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Who leads it
- Hannah WilliamsonDirector · since 2025
- Nicholas Alexander ThomsonDirector · since 2025
- Martin Anthony BoonhamDirector · since 2025
- Gemma Debbie RichardsonDirector · since 2025
- Priyanka Pulin ShahDirector · since 2025
- Colin RoachDirector · since 2025
- Deborah KnightDirector · since 2023
- Andrew Derrick Jack HarrisDirector · since 2021
- Mark James BennettDirector · since 2001
- Mark James BennettSecretary · since 2016
Previous officers 39
- David John Foley 2021-2025 View profile
- Remy Lawrence Clarke 2021-2024 View profile
- Amie Elizabeth Tyers 2021-2025 View profile
- Saima Shah 2021-2023 View profile
- Lucy Deborah Skinner 2021-2024 View profile
- Laurence Kenneth Duncan 2020-2020 View profile
- Hitesh Harish Rao 2020-2024 View profile
- Aleena Ahmad 2019-2025 View profile
- Jennifer Annie Cross 2018-2021 View profile
- Chris Kitson 2018-2021 View profile
- David Stevenson Nicol 2017-2018 View profile
- Helen Mary Louise Donnellan 2017-2020 View profile
- Elizabeth Ann Henderson 2016-2021 View profile
- Derek Ridgway 2016-2022 View profile
- Rosie Strachan 2014-2017 View profile
- Kevin Mark Higginson 2013-2018 View profile
- Richard John Beamish 2013-2020 View profile
- Steven Walker 2011-2018 View profile
- Shanveer Jessica Hare 2011-2015 View profile
- Timothy John Bye 2011-2016 View profile
- Norman James Riches 2010-2013 View profile
- Katrina Krishnan Doyle 2008-2010 View profile
- Thea Mills 2007-2013 View profile
- Daniel Christopher Hyde 2007-2012 View profile
- Lisa Egan 2005-2018 View profile
- Debra Elizabeth Coady 2005-2010 View profile
- Jennifer Kabaaga 2005-2007 View profile
- Martin Gilbraith 2005-2010 View profile
- Simon Anthony Hunt 2002-2005 View profile
- David Edward Cooke 2001-2006 View profile
- Andrew Jon Byles Sargent 1998-2000 View profile
- Harriet Ruth Oppenheimer 1998-2005 View profile
- Sally Ann Edwards 1998-2008 View profile
- Bryan Constant Bentham Stevens 1998-2008 View profile
- Barry Neville Welch 1998-2000 View profile
- Timothy Bye 2012-2016 View profile
- Daniel Hyde 2010-2012 View profile
- James Herbert Maxwell Scott 1998-2010 View profile
- Dr George Alan Reid 1998-2002 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 13/01/1998
- Also a registered charity
- Focus Charity
Grants received
23 grants · £1,943,733 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 · £1,578,433 (11 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £165,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £142,300 (4 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £40,000 (2 grants)
- Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation · £11,000 (3 grants)
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.
9 directors on the board
- Deborah Knight Director · appointed 2023
- Mark James Bennett Director · appointed 2001
- Nicholas Alexander Thomson Director · appointed 2025
- Priyanka Pulin Shah Director · appointed 2025
- Martin Anthony Boonham Director · appointed 2025
- Gemma Debbie Richardson Director · appointed 2025
- Hannah Williamson Director · appointed 2025
- Andrew Derrick Jack Harris Director · appointed 2021
- Colin Roach Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Mark James Bennett Director · appointed 2001
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Deborah Knight Director · appointed 2023
- Nicholas Alexander Thomson Director · appointed 2025
- Priyanka Pulin Shah Director · appointed 2025
- Martin Anthony Boonham Director · appointed 2025
- Hannah Williamson Director · appointed 2025
- Andrew Derrick Jack Harris Director · appointed 2021
- Colin Roach Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Mark James Bennett Director · appointed 2001
- Gemma Debbie Richardson Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
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
- 03491993
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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