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Rochdale Development Agency

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

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Previous officers 68

  1. James Barry Binks 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Stephen Keith Anstee 2024-2026 Director View profile
  3. John Taylor 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Emmott, Neil Patrick, Councillor 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Jonathan Schofield 2021-2022 Director View profile
  6. John Aaron James Blundell 2018-2023 Director View profile
  7. David Alexander Brierley 2017-2020 Director View profile
  8. David Roger Bottomley 2016-2021 Director View profile
  9. Ashley Howard Dearnley 2016-2022 Director View profile
  10. Peter James Williams 2016-2018 Director View profile
  11. Stephen Mark Rumbelow 2014-2025 Director View profile
  12. Richard George Farnell 2014-2015 Director View profile
  13. Linda Fisher 2014-2014 Director View profile
  14. Julie Amanda Bowmer 2014-2015 Director View profile
  15. Christopher Mark Fletcher 2013-2017 Director View profile
  16. Claire Butler 2013-2014 Director View profile
  17. Peter Appleton 2013-2014 Director View profile
  18. Mark Andrew Widdup 2013-2014 Director View profile
  19. James Thomas Taylor 2012-2014 Director View profile
  20. Pamela Smith 2012-2012 Director View profile
  21. Dale Joseph Mulgrew 2010-2010 Director View profile
  22. Irene Elizabeth Davidson 2010-2010 Director View profile
  23. Alan Richardson 2008-2014 Director View profile
  24. Peter Howard Schofield 2008-2020 Director View profile
  25. Sharif, Mohammed, Councillor 2006-2010 Director View profile
  26. Taylor, Alan, Councillor 2006-2010 Director View profile
  27. Carol Hopkins 2005-2009 Director View profile
  28. Stephen Beckwith 2005-2013 Director View profile
  29. Zulfiqar Ali 2005-2012 Director View profile
  30. Bret, Allen John, Councillor 2005-2006 Director View profile
  31. Wazir, Shah, Councillor 2004-2005 Director View profile
  32. Paul John Rowen 2004-2005 Director View profile
  33. Beswick, Jacqueline, Councillor 2002-2006 Director View profile
  34. David Michael Peacock 2001-2005 Director View profile
  35. Christopher John Gilmartin 2001-2020 Director View profile
  36. Lydia Jane Dearden 2001-2007 Director View profile
  37. Donna Elizabeth Edwards 2001-2014 Director View profile
  38. Philip Ewbank 2000-2016 Director View profile
  39. Roger Martin Ellis 2000-2012 Director View profile
  40. Malcolm Roderick Allan 1999-2007 Director View profile
  41. Christopher Howard Gould Thompson 1998-2001 Director View profile
  42. Andrew Zuntz 1997-2012 Director View profile
  43. Allen John Brett 1997-2004 Director View profile
  44. Roberts, Peter Lewis, Councillor 1997-2004 Director View profile
  45. Frances Winifred Done 1997-2000 Director View profile
  46. David Roger Butterworth 1996-2009 Director View profile
  47. Donald Brearley 1996-2001 Director View profile
  48. James Dobbin 1996-1997 Director View profile
  49. Cliff Ellison 1996-2001 Director View profile
  50. Gerard Norman Beard 1995-1997 Director View profile
  51. Dennis Michael Ayres 1995-2001 Director View profile
  52. Dearnley, Ashley Howard, Councillor 1995-1996 Director View profile
  53. David John Winstanley 1995-1995 Director View profile
  54. Pamela Norah Elizabeth Hawton 1995-1995 Director View profile
  55. Lawrence Duncan Lawton 1994-1998 Director View profile
  56. Peter Needham 1994-2005 Director View profile
  57. Sir David Austin Trippier 1993-1995 Director View profile
  58. Geoffrey Arthur Morris 1993-2000 Director View profile
  59. John Frederick David Pierce 1993-1997 Director View profile
  60. Anne Herdman Martin 1993-1995 Director View profile
  61. Harold Moore 1993-1998 Director View profile
  62. John Lawrence Hudson 1993-2015 Director View profile
  63. Baron Anthony Webber Bernstein 1993-2006 Director View profile
  64. Stephen Czeslaw Kuncewicz 2014-2026 Secretary View profile
  65. Christine Mary Buckley 2013-2013 Secretary View profile
  66. Rebecca Denise Gibbons 2011-2013 Secretary View profile
  67. Rita Kirk 2005-2011 Secretary View profile
  68. John Robert Goss 1993-2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
17/05/1993

Financials

Total assets
£371,045
Cash
£847,360
Employees
34
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Small company 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

5 grants · £660,884 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

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £660,884 (5 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £280,8612023-09-18
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £41,4722022-10-20
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £148,1712022-10-20
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £158,3892021-04-30
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £31,9902021-04-30
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.

6 directors on the board

5.2y median 5.3y
average tenure
11.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (4)

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.

Property 4Business services 2Finance 2Manufacturing 2Arts and leisure 1Professional services 1Retail and trade 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02819935
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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