Company
Comfort Trust
Comfort Trust is an active UK company (number 05898527), incorporated 2006, with 3 current directors including Phoebe Gibson-Watts and Catherine Shand. 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 12
- Hazel Anderson 2016-2026 View profile
- Daniel Edward Blanche 2014-2017 View profile
- Mary Guest 2011-2016 View profile
- Fraser William Hutchinson 2011-2017 View profile
- Gwyneth Myfanwy Leaver 2011-2017 View profile
- Ruth Lucy Miriam Currie 2010-2026 View profile
- Rosemary Frances Groth 2006-2007 View profile
- Katharine Nancy Johnson 2006-2010 View profile
- Rev Peter Simon Vigne Comont 2006-2014 View profile
- Hazel Anderson 2016-2025 View profile
- Ruth Currie 2012-2016 View profile
- Karen Avery 2006-2012 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 07/08/2006
- Also a registered charity
- Comfort Trust
Financials
- Net assets
- £6,719
- Total assets
- £6,719
- Employees
- 1
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
2 grants · £2,300 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 · £1,500
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £800
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.
4 directors on the board
- Phoebe Gibson-Watts Director · appointed 2025
- Catherine Shand Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Jeremy Taylor Director · appointed 2017
Directors past 6 years
- Christopher Jeremy Taylor Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Phoebe Gibson-Watts Director · appointed 2025
- Catherine Shand Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Jeremy Taylor Director · appointed 2017
Left in the last 12 months
- Ruth Lucy Miriam Currie Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2026
- Hazel Anderson Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2026
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05898527
- 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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