Company · Chelmsford
Essex Community Foundation
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
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Who leads it
- Shahnaz BiggsDirector · since 2025
- Gillian HayterDirector · since 2025
- Graham Andrew ChapmanDirector · since 2024
- David Christian GuestDirector · since 2024
- Tim FieldDirector · since 2023
- Dorine JohnsonDirector · since 2023
- Maggie DesmondDirector · since 2023
- Atul ManekDirector · since 2022
- Soumya Krishna KumarDirector · since 2022
- Benjamin Simon MinterDirector · since 2020
- Gail Alison CunninghamDirector · since 2020
- Gemma Louise CartwrightDirector · since 2020
- Charles Richard Maurice BishopDirector · since 2018
Previous officers 66
- Stewart Duncan Sanderson 2023-2026 View profile
- Emma Louise Goode 2022-2024 View profile
- Simon Andrew Dalton Hall 2021-2025 View profile
- Nicholas Kenneth Alston 2021-2025 View profile
- Sandra Pennington Hollis 2021-2025 View profile
- Joanna Katherine Wells 2021-2024 View profile
- Vivienne Carole Depledge 2018-2022 View profile
- Dr Thomas William Nutt 2016-2017 View profile
- Russell Philip Edey 2016-2020 View profile
- Charles Nicholas Cryer 2015-2019 View profile
- Etholle Georgina Matthews 2015-2018 View profile
- Clare Jocelyn Ball 2014-2022 View profile
- Rosemary Mccarty Turner 2013-2021 View profile
- Lee Blissett 2013-2019 View profile
- Peter James Martin 2013-2021 View profile
- Jonathan Charles Minter 2011-2018 View profile
- Dame Katharine Mary Barker 2011-2019 View profile
- Owen Richards 2010-2018 View profile
- Jacqueline Lesley Sully 2009-2017 View profile
- Peter Nigel Heap 2009-2015 View profile
- Peter William Blanc 2009-2017 View profile
- Jason Joseph Bartella 2008-2016 View profile
- John Terry Barnes 2007-2015 View profile
- Rhiannedd Pratley 2007-2015 View profile
- Martin John Hopkins 2007-2015 View profile
- Spence, John Andrew, Cllr 2007-2013 View profile
- Leslie John Double 2007-2007 View profile
- Carole Golbourn 2006-2014 View profile
- Michael Ball 2005-2008 View profile
- Paul Coen 2005-2006 View profile
- Stephen William Welfare 2004-2008 View profile
- Sir Michael Stewart Hodgkinson 2004-2008 View profile
- Stephen William Packham 2004-2010 View profile
- Kenneth William Stewart Ashurst 2004-2004 View profile
- Charles Edward Clark 2003-2011 View profile
- Margaret Elizabeth Hyde 2003-2011 View profile
- David Thomas Alan Boyle 2002-2010 View profile
- Joan Averil Hutchison 2001-2007 View profile
- Perry, John, Rgt Rev 2001-2003 View profile
- Jane Elizabeth Valentine 2001-2006 View profile
- Brian Edwin Hilton 2001-2004 View profile
- John Stanger 2001-2009 View profile
- Edwards, Gay, Jp 2001-2006 View profile
- Christopher John Holmes 2001-2009 View profile
- David Christopher Price 2000-2007 View profile
- Annie Frances Ralph 2000-2005 View profile
- John Halcrow Burrow 1998-2004 View profile
- Michael Charles Clegg 1996-2000 View profile
- Right Reverend Laurence Alexander Green 1996-2001 View profile
- Samantha Theresa Drummond 1996-2000 View profile
- Robert Felix Erith 1996-2002 View profile
- Nicholas Digby Shuttleworth 1996-2000 View profile
- Wilfrid John Tolhurst 1996-2001 View profile
- Caroline Elizabeth Stanger 1996-2001 View profile
- Lord John Patrick Lionel Petre 1996-2000 View profile
- Christopher Ferens Pertwee 1995-2000 View profile
- Ian Roy Marks 1995-2003 View profile
- Angela Daphne Marks 1995-1996 View profile
- Judith Lynne Hill 1995-1995 View profile
- James Thorne 1995-1995 View profile
- Claire Louise Zita Read 2017-2023 View profile
- Philip William George 2012-2017 View profile
- Colin Peter Sivell 2001-2012 View profile
- Peter Wilfrid Edgar Fitt 1996-2001 View profile
- Laura Warren 1995-1996 View profile
- Robert Edward Foster 1995-1995 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 30/05/1995
- Registered office
- Chelmsford
- Also a registered charity
- Essex Community Foundation
Grants received
1 grant · £250,000 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 · £250,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
13 directors on the board
- Benjamin Simon Minter Director · appointed 2020
- Tim Field Director · appointed 2023
- Shahnaz Biggs Director · appointed 2025
- Graham Andrew Chapman Director · appointed 2024
- David Christian Guest Director · appointed 2024
- Atul Manek Director · appointed 2022
- Charles Richard Maurice Bishop Director · appointed 2018
- Soumya Krishna Kumar Director · appointed 2022
- Gillian Hayter Director · appointed 2025
- Gail Alison Cunningham Director · appointed 2020
- Gemma Louise Cartwright Director · appointed 2020
- Dorine Johnson Director · appointed 2023
- Maggie Desmond Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Charles Richard Maurice Bishop Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Benjamin Simon Minter Director · appointed 2020
- Tim Field Director · appointed 2023
- Shahnaz Biggs Director · appointed 2025
- Atul Manek Director · appointed 2022
- Soumya Krishna Kumar Director · appointed 2022
- Gail Alison Cunningham Director · appointed 2020
- Dorine Johnson Director · appointed 2023
- Maggie Desmond Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (5)
- Graham Andrew Chapman Director · appointed 2024
- David Christian Guest Director · appointed 2024
- Charles Richard Maurice Bishop Director · appointed 2018
- Gillian Hayter Director · appointed 2025
- Gemma Louise Cartwright Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Simon Andrew Dalton Hall Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
- Nicholas Kenneth Alston Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
- Sandra Pennington Hollis Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
- Stewart Duncan Sanderson Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
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
- 03062567
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 31/03/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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