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Fenland Area Community Enterprise Trust

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

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Previous officers 22

  1. Gemma Ashby 2018-2025 Director View profile
  2. Gavin David Philpott 2014-2020 Director View profile
  3. Judith Walker 2014-2017 Director View profile
  4. Katherine Elizabeth Dex Nightingale 2011-2013 Director View profile
  5. Frank Allen 2010-2021 Director View profile
  6. David John Matthews 2008-2010 Director View profile
  7. Charles Edward Thorne 2007-2008 Director View profile
  8. Andrew Pugh 2007-2019 Director View profile
  9. Trevor Ernest William Quince 2007-2018 Director View profile
  10. French, Janet, Councillor 2006-2008 Director View profile
  11. Jennifer Mary Haines 2006-2007 Director View profile
  12. Geoffrey Hugh Wright 2005-2008 Director View profile
  13. Terrence Victor Brook 2005-2006 Director View profile
  14. Linda Jean Anstee 2003-2005 Director View profile
  15. Darren Peter Moore 2003-2007 Director View profile
  16. Graham Ernest Watson 2002-2003 Director View profile
  17. Stuart Duncan Hamilton 2002-2003 Director View profile
  18. Emma Mary Laycock 2002-2002 Director View profile
  19. Geoffrey Fowler 2002-2006 Director View profile
  20. Linda Pamela Ingram 2008-2018 Secretary View profile
  21. Paul Irving Pikett 2007-2008 Secretary View profile
  22. Norma Christian 2005-2007 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
07/06/2002
Also a registered charity
Fenland Area Community Enterprise Trust

Ownership

Owned by (9) 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.

  • David Albert George Bye ceased 2018-03-23
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Trevor Ernest William Quince ceased 2018-03-23
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Gavin David Philpott ceased 2020-05-22
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • John Revitt Potter ceased 2022-09-02
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Andrew Pugh ceased 2019-12-13
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Frank Allen ceased 2021-03-17
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Wendy Papworth ceased 2022-09-02
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Gemma Ashby ceased 2022-09-02
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-06-29
  • David Albert George Bye ceased 2022-09-02
    significant influence · notified 2020-02-21

Group

  1. Fenland Area Community Enterprise Trust is controlled by David Albert George Bye
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-03-23 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by David Albert George Bye.

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.

Financials

Employees
0.35
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

6 grants · £79,793 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £36,507
  • Power to Change Trust · £33,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,709
  • Department for Transport · £577 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Power to Change Trust £8,0002022-12-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £36,5072020-09-29
  • Power to Change Trust £25,0002020-07-02
  • Department for Transport £2442020-04-01
  • Department for Transport £3332020-04-01
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.

6 directors on the board

7.2y median 5.1y
average tenure
13.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Left in the last 12 months

  • Gemma Ashby Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025

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
04457125
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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