Company
Shine: Support and Help in Education
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Colin Dundas FyfeDirector · since 2025
- Michaelene Gabrielle WelshDirector · since 2025
- Jonny UttleyDirector · since 2023
- Paul GreenDirector · since 2022
- Kavita GuptaDirector · since 2020
- Raksha PattniDirector · since 2018
- Lorna FitzsimonsDirector · since 2018
- Sarah LoftusDirector · since 2018
- Mark HeffernanDirector · since 2018
- Lord Terence James O'NeillDirector · since 2017
- Fiona BirkettSecretary · since 2017
Previous officers 27
- Professor Samantha Twiselton 2017–2026 View profile
- Hassim Osman Dhoda 2016–2017 View profile
- Ann Dorota Mroz 2015–2024 View profile
- Henry Ward Bedford 2012–2017 View profile
- Natasha Pardis Pope 2012–2017 View profile
- Bridget Walsh 2011–2017 View profile
- Cameron Peter James Ogden 2010–2026 View profile
- Dr Krutika Pau 2008–2015 View profile
- Sir Anthony Michael Vaughan Salz 2008–2010 View profile
- Mark Ferguson 2006–2015 View profile
- John Patrick Phizackerley 2004–2011 View profile
- Peter John Harrison 2003–2006 View profile
- David Wayland Blood 2003–2020 View profile
- Christian John Hore 2003–2008 View profile
- Dr Caroline Elizabeth Whalley 2003–2017 View profile
- Stephen Anthony Shields 2001–2021 View profile
- Mark Anthony Heffernan 2000–2015 View profile
- Terence James O'Neill 2000–2015 View profile
- Penningtons Directors (NO 1) LTD 2000–2000 View profile
- Gavin Simon Boyle 2000–2020 View profile
- Richard Farrar Rothwell 2000–2017 View profile
- James Terence O'Neill 2000–2001 View profile
- Gerald James Boyle 2000–2008 View profile
- Dr Helen Marie Rafferty 2023–2024 View profile
- Clare Frances Gilhooly 2016–2017 View profile
- Paul Carbury 2011–2016 View profile
- David Edwin Allanson 2000–2001 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 16/08/2000
- Also a registered charity
- Shine: Support and Help in Education
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Colin Dundas Fyfe Director · appointed 2025
- Lorna Fitzsimons Director · appointed 2018
- Paul Green Director · appointed 2022
- Sarah Loftus Director · appointed 2018
- Lord Terence James O'Neill Director · appointed 2017
- Michaelene Gabrielle Welsh Director · appointed 2025
- Kavita Gupta Director · appointed 2020
- Raksha Pattni Director · appointed 2018
- Mark Heffernan Director · appointed 2018
- Jonny Uttley Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Lorna Fitzsimons Director · appointed 2018
- Sarah Loftus Director · appointed 2018
- Lord Terence James O'Neill Director · appointed 2017
- Raksha Pattni Director · appointed 2018
- Mark Heffernan Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Sarah Loftus Director · appointed 2018
- Raksha Pattni Director · appointed 2018
- Mark Heffernan Director · appointed 2018
- Jonny Uttley Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (6)
- Colin Dundas Fyfe Director · appointed 2025
- Lorna Fitzsimons Director · appointed 2018
- Paul Green Director · appointed 2022
- Lord Terence James O'Neill Director · appointed 2017
- Michaelene Gabrielle Welsh Director · appointed 2025
- Kavita Gupta Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Professor Samantha Twiselton Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
- Cameron Peter James Ogden Director · appointed 2010 · 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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04053509
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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