Company · Hertfordshire
Dens Limited
Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Margaret Patricia GriffithsDirector · since 2026
- Robert Angel WakelyDirector · since 2026
- Roya OskouiDirector · since 2026
- Richard PaynterDirector · since 2026
- Nigel Howard ThompsonDirector · since 2024
- Paul Andrew SmartDirector · since 2023
- Carolyn Elis BarkinDirector · since 2023
- Ian StelfoxDirector · since 2023
- Ian Trevor TottmanDirector · since 2008
- Eric Gilbert PillingerDirector · since 2005
- Trina MyattSecretary · since 2024
- Wendy Ann LewingtonSecretary · since 2017
Previous officers 38
- Tristan Jones 2023-2025 View profile
- Melanie Jane Eckert 2020-2024 View profile
- Samantha Allen 2019-2025 View profile
- Eugene Mclauglin 2018-2024 View profile
- Joanne Balmer 2018-2019 View profile
- Michael John William Morgan 2015-2018 View profile
- Lucy Andrea Turner 2015-2016 View profile
- Gail Albert 2015-2022 View profile
- Malcolm Leslie Lindo 2013-2019 View profile
- Alan Gordon Russell 2013-2016 View profile
- John Steele Allan 2013-2015 View profile
- Anthony Charles Culley 2011-2016 View profile
- Jonathan Mark Henry Ellis 2011-2014 View profile
- Erica Mohr 2011-2014 View profile
- Ian Hilary Laidlaw Dickson 2010-2022 View profile
- Paul Richard Eastwood 2009-2009 View profile
- Martin Russell Warner 2009-2025 View profile
- John Frederick Armitage 2008-2013 View profile
- Robert Walter Asplin 2008-2013 View profile
- Kathryn Jane Livermore 2008-2011 View profile
- Dr Susan Jane Hogg 2006-2007 View profile
- Richard Alexander Hill 2004-2008 View profile
- Andrew Martyn Parry 2004-2007 View profile
- Dharini Chandarana 2004-2007 View profile
- Trevor Michael Hahn 2003-2007 View profile
- William James Lear 2003-2011 View profile
- Philip Barredo Gonzalez 2003-2013 View profile
- Andrew Paul Gale 2002-2004 View profile
- Daphne Eleanor Millett 2002-2003 View profile
- Neil Brendan O'Connor 2002-2004 View profile
- Anthony John Barrett 2002-2004 View profile
- Anthony William Cotterill 2002-2004 View profile
- Anthony Francis Grainger 2002-2015 View profile
- Michael John Uffindell 2002-2004 View profile
- John Gordon Gaddes 2002-2010 View profile
- James Edward Littlechild 2002-2005 View profile
- Christina Aitkenhead Gavigan 2002-2003 View profile
- Mary-Elizabeth Patricia Flynn 2002-2008 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
1 contractFrom 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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DBC (SLR) The Elms – Temporary Accommodation & Support Service
Invitation to Tender for the provision of the Elms Temporary Accommodation & Support Service. The contract relates to the operation and delivery of accommodation and support services at The Elms, Hemel Hempstead, for single homeless adults,…
About
- What it does
- Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse; Other residential care activities n.e.c.; Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 06/12/2002
- Registered office
- Hertfordshire
- Also a registered charity
- Dens Limited
Grants received
20 grants · £1,810,573 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 · £1,489,159 (11 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £267,700 (3 grants)
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £53,714 (6 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.
10 directors on the board
- Richard Paynter Director · appointed 2026
- Ian Trevor Tottman Director · appointed 2008
- Paul Andrew Smart Director · appointed 2023
- Carolyn Elis Barkin Director · appointed 2023
- Margaret Patricia Griffiths Director · appointed 2026
- Eric Gilbert Pillinger Director · appointed 2005
- Robert Angel Wakely Director · appointed 2026
- Ian Stelfox Director · appointed 2023
- Roya Oskoui Director · appointed 2026
- Nigel Howard Thompson Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Ian Trevor Tottman Director · appointed 2008
- Eric Gilbert Pillinger Director · appointed 2005
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Richard Paynter Director · appointed 2026
- Robert Angel Wakely Director · appointed 2026
- Ian Stelfox Director · appointed 2023
- Roya Oskoui Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (6)
- Ian Trevor Tottman Director · appointed 2008
- Paul Andrew Smart Director · appointed 2023
- Carolyn Elis Barkin Director · appointed 2023
- Margaret Patricia Griffiths Director · appointed 2026
- Eric Gilbert Pillinger Director · appointed 2005
- Nigel Howard Thompson Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
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
- 04610820
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- 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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