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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 31

  1. David Glover 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Ray Wilkins 2024-2024 Director View profile
  3. Steph Reston 2024-2024 Director View profile
  4. Margaret Bowen 2023-2026 Director View profile
  5. Martin Peter Lowther 2023-2024 Director View profile
  6. Amy Leanne Donaldson 2023-2023 Director View profile
  7. Helen Cutting 2023-2023 Director View profile
  8. Elizabeth Newby 2020-2024 Director View profile
  9. Leanne May Burnett-Kerry 2020-2022 Director View profile
  10. Yvonne Payne 2019-2024 Director View profile
  11. Michael Antony Rowe 2017-2020 Director View profile
  12. Carol Wheatley 2015-2020 Director View profile
  13. Katherine Mary Farmer 2014-2020 Director View profile
  14. Robert Jonathan Brighton 2012-2022 Director View profile
  15. Catherine Rodkoff 2011-2018 Director View profile
  16. William Albert Ainsworth 2008-2010 Director View profile
  17. Graham Woodhouse 2008-2017 Director View profile
  18. John Bell 2005-2006 Director View profile
  19. James Brian Launchbury 2004-2008 Director View profile
  20. Catherine Mary Taylor 2002-2004 Director View profile
  21. David Martin Gilding 2001-2005 Director View profile
  22. Roy James Butler 2001-2002 Director View profile
  23. Brian White 2001-2007 Director View profile
  24. Dolly Sewell 2001-2004 Director View profile
  25. Irene Elizabeth Smith 2023-2024 Secretary View profile
  26. Margaret Ann Bowen 2020-2023 Secretary View profile
  27. Janice Bettita Edith Knight 2014-2015 Secretary View profile
  28. Karen Braithwaite 2005-2014 Secretary View profile
  29. Carolyn Shield 2004-2007 Secretary View profile
  30. Edwina Jane Cole 2002-2004 Secretary View profile
  31. Melanie Hatto 2001-2004 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
07/02/2001
Also a registered charity
The Helpful Bureau

Grants received

4 grants · £139,695 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 · £139,695 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-09-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £116,1092022-11-25
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9912022-06-10
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,5952006-07-14
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.

5 directors on the board

6.6y median 2.3y
average tenure
25.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

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.

Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Other services 1Retail and trade 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
04155890
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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