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Other food services

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Amanda Mcdonell 2023-2025 Director View profile
Maria Hayden 2018-2019 Director View profile
Karla Berron 2018-2019 Director View profile
Deborah Handforth 2016-2018 Director View profile
Fiona Giles 2014-2015 Director View profile
Guy Rickard 2013-2017 Director View profile
Richard Edmund Kinnaird Dana 2013-2026 Director View profile
Fiona Shaw 2013-2014 Director View profile
Victoria Harud 2013-2017 Director View profile
Jayshree Bhakta 2012-2013 Director View profile
Nicholas Philip Saltmarsh 2009-2019 Director View profile
Emma Louise Gittens 2007-2010 Director View profile
Nicholas Marc Perry 2006-2016 Director View profile
Esther Zoe Boulton 2005-2010 Director View profile
Kathleen Jane Dalmeny 2002-2013 Director View profile
Neal Purvis 2002-2007 Director View profile
Andrew Simon Crocker Ferguson 2001-2010 Director View profile
Piers David Maurice Vimpany 2001-2012 Director View profile
Colin James Havard 1999-2001 Director View profile
Victoria Louise Hird 1999-2002 Director View profile
Jenny Kerr-Davis 1999-2003 Director View profile
Dr Lynn Elizabeth Sloman 1999-2001 Director View profile
Kerry Jane Rankine 1999-2001 Director View profile
Mark Bernard Caulfield 1999-2000 Director View profile
Nicola Baird 1997-1998 Director View profile
Penny Mary Walker 1997-2014 Director View profile
Tess Garrett 1997-2000 Director View profile
Tania Bagelman 1997-1999 Director View profile
Natasha Soares 1997-2000 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Other food services
Incorporated: 24/09/1997
Registered office: London

Financials

Total assets: £249,887
Cash: £243,429
Employees: 28
Turnover: Not reported (small or micro-entity 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

3 grants · £291,982 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 · £264,967 (2 grants)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £27,015

Most recent

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £27,0152020-09-04
The National Lottery Community Fund £255,3242015-07-15
The National Lottery Community Fund £9,6432011-01-27

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.

7 directors on the board

Clare Hitchcock Director · appointed 2023
Hugo Seymour Director · appointed 2025
Kath Jane Dalmeny Director · appointed 2015
Sarah Eliane Havard Director · appointed 2006
Geraldine Gilbert Director · appointed 2014
Natalie May Silk Director · appointed 2018
Anna Khalfaoui Director · appointed 2023

8.4y median 7.6y

average tenure

19.7y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Kath Jane Dalmeny Director · appointed 2015
Sarah Eliane Havard Director · appointed 2006
Geraldine Gilbert Director · appointed 2014
Natalie May Silk Director · appointed 2018

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Clare Hitchcock Director · appointed 2023
Hugo Seymour Director · appointed 2025
Kath Jane Dalmeny Director · appointed 2015
Sarah Eliane Havard Director · appointed 2006
Geraldine Gilbert Director · appointed 2014
Anna Khalfaoui Director · appointed 2023

Portfolio (1)

Natalie May Silk Director · appointed 2018

Also govern a charity

Natalie May Silk OLD Fire Station Stoke Newington CIO

Left in the last 12 months

Richard Edmund Kinnaird Dana Director · appointed 2013 · 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.

Hospitality 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: 03438761
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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