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Safer Places

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 49

  1. Joy Michelle Brown 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Valerie Lolomari 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Sean Carroll 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Garry Matthews 2021-2021 Director View profile
  5. Sian Catherine Chambers 2021-2026 Director View profile
  6. Kathy Osborne 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Helen Marshal 2020-2020 Director View profile
  8. Laila Abraham 2019-2022 Director View profile
  9. Gift Kapswara 2019-2025 Director View profile
  10. Chloe Ann Ahmed 2019-2022 Director View profile
  11. Lorraine Pauline Larman 2019-2025 Director View profile
  12. Alexandra Jane Hallam 2018-2019 Director View profile
  13. Dr Erica Bowen 2017-2021 Director View profile
  14. Dr Emma Howarth 2017-2020 Director View profile
  15. Susan Hadley 2015-2017 Director View profile
  16. Denise Morrissey 2015-2016 Director View profile
  17. Ruth Margaret Parmenter 2012-2019 Director View profile
  18. Sandra Mary Johnson 2012-2019 Director View profile
  19. Sharon Lutchmie Rodie 2012-2017 Director View profile
  20. Jonathan Chapman 2011-2019 Director View profile
  21. Paul Nosa Samuel 2011-2018 Director View profile
  22. Jenni Mcrae 2010-2017 Director View profile
  23. Kathleen Woodward 2008-2010 Director View profile
  24. Susan Mary King 2008-2014 Director View profile
  25. Pauline Amelia Bruce 2008-2010 Director View profile
  26. Edna Rose Stevens 2007-2013 Director View profile
  27. Jayati Das 2007-2008 Director View profile
  28. Joy Das 2007-2010 Director View profile
  29. April Clarke 2007-2010 Director View profile
  30. Grant Mclelland Strelling 2007-2011 Director View profile
  31. Cliff Moore 2007-2009 Director View profile
  32. Suzy Jowitt 2007-2008 Director View profile
  33. Joyce Ada Rita Rose Sweeney 2005-2007 Director View profile
  34. Stephanie Chambers 2005-2007 Director View profile
  35. Douglas Wildey 2005-2025 Director View profile
  36. Susan Frances Dowsett 2003-2003 Director View profile
  37. Julia Anne Brown 2002-2007 Director View profile
  38. Hannah James 2002-2007 Director View profile
  39. Valerie Jean Clark 2002-2005 Director View profile
  40. Carol Leach 2002-2007 Director View profile
  41. Sarah Cuffin 2002-2005 Director View profile
  42. Kathryn Margarita Austin 1999-2005 Director View profile
  43. Beryl Maria Agneta Rammell 1993-1998 Director View profile
  44. Elisabeth Carol Young 1993-1997 Director View profile
  45. Mavis Doris Carter 1993-2001 Director View profile
  46. Allison Gardner 2008-2025 Secretary View profile
  47. Nicky Stephen Allen 2006-2008 Secretary View profile
  48. Pauline Kathleen Baker 2001-2005 Secretary View profile
  49. Judith Brenda Travers 1993-2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other accommodation; Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Incorporated
12/02/1993
Registered office
Harlow
Also a registered charity
Safer Places
Previous names
Harlow Women's AID (until 11/05/2010)

Ownership

Owned by (6) 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.

  • Claire Ruth Arnold
    significant influence · notified 2022-10-25
  • Susan Hadley ceased 2017-04-03
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-06-30 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Paul Nosa Samuel ceased 2018-07-09
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-06-30
  • Jonathan Chapman ceased 2019-01-11
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-06-30 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Alexandra Jane Hallam ceased 2019-11-30
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2019-01-11
  • Laila Abraham ceased 2022-10-25
    significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2019-05-15

Group

  1. Safer Places is controlled by Claire Ruth Arnold
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2022-10-25 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Claire Ruth Arnold.

3 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

23 grants · £1,155,683 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 · £680,721 (3 grants)
  • Essex Community Foundation · £130,833 (11 grants)
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £103,570
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £91,288 (2 grants)
  • Postcode Places Trust · £75,000

Most recent

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

1.4y median 0.9y
average tenure
5.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Construction 5Finance 4Business services 3Education 3Health and social care 2Professional services 2Manufacturing 1Other services 1

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
02789572
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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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