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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 27

  1. Teresa Lynn Damron 2026-2026 Director View profile
  2. Jane Green 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Michelle Jayne Tempest-Mitchell 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Jayne Eyre 2023-2025 Director View profile
  5. Catherine Nangle 2022-2023 Director View profile
  6. Giles Blessed 2020-2022 Director View profile
  7. Molly Lawson 2019-2022 Director View profile
  8. Therese Smallbone 2019-2020 Director View profile
  9. Tracey Jackson 2018-2025 Director View profile
  10. Neil Patrick James Lancaster 2018-2019 Director View profile
  11. Ian Stewart Brotherton 2017-2022 Director View profile
  12. Stephen John Constable 2016-2021 Director View profile
  13. Robert Kenneth Curry 2016-2019 Director View profile
  14. Dennis Kelly 2016-2019 Director View profile
  15. Matthew James Walker 2015-2016 Director View profile
  16. Andrew Philip Gray 2014-2016 Director View profile
  17. Margaret-Ann Corlett De Courcey-Bayley 2014-2020 Director View profile
  18. Susan Sharples 2011-2015 Director View profile
  19. Martin Priestley 2006-2015 Director View profile
  20. Jonathan Mark Shipton 2004-2011 Director View profile
  21. Margaret Helen Sutcliffe 2004-2015 Director View profile
  22. Kevin Stuart Holmes 2004-2005 Director View profile
  23. Stephen Richard Macare 2004-2013 Director View profile
  24. Michael James Bartholomew 2004-2016 Director View profile
  25. Nicholas Hugh Anderson 2004-2018 Director View profile
  26. Denis Stanley Kaye 2004-2017 Director View profile
  27. Eric Gilroy Bousfield 2004-2014 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
16/06/2004
Also a registered charity
Open Country

Grants received

24 grants · £577,847 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 · £365,227 (8 grants)
  • Postcode Neighbourhood Trust · £120,000 (3 grants)
  • Nova Wakefield · £45,766 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £24,212
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £10,045

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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.

8 directors on the board

3.6y median 3.2y
average tenure
8.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

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.

Business services 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
05155859
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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