann Groves Director · appointed 2016
- David Chesser Director · appointed 2025
- Barrie Dowdeswell Director · appointed 2025
- Lesley Woodcock Director · appointed 2013
- Hugh Mckendrick Director · appointed 2024
- Dr William F Cunningham Director · appointed 1992
Portfolio (4)
- Elizabeth Jane Hastings Director · appointed 2023
- Jane Iley Director · appointed 2023
- Maureen Anne Gordon Director · appointed 2020
- Gavin Macfarlane Black Director · appointed 2005
Also govern a charity
- Jane Iley Northumbrian Citizens Advice Bureau
- Gavin Macfarlane Black Cathedral Church of ST Nicholas in Newcastle, The Reverend Doctor Thomlinson's Library and the Endownment of Walter Blackett, Isabel Wrightson, The Ecclesiastical Charity of William Moulton, The Stanley Walton Brown Memorial Fund, Heart of the City Partnership
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
- 02756650
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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