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Noah's ARK - the Children's Hospice
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Lorna Katherine FraserDirector · since 2025
- Ginikanwa AchokwuDirector · since 2025
- James Gervase LiddyDirector · since 2024
- Simon Charles BeresfordDirector · since 2024
- James Walter TugendhatDirector · since 2022
- Paul James PomroyDirector · since 2021
- Sanjiv Chetan PatelDirector · since 2021
- Richard James Anthony AmatDirector · since 2021
- Michelle Rebecca MendelssonDirector · since 2021
- Jenny PhillipsDirector · since 2020
- Sophie AndrewsSecretary · since 2023
Previous officers 34
- Dr Hilary Dawn Cass 2020-2025 View profile
- Sophie Andrews 2020-2022 View profile
- Dr Jane Melinda Hawdon 2019-2025 View profile
- Sarah Timms 2019-2025 View profile
- Adam Levin 2017-2023 View profile
- Jonathan Winston Rose 2017-2021 View profile
- Nilesh Kumar Jethwa 2017-2021 View profile
- David Michael Lazarus 2017-2021 View profile
- Dr Heather Susan Mackinnon 2017-2024 View profile
- David Mark Greenhalgh-Todd 2017-2021 View profile
- Adam Leigh 2014-2019 View profile
- James Keeley 2014-2015 View profile
- Matthew Harvey Cyzer 2012-2013 View profile
- Patrick Cecil Hollwey 2011-2014 View profile
- Dr Lara Shaffer 2011-2017 View profile
- Ronel Lehmann 2011-2014 View profile
- Jeremy Michael Isaacs 2009-2022 View profile
- Mark James Gomar 2009-2011 View profile
- Jennifer Israel 2008-2014 View profile
- Allsopp, Gail, Doctor 2008-2010 View profile
- Elizabeth Jane Hodgson 2006-2007 View profile
- Mary O'Toole 2006-2019 View profile
- Rachel Naylor 2006-2008 View profile
- Kevin John Palmer 2001-2007 View profile
- Alison Margaret Eddy 2000-2004 View profile
- John Barrett Dickie 2000-2011 View profile
- Garrow, Ian Alexander, Colonel 1999-2002 View profile
- Carol Ann Crook 1999-2003 View profile
- Michael Anthony Mcinerney 1999-2017 View profile
- Lindsay Melanie Davidson 2019-2023 View profile
- Mark Justin Godwin Watkins 2014-2019 View profile
- Edward Gladdish 2012-2014 View profile
- Gillian Carol Dodge 2006-2012 View profile
- Anne Louise Peers 2001-2002 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 23/12/1999
- Also a registered charity
- Noah's ARK - the Children's Hospice
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- Mark Justin Godwin Watkins ceased 2019-12-13
significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Group
- Noah's ARK - the Children's Hospice
is controlled by Mark Justin Godwin Watkins
Evidence
ceased significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2019-12-13 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Mark Justin Godwin Watkins.
2 other companies in this group
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
8 grants · £1,932,379 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
- Department of Health and Social Care · £1,738,697 (4 grants)
- Joseph Levy Foundation · £192,182 (3 grants)
- Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation · £1,500
Most recent
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
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.
10 directors on the board
- Paul James Pomroy Director · appointed 2021
- James Walter Tugendhat Director · appointed 2022
- Jenny Phillips Director · appointed 2020
- Sanjiv Chetan Patel Director · appointed 2021
- James Gervase Liddy Director · appointed 2024
- Simon Charles Beresford Director · appointed 2024
- Richard James Anthony Amat Director · appointed 2021
- Professor Lorna Katherine Fraser Director · appointed 2025
- Michelle Rebecca Mendelsson Director · appointed 2021
- Ginikanwa Achokwu Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Jenny Phillips Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- James Gervase Liddy Director · appointed 2024
- Simon Charles Beresford Director · appointed 2024
- Professor Lorna Katherine Fraser Director · appointed 2025
- Michelle Rebecca Mendelsson Director · appointed 2021
- Ginikanwa Achokwu Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (5)
- Paul James Pomroy Director · appointed 2021
- James Walter Tugendhat Director · appointed 2022
- Jenny Phillips Director · appointed 2020
- Sanjiv Chetan Patel Director · appointed 2021
- Richard James Anthony Amat Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Jane Melinda Hawdon Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Dr Hilary Dawn Cass Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03901606
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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