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Social Action for Health
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sayed Ahsan AliDirector · since 2025
- Somaya Sadach AbdiDirector · since 2025
- Alexa Carranza GallardoDirector · since 2025
- Mandip Kaur Lally-FrancisDirector · since 2025
- Hannah EmmettDirector · since 2024
- Abbas MirzaDirector · since 2024
- Elaine Londesborough-Van RooyenDirector · since 2024
- Joseph CoulesDirector · since 2024
- Tatyana KarpinskayaDirector · since 2023
- Karin Lea PappenheimDirector · since 2021
- Alex MurtoughDirector · since 2021
- Emma Alexis BackhouseDirector · since 2020
Previous officers 71
- Lewis Batkin 2022-2025 View profile
- Helena Roy 2022-2024 View profile
- Harveen Ubhi 2021-2022 View profile
- Harriet Ssentongo 2019-2021 View profile
- Ryan Brown Barnett 2019-2022 View profile
- Arif Hossain 2017-2020 View profile
- Alexandra Mary Denise Evans 2017-2019 View profile
- Pooja Shah 2017-2025 View profile
- Kendall Gilmore 2017-2019 View profile
- Annette Elizabeth Jack 2016-2021 View profile
- Hannah Mary Stranger-Jones 2016-2024 View profile
- Naima Jama 2013-2015 View profile
- Dr Shaukat Nawaz Khan 2012-2017 View profile
- Philippa Ruth Williams 2010-2017 View profile
- Noleen Alice Conlan 2010-2012 View profile
- Ivona Poyntz 2010-2017 View profile
- Kenneth Macharia Njuguna 2009-2013 View profile
- Andrew William Turner 2008-2015 View profile
- Patrick Philip Vernon 2008-2017 View profile
- Nigel Grant Jackson 2008-2009 View profile
- Flora Mary Ogilvie 2008-2017 View profile
- Helen Mary Julian 2007-2017 View profile
- Janet Mary Mcmillan 2006-2016 View profile
- Dr Jean Gail Boulton 2005-2010 View profile
- Liz Corder 2005-2007 View profile
- Hasneen Choudhury 2004-2007 View profile
- Dr Simon Dein 2003-2008 View profile
- Anwara Dewan 2003-2015 View profile
- Dr Kulsum Winship 2003-2005 View profile
- Caroline Buchanan 2003-2005 View profile
- Lovely Khanom 2003-2004 View profile
- Wivu Kalialia 2002-2003 View profile
- Sue Bickler 2001-2003 View profile
- Ruth Elizabeth Darling 2000-2003 View profile
- Simin Azimi 2000-2006 View profile
- Ali Riza Aksoy 2000-2005 View profile
- Essa Ali 1999-2002 View profile
- Syeda Tuhin Mohammed 1999-2001 View profile
- Lutfur Rahman Ali 1999-2003 View profile
- Husna Khan 1999-2003 View profile
- Dr Raymond Eric Croucher 1999-2004 View profile
- Kinsi Abdulleh 1999-2001 View profile
- Shamsul Alam 1998-2001 View profile
- Gulrook Begium 1997-2012 View profile
- Rosaline Thompson 1997-2003 View profile
- Benedict Blaise Cave 1997-2002 View profile
- Swarup Dasgupta 1996-1999 View profile
- Dawn Webster 1996-1999 View profile
- Barbara James 1995-2001 View profile
- Ann Rosemary Taket 1995-2004 View profile
- Elisabeth Anne Marie Retzmann 1995-2001 View profile
- Andrew Roy Wareham 1995-1997 View profile
- Lotte Tendler 1995-2001 View profile
- Elaine Mary Aliyah Riat 1994-1995 View profile
- Wolfgang Markham 1994-1995 View profile
- Ian Rees Jones 1994-1999 View profile
- Christine Mary Sheppard 1994-1995 View profile
- Bridget Puntis 1994-1995 View profile
- Mustaq Ahmed 1994-1995 View profile
- Husweara Begum 1994-1997 View profile
- Neelu Berry 1994-1995 View profile
- Philip Rhys Jones 1994-1995 View profile
- Julie Harvey 1994-1995 View profile
- Carol Iona Fenton 1994-1996 View profile
- Marina Ahmad 1994-1995 View profile
- Kye Lockwood 2018-2018 View profile
- Rachel Hughes 2015-2018 View profile
- Helen Elizabeth Bayliss 2000-2015 View profile
- Belinda Jean Pratten 1998-2005 View profile
- Syed Shariful Islam 1996-2004 View profile
- Yolande Coombes 1994-1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 02/08/1994
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- Social Action for Health
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.
- Clare Rachel Hughes ceased 2018-01-31
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Kye Mark Lockwood ceased 2021-01-31
significant influence · notified 2018-02-01 - Annette Elizabeth Jack ceased 2021-05-21
significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-10-10 - Hannah Mary Stranger-Jones ceased 2023-12-07
significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2021-05-19 - Karin Lea Pappenheim ceased 2024-10-22
significant influence · notified 2023-10-17
Group
- Social Action for Health
is controlled by Clare Rachel Hughes
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-01-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Clare Rachel Hughes.
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
13 grants · £929,874 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £423,625 (6 grants)
- CAF · £350,545 (2 grants)
- Mercers' Charitable Foundation · £98,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £46,788
- Department for Work and Pensions · £10,916 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department for Work and Pensions
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.
12 directors on the board
- Karin Lea Pappenheim Director · appointed 2021
- Emma Alexis Backhouse Director · appointed 2020
- Sayed Ahsan Ali Director · appointed 2025
- Somaya Sadach Abdi Director · appointed 2025
- Alexa Carranza Gallardo Director · appointed 2025
- Hannah Emmett Director · appointed 2024
- Abbas Mirza Director · appointed 2024
- Elaine Londesborough-Van Rooyen Director · appointed 2024
- Joseph Coules Director · appointed 2024
- Alex Murtough Director · appointed 2021
- Tatyana Karpinskaya Director · appointed 2023
- Mandip Kaur Lally-Francis Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Emma Alexis Backhouse Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (10)
- Emma Alexis Backhouse Director · appointed 2020
- Somaya Sadach Abdi Director · appointed 2025
- Alexa Carranza Gallardo Director · appointed 2025
- Hannah Emmett Director · appointed 2024
- Abbas Mirza Director · appointed 2024
- Elaine Londesborough-Van Rooyen Director · appointed 2024
- Joseph Coules Director · appointed 2024
- Alex Murtough Director · appointed 2021
- Tatyana Karpinskaya Director · appointed 2023
- Mandip Kaur Lally-Francis Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Karin Lea Pappenheim Director · appointed 2021
- Sayed Ahsan Ali Director · appointed 2025
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
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02954744
- 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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