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Company · Rushden

Serve

Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 29

  1. Simon Howard Partridge 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Karina Jakovleva 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. Marie Colleen Gresswell 2020-2022 Director View profile
  4. Jake Paul Baker 2016-2023 Director View profile
  5. Maureen Patricia Core 2016-2025 Director View profile
  6. Martin Coles 2015-2023 Director View profile
  7. Michael Bernard Neville 2011-2016 Director View profile
  8. Leslie Howard Meakings 2009-2016 Director View profile
  9. Jimmy James 2009-2011 Director View profile
  10. Peggy Louise Hooton 2009-2017 Director View profile
  11. Roger Stuart Powell 2003-2011 Director View profile
  12. Bernard Coker 2003-2019 Director View profile
  13. Betty Harris 2001-2012 Director View profile
  14. Clifford Osmond Parker 2001-2014 Director View profile
  15. Rosemary Anne Van Der Meer 2001-2003 Director View profile
  16. Pamela Mary Bailey 2000-2001 Director View profile
  17. Andrew Mark Ward 1999-2001 Director View profile
  18. Irene Heather Bailey 1996-2009 Director View profile
  19. Sonia Roberts 1995-1999 Director View profile
  20. Joan Alma Otley 1995-1999 Director View profile
  21. Gopalan Pillai 1995-2011 Director View profile
  22. Susan Hollowell 1995-1996 Director View profile
  23. Adrian Ford House 1995-1998 Director View profile
  24. Jessica Slater 2024-2024 Secretary View profile
  25. Trevor Arthur Higgs 2019-2023 Secretary View profile
  26. James Christopher Kearns 2011-2016 Secretary View profile
  27. Alan Armson 2010-2024 Secretary View profile
  28. Leon Hoben Johnson 1998-2011 Secretary View profile
  29. Brian Harold Dawson 1994-1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
Incorporated
25/07/1994
Registered office
Rushden
Also a registered charity
Serve

Ownership

Owned by (5) 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.

  • Alan Armson ceased 2016-11-03
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Bernard Coker ceased 2016-11-03
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Peggy Louise Hooton ceased 2016-11-03
    significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Zara Elizabeth Cunliffe ceased 2016-11-03
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Martin Coles ceased 2016-11-03
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company

Group

  1. Serve is controlled by Alan Armson
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-11-03 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Alan Armson.

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

Net assets
£547,755
Total assets
£547,755
Cash
£359,201
Employees
73
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-03-31Not reported£547,755
2025-03-31Not reported£547,755

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

22 grants · £199,950 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 · £117,136 (8 grants)
  • Northamptonshire Community Foundation · £72,094 (12 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £10,000
  • Department for Transport · £720

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.

4 directors on the board

5.6y median 4.7y
average tenure
10.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

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.

Other 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02951827
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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