Company · Guildford
Disability Challengers
Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
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Who leads it
- David Beresford StamDirector · since 2025
- Holly Rebecca AckroydDirector · since 2025
- Ruth Stephanie MiltonDirector · since 2025
- Ashley Francis Rees CarterDirector · since 2025
- Caroline Danae SalwanDirector · since 2024
- Russell Stuart HarveyDirector · since 2023
- Jake Anthony HattDirector · since 2022
- Alison Elizabeth StenlakeDirector · since 2021
- Bernard Eugene McalisterDirector · since 2021
Previous officers 47
- Lee Bennett 2024-2026 View profile
- Natasha Ayesha Morris 2021-2025 View profile
- Sormeh Nikourazm 2021-2023 View profile
- Megan Haughey Dooley 2019-2025 View profile
- Graeme Stretton 2019-2022 View profile
- Kim Sanders 2019-2025 View profile
- Holly Rosamund Chantler 2019-2022 View profile
- Deborah Smith 2018-2025 View profile
- Samantha Gayle Bossi 2018-2021 View profile
- Phil Heasman 2017-2020 View profile
- Dr Mike Walker 2017-2021 View profile
- Dr Anne Eyre-Brook 2017-2017 View profile
- Anele Griessel 2016-2020 View profile
- Rachel Bartholomeusz 2016-2022 View profile
- Elizabeth Irene Jorden 2014-2019 View profile
- Diane Margaret Mccormack 2013-2016 View profile
- David Robert Clinton 2012-2019 View profile
- Graham Robert Seddon 2012-2021 View profile
- Richard Andrew Rose 2012-2018 View profile
- Anthony David Gorham 2010-2016 View profile
- Gail Victoria Bedding 2010-2023 View profile
- Alison Jane Mould 2010-2013 View profile
- Robert Granville Pickles 2010-2020 View profile
- Ann Christine Baty 2010-2018 View profile
- Sally Marie Dewar 2008-2018 View profile
- Pauline Judy Brand 2007-2016 View profile
- Carol Ann Cullen 2006-2010 View profile
- Jane Powis 2004-2010 View profile
- Stephen George Bradley 2004-2011 View profile
- Searle, Pauline Ann, Cllr 2003-2017 View profile
- Adrian Sharrah Abbott 2003-2013 View profile
- Juliet Mary Jeater 2002-2006 View profile
- Nicole Tracey Bailey 2002-2004 View profile
- Gillian Mary Gillard 2002-2004 View profile
- Jeanne Helen Foley 2001-2010 View profile
- Georgina Ann Stead 2001-2002 View profile
- Terence Nigel King 2001-2004 View profile
- Lesley Anne Paler 2001-2012 View profile
- William Donald Stewart Raffin 2001-2012 View profile
- Alys Marian Bradley 2001-2006 View profile
- Dr William Frederick White 2001-2010 View profile
- Peter Richard Jennings 2001-2003 View profile
- Sandra Janet Tyrrell 2001-2010 View profile
- Laura Sercombe 2011-2020 View profile
- Margaret Anne Ward 2008-2011 View profile
- Alaric Stephen Law 2002-2008 View profile
- Juliet Alexandra Cummings 2001-2008 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
1 contract · £1,593,808 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Achieving for Children Short Breaks 2025
Achieving for Children is seeking to appoint a provider or providers for the delivery of Aiming High Short Breaks Services across Operational Area 1 - London Borough of Kingston and Richmond.\r The Short Breaks care offer for families in …
About
- What it does
- Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled; Child day-care activities; Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 08/10/2001
- Registered office
- Guildford
- Also a registered charity
- Disability Challengers
Ownership
Owned by (8) 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.
- Laura Sercombe ceased 2016-11-01
significant influence · notified 2016-09-27 - Jonathan Paul Dobson ceased 2016-11-01
significant influence · notified 2016-09-27 - David Robert Clinton ceased 2016-11-01
significant influence · notified 2016-09-27 - Ann Christine Baty ceased 2016-11-01
significant influence · notified 2016-09-27 - Robert Granville Pickles ceased 2016-11-01
significant influence · notified 2016-09-27 - Sally Dewar ceased 2016-11-01
significant influence · notified 2016-09-27 - Elizabeth Irene Jorden ceased 2016-11-01
significant influence · notified 2016-09-27 - Rachel Bartholomeusz ceased 2016-11-01
significant influence · notified 2016-09-27 - Possible match - 2 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 2 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
- Possible match - 6 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 6 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
- 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.
- 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
- Disability Challengers
is controlled by Amanda Louise Matthews
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-09-27, ceased 2016-11-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Amanda Louise Matthews.
1 other company 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
42 grants · £815,222 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 · £399,887 (15 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £211,410 (6 grants)
- Community Foundation for Surrey · £146,925 (18 grants)
- London Marathon Foundation · £44,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £13,000 (2 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
- David Beresford Stam Director · appointed 2025
- Jake Anthony Hatt Director · appointed 2022
- Holly Rebecca Ackroyd Director · appointed 2025
- Ruth Stephanie Milton Director · appointed 2025
- Alison Elizabeth Stenlake Director · appointed 2021
- Caroline Danae Salwan Director · appointed 2024
- Ashley Francis Rees Carter Director · appointed 2025
- Russell Stuart Harvey Director · appointed 2023
- Bernard Eugene Mcalister Director · appointed 2021
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- David Beresford Stam Director · appointed 2025
- Holly Rebecca Ackroyd Director · appointed 2025
- Ruth Stephanie Milton Director · appointed 2025
- Alison Elizabeth Stenlake Director · appointed 2021
- Caroline Danae Salwan Director · appointed 2024
- Russell Stuart Harvey Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Jake Anthony Hatt Director · appointed 2022
- Ashley Francis Rees Carter Director · appointed 2025
- Bernard Eugene Mcalister Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Lee Bennett Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
- Kim Sanders Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Megan Haughey Dooley Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Deborah Smith Director · appointed 2018 · 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
- 04300724
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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