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Lancashire Women

Non-trading company

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 43

  1. Susan Biggs 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jessica Ewens 2023-2023 Director View profile
  3. Carrie Cobb 2023-2023 Director View profile
  4. Donna Livesey 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Claire Taylor 2020-2021 Director View profile
  6. Jennifer Lunn 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Nicola Saulle 2020-2021 Director View profile
  8. Susan Biggs 2020-2020 Director View profile
  9. Jean Hunter 2019-2022 Director View profile
  10. Sakina Lowe 2019-2020 Director View profile
  11. Emma Louise Plachciak 2019-2025 Director View profile
  12. Margaret Ann Lishman 2019-2026 Director View profile
  13. Maria Gabriela Hammond 2017-2018 Director View profile
  14. Martin Barry Foley 2014-2018 Director View profile
  15. Angela Thornton 2013-2019 Director View profile
  16. Tracy Jane Marsden 2013-2017 Director View profile
  17. Catherine Alexandra Hanson 2013-2020 Director View profile
  18. Shahida Hafiz 2013-2014 Director View profile
  19. Dr Susan Laura Ramsdale 2012-2014 Director View profile
  20. Rebekah Wilson 2012-2014 Director View profile
  21. Victoria Lee 2011-2016 Director View profile
  22. Joanne Cornish 2011-2013 Director View profile
  23. Vicky Douglas 2011-2012 Director View profile
  24. Hardeep Kaur Sohal 2011-2012 Director View profile
  25. Sarah Louise Foster 2011-2011 Director View profile
  26. Louise Edge 2010-2014 Director View profile
  27. Susan Jayne Hopkinson 2009-2012 Director View profile
  28. Rifaat Rafiq 2009-2012 Director View profile
  29. Susan Hopkinson 2009-2009 Director View profile
  30. Helen Margaret Leonardi 2008-2011 Director View profile
  31. Susan Jones 2006-2009 Director View profile
  32. Lesley Luckin 2006-2009 Director View profile
  33. Jennifer Mary Colbert 2005-2010 Director View profile
  34. Pauline Margaret Quinn OBE 2005-2008 Director View profile
  35. Alexandra May Shaw 2005-2008 Director View profile
  36. Jeanette Aston 2003-2005 Director View profile
  37. Susan Elizabeth Duckworth 2003-2011 Director View profile
  38. Elizabeth Daultrey 2003-2008 Director View profile
  39. Shahida Hanif 2003-2005 Director View profile
  40. Margaret Claire Wilson 2003-2005 Director View profile
  41. Brenda Whelan 2003-2005 Director View profile
  42. Helen Mcdaniel Knowles 2003-2008 Director View profile
  43. Margaret Elaine Powell 2003-2009 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From 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.

  • Women Focused Referral Services Buyer: Blackpool Borough Council Value not published Date not published CPV 85100000 Source: Find a Tender

    This is to advise of the award of Women Focused Referral Service following Direct Award Process A of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) 2023 Regulations.

About

What it does
Non-trading company
Incorporated
27/05/2003
Registered office
Accrington
Also a registered charity
Lancashire Women
Previous names
Lancashire Women LTD (until 19/09/2018)
Lancashire Women's Centres (until 10/09/2018)
East Lancashire Women's Centres (until 25/10/2013)
The Women's Centre for Blackburn and District (until 19/06/2012)

Grants received

24 grants · £1,944,101 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 · £894,130 (6 grants)
  • Department of Health and Social Care · £508,756 (3 grants)
  • Smallwood Trust · £328,337 (7 grants)
  • Ministry of Justice · £175,881 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £25,000

Most recent

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.

7 directors on the board

4.4y median 3.8y
average tenure
12.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Education 1Finance 1Health and social care 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.

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
04777720
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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