Open Door - ST Albans

Company 02868633 Active

Registered charity: Open Door - ST Albans

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.

directors on the board

7.5y median 7.7y

average tenure

22y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

4 vs 0 portfolio

first-time directors

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Health and social care 1Other services 1Professional 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.

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving directors could step down together
No director brings board experience from anywhere else
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Related organisations

Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce 1 shared director
Centre 33 (ST Albans) Limited 1 shared director
RMG Professional Limited 1 shared director

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number	02868633
Status	Active
Type	PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated	03/11/1993
Address	8 BRICKET ROAD, ST ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL1 3JX
Accounts next due	31/12/2026
Accounts last made up	31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

55900 - Other accommodation88990 - Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (4)

Mrs Rachel Merelie British
significant influence or control
Mrs Joan Bailey ceased British
significant influence or control significant influence or control as firm
Mr Kerry Pollard ceased British
significant influence or control
David Robert Lane ceased
significant influence or control significant influence or control as trust

Officers (38)

Watson, Carla Director · appointed 2025
Merelie, Rachel Director · appointed 2024
Gosine, Roger Michael Director · appointed 2023
Upton, Richard Director · appointed 2018
Button, Jacqueline Lee Director · appointed 2018
Mcleod, Lindsey Audrey Director · appointed 2016
Graham, Peter John Director · appointed 2004
Dunn, Edward Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
Thoms, Andrew Christopher Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
Lane, David Robert Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2024
Mcfarlane, Rachel Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
Partiridge, David Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
Gaygusuz, Lucy Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
Carver, Simon John Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
Bailes, Ria Former Secretary · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
Bailes, Ria Former Secretary · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
Thurman, Ian Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2016
Goldby, Ria Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
Shah, Sumita Former Secretary · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
Forkin, Natalie Emma Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
Bailey, Joan Margaret Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
Gray, Sarah Caroline Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
Filsell, Karen Jayne Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
Frost, James William Gilbert Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
Inglis, Richard Douglas Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2014
Steer, Alison Mary Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2012
Ranson, Melvyn James William Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2010
Bochenski, Michael Ian, Reverend Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
Wright, John Reginald Smith Former Secretary · appointed 1997 · resigned 2016
Blackburn, Kenneth Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2009
Lewis, Margaret Elizabeth Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2010
Morrell, Michael Christopher Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2001
Salisbury, Sara Juliet Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
Pollard, Kerry Patrick Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2023
Lawrence-Hyde, Rachel Ann Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2000
Zimmermann, Peter Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
Korman, David Sidney Former Secretary · appointed 1993 · resigned 2002
Perrin, Frederick Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2000

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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