Company
Free the WAY
Free the WAY is an active UK company (number 05024637), incorporated 2004, with 5 current directors including Loraine Anderson and Sarah Jane Robb. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 20
- Sandra Goggins 2022-2022 View profile
- Pauline Scholes 2022-2024 View profile
- Clifford Johnson 2022-2022 View profile
- Shaun Tulip 2016-2022 View profile
- Deanne Earl 2011-2016 View profile
- Kevin Mcghin 2011-2016 View profile
- Simon James Newton 2007-2009 View profile
- Leanne Kennedy 2006-2011 View profile
- Angela Bell 2006-2011 View profile
- Sandra Joyce Cossey 2005-2009 View profile
- Janet Angus 2005-2006 View profile
- Lynda Day 2005-2005 View profile
- Maureen Usher 2005-2005 View profile
- Stephen Walker 2005-2005 View profile
- Alan Anthony Davies 2004-2005 View profile
- Mandy English 2004-2004 View profile
- Betty Elizabeth Geary 2004-2010 View profile
- Thomas Carr Stuart 2004-2022 View profile
- Angela Goggins 2005-2021 View profile
- Audery Cummings 2004-2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 23/01/2004
- Also a registered charity
- Free the WAY
Grants received
17 grants · £405,385 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 · £363,369 (6 grants)
- Point North · £39,016 (10 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £3,000
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.
5 directors on the board
- Sarah Jane Robb Director · appointed 2022
- Tammy Welch Director · appointed 2016
- Carl Darvell Director · appointed 2016
- Andrew Elliwell Director · appointed 2022
- Loraine Anderson Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Tammy Welch Director · appointed 2016
- Carl Darvell Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Sarah Jane Robb Director · appointed 2022
- Tammy Welch Director · appointed 2016
- Carl Darvell Director · appointed 2016
- Andrew Elliwell Director · appointed 2022
- Loraine Anderson Director · appointed 2022
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
- 05024637
- 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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