Company
Bench Outreach
Bench Outreach is an active UK company (number 03751509), incorporated 1999, with 4 current directors including Charles Richard Thomson and Sarah Cruickshank. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 33
- Sarah Miran 2023-2024 View profile
- Sabrina Rokeya Pathan 2023-2024 View profile
- Jodie Wilkinson 2017-2023 View profile
- Colin David Barlow 2016-2017 View profile
- Shaun Cecile Simon 2015-2023 View profile
- Ann Victoria Schlachter 2013-2020 View profile
- Richard Charles Alvarez 2013-2015 View profile
- Reverend David Frederick Ashby 2012-2012 View profile
- Stephen Dale Mathers 2009-2023 View profile
- Stephen Roberts 2009-2013 View profile
- Delme Rhys Thompson 2009-2015 View profile
- David French 2005-2013 View profile
- Graham Charles Giles 2005-2009 View profile
- Brigitte Gobbe 2005-2007 View profile
- Philip Sidney Reynolds 2003-2006 View profile
- Mark Anthony Wilson 2002-2006 View profile
- Nicholas Charles Russell Smith 2002-2010 View profile
- Raj Kumari 2002-2002 View profile
- Gillian Agnes Parnham 2000-2001 View profile
- Richard Alexander Lahey-James 2000-2005 View profile
- Peter Etherton 2000-2001 View profile
- Stuart Arthur James Moodie 1999-2008 View profile
- Meaghan Mary Fitzgerald 1999-1999 View profile
- Philippe Albert Granger 2024-2025 View profile
- Declan Paul Flynn 2023-2024 View profile
- Jannet Reinarda Willemina Mathers 2009-2023 View profile
- Declan Flynn 2006-2009 View profile
- Samantha Loughnane 2005-2006 View profile
- Lois Ruth Wiltshire 2002-2003 View profile
- William London 2000-2002 View profile
- Bernard Casper Steenkamp 1999-2002 View profile
- Claudia Ann Carroll-Mills 1999-1999 View profile
- Donald Thomas Mills 1999-2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 13/04/1999
- Also a registered charity
- Bench Outreach
Grants received
7 grants · £969,118 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 · £849,118 (6 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £120,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
4 directors on the board
- Paul Michael Chapman Director · appointed 2013
- Sarah Cruickshank Director · appointed 2025
- Charles Richard Thomson Director · appointed 2025
- Errol Chambers Director · appointed 2011
Directors past 6 years
- Paul Michael Chapman Director · appointed 2013
- Errol Chambers Director · appointed 2011
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Paul Michael Chapman Director · appointed 2013
- Sarah Cruickshank Director · appointed 2025
- Charles Richard Thomson Director · appointed 2025
- Errol Chambers Director · appointed 2011
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
- 03751509
- 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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