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Essential Needs

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 24

  1. Lucy Mary Francis Hind 2020-2025 Director View profile
  2. Susannah Linda Creeley 2018-2021 Director View profile
  3. Christine Anne Norton 2018-2024 Director View profile
  4. Martin Hague Jobbings 2017-2023 Director View profile
  5. Don Johannes Josef Mackenzie 2016-2019 Director View profile
  6. David Arthur Redhouse 2015-2016 Director View profile
  7. David Richard Siddans 2014-2018 Director View profile
  8. Peter Robert Smith 2013-2015 Director View profile
  9. Susan Jane Campagna 2012-2015 Director View profile
  10. Edmund Paul Jackson 2011-2017 Director View profile
  11. Eric Richard Cooper 2008-2010 Director View profile
  12. Barnes, Keith Stephen, Doctor 2008-2013 Director View profile
  13. Lesley Margaret Davis 2007-2020 Director View profile
  14. John Hubert Hopkins 2006-2019 Director View profile
  15. John Walter Fletcher 2004-2007 Director View profile
  16. Patrick James O'Donnell 2004-2008 Director View profile
  17. Reverend Paul Denis Gregory Hooper 2004-2005 Director View profile
  18. Ann Lea Morris 2004-2006 Director View profile
  19. James Roger Walton 2004-2005 Director View profile
  20. Lyndon Derek Sheppard 2004-2008 Director View profile
  21. David Richard Siddans 2018-2020 Secretary View profile
  22. Patricia Bulmer 2006-2018 Secretary View profile
  23. Barry Anthony Pollard 2004-2006 Secretary View profile
  24. Nicholas Hugh Anderson 2004-2018 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
14/12/2004
Also a registered charity
Essential Needs
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

5.1y median 5.3y
average tenure
8.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity
1
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.

Finance 3Professional services 3Retail and trade 2Transport 2Construction 1Hospitality 1Property 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
05312941
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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