Company · Knaresborough
Better Connect Limited
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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher John Hailey-NorrisDirector · since 2024
- Julie May BickerdykeDirector · since 2024
- Alexander Peter KelleyDirector · since 2024
- Dr Annie Louise IrvineDirector · since 2024
- Max MayDirector · since 2022
- Natasha Babar-EvansDirector · since 2022
- Rachel Elizabeth GoddardDirector · since 2021
- Suzanne Marie EusmanDirector · since 2021
- Janet GarrillDirector · since 2019
Previous officers 32
- Aissa Gallie 2023-2023 View profile
- Thomas James Waring 2019-2024 View profile
- Andrew Leslie Clow 2017-2021 View profile
- Frances Louise Rodgers 2017-2021 View profile
- Samantha Alexander 2016-2022 View profile
- Leon Gregory Fijalkowski 2015-2022 View profile
- Gillian Bryerley 2015-2017 View profile
- Elizabeth Jane Burdett 2013-2022 View profile
- Susan Lesley Gradwell 2013-2018 View profile
- Michael John I'Anson 2013-2017 View profile
- Geoffrey Clark 2011-2018 View profile
- Jacqueline Mary Snape 2011-2013 View profile
- Paul Alexander Kelley 2011-2019 View profile
- John Andrew Sargent 2011-2019 View profile
- Teresa Mary Lesley De Saram 2010-2014 View profile
- Angela Hall 2009-2012 View profile
- Paul Milton Pearson 2009-2011 View profile
- David John Smith 2008-2010 View profile
- Joe Kent 2008-2010 View profile
- Andrew Bucklee 2008-2009 View profile
- Catherine Anne Smyth 2008-2011 View profile
- Christopher Stephenson 2007-2008 View profile
- Michael William Thornton 2007-2011 View profile
- Stephen Liddle 2007-2013 View profile
- Tracy Denise Beecroft 2007-2008 View profile
- Andrew Cambridge 2007-2009 View profile
- Stuart John Plant 2007-2009 View profile
- Sylvia Joan Palmer 2007-2011 View profile
- Lyn Costelloe 2007-2013 View profile
- Judith Anne Courts 2007-2019 View profile
- Samantha Louise Alexander-Vasey 2007-2008 View profile
- Susan Lynn Vasey 2007-2016 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
2 contracts · £2,000,000 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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720-NYC-LE Community Management Support
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About
- What it does
- Other service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 21/09/2007
- Registered office
- Knaresborough
- Previous names
- Your Consortium Limited (until 25/06/2021)
North Yorkshire Learning Consortium Limited (until 20/07/2011)
Financials
- Total assets
- £374,982
- Cash
- £531,997
- Employees
- 0.15
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Five-year trend
| Period ending | Turnover | Net assets |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 2024-12-31 | Not reported | Not reported |
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
7 grants · £10,720,622 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 · £10,632,237 (5 grants)
- Department for Work and Pensions · £63,885
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £24,500
Most recent
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- 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.
9 directors on the board
- Max May Director · appointed 2022
- Julie May Bickerdyke Director · appointed 2024
- Janet Garrill Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Annie Louise Irvine Director · appointed 2024
- Christopher John Hailey-Norris Director · appointed 2024
- Rachel Elizabeth Goddard Director · appointed 2021
- Natasha Babar-Evans Director · appointed 2022
- Suzanne Marie Eusman Director · appointed 2021
- Alexander Peter Kelley Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Janet Garrill Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Max May Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Annie Louise Irvine Director · appointed 2024
- Christopher John Hailey-Norris Director · appointed 2024
- Suzanne Marie Eusman Director · appointed 2021
- Alexander Peter Kelley Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Julie May Bickerdyke Director · appointed 2024
- Janet Garrill Director · appointed 2019
- Rachel Elizabeth Goddard Director · appointed 2021
- Natasha Babar-Evans Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
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.
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 06378727
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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