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Helping Hands (Rhymney Cancer Self-Help Group)
Helping Hands (Rhymney Cancer Self-Help Group) is an active UK company (number 05617885), incorporated 2005, with 7 current directors including Sonia Owen and Alison Margaret Symonds. 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 22
- Theresa Godfrey 2025-2025 View profile
- Joyce Anita Gronow 2023-2025 View profile
- Barbara Hook 2015-2022 View profile
- Susan Davies 2014-2023 View profile
- John Bevan 2012-2013 View profile
- Paul Thomas 2012-2013 View profile
- Iris Roper 2011-2018 View profile
- Verena Harris 2011-2014 View profile
- Barbara Watkins 2010-2011 View profile
- Richard Pugh 2010-2013 View profile
- Olwen Harris 2010-2012 View profile
- Paul Thomas 2009-2010 View profile
- Maureen Cann 2009-2011 View profile
- Verena Harris 2007-2009 View profile
- Shurmer, Doris, Chairperson 2007-2020 View profile
- Hester Jones 2007-2017 View profile
- Darlington, Ann, Secretary 2005-2020 View profile
- Christine Stephens 2005-2010 View profile
- Peter Charles Whitworth Bailie 2005-2012 View profile
- Susan Davies 2017-2023 View profile
- Ann Darlington 2010-2017 View profile
- Joyce Margaret Williams 2005-2010 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 09/11/2005
- Also a registered charity
- Helping Hands (Rhymney Cancer Self Help Group)
Grants received
3 grants · £7,391 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 · £7,391 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
7 directors on the board
- Dorcas Cox Director · appointed 2022
- Mary Liverick Director · appointed 2017
- Margaret Green Director · appointed 2014
- Alison Margaret Symonds Director · appointed 2025
- Eirlys Philpott Director · appointed 2022
- Cheryl Patricia Merrick Director · appointed 2017
- Sonia Owen Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Mary Liverick Director · appointed 2017
- Margaret Green Director · appointed 2014
- Cheryl Patricia Merrick Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Dorcas Cox Director · appointed 2022
- Mary Liverick Director · appointed 2017
- Margaret Green Director · appointed 2014
- Alison Margaret Symonds Director · appointed 2025
- Eirlys Philpott Director · appointed 2022
- Cheryl Patricia Merrick Director · appointed 2017
- Sonia Owen Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Theresa Godfrey Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
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
- 05617885
- 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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