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Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Keith Edward Richard McguinnessDirector · since 2026
- Rini JonesDirector · since 2026
- Struan James Alastair RobertsonDirector · since 2025
- Jenny Patricia LoveDirector · since 2025
- Laura Elizabeth WilliamsDirector · since 2023
- Samah AhmedDirector · since 2023
- Filimon Berehane FikremaryamDirector · since 2021
- Matthew Douglas PeplerDirector · since 2019
- Helen Maree GribbleDirector · since 2016
Previous officers 26
- Dhanush Arun 2024-2026 View profile
- Luis Alejandro Gavidia Nolasco 2023-2024 View profile
- Katherine Heather Burgess 2020-2023 View profile
- Rishiraj Goenka 2019-2025 View profile
- Emily Caroline Grant 2019-2022 View profile
- Suhan Rajkumar 2019-2025 View profile
- Charles Edward Meirion Whitehead 2019-2023 View profile
- Divnesh Datt Mohan 2018-2019 View profile
- Laura Einstein 2018-2019 View profile
- Timothy Charles Rawlings 2017-2018 View profile
- Rosie Spiegelhalter 2017-2023 View profile
- Mudassar Ahmed 2016-2017 View profile
- Suzanne Stevens 2016-2019 View profile
- Amir Abbas Ahmed 2016-2019 View profile
- Zara Noreen Hosany 2016-2017 View profile
- Rick Hood 2015-2019 View profile
- Ruksana Chowdhory 2014-2016 View profile
- Katherine Harvey 2013-2016 View profile
- Jennifer Barron 2013-2016 View profile
- Professor Shirley Victoria Hodgson 2010-2016 View profile
- Fazil N/A Kawani 2010-2011 View profile
- Ladan Hall 2009-2018 View profile
- Dr Christopher Edward Hands 2008-2018 View profile
- Jessica Helen Thomas 2008-2020 View profile
- Haidi Jenkin 2016-2020 View profile
- Dr Clare Katrina Shortall 2008-2010 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 03/01/2008
- Also a registered charity
- Caras Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers LTD
Grants received
26 grants · £1,206,670 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 · £690,719 (7 grants)
- St Paul's Schools Foundation · £175,000
- Henry Smith Foundation · £120,940 (2 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £83,000 (3 grants)
- The Wimbledon Foundation · £72,500 (7 grants)
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.
9 directors on the board
- Laura Elizabeth Williams Director · appointed 2023
- Matthew Douglas Pepler Director · appointed 2019
- Samah Ahmed Director · appointed 2023
- Keith Edward Richard Mcguinness Director · appointed 2026
- Struan James Alastair Robertson Director · appointed 2025
- Jenny Patricia Love Director · appointed 2025
- Helen Maree Gribble Director · appointed 2016
- Filimon Berehane Fikremaryam Director · appointed 2021
- Rini Jones Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Matthew Douglas Pepler Director · appointed 2019
- Helen Maree Gribble Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Laura Elizabeth Williams Director · appointed 2023
- Matthew Douglas Pepler Director · appointed 2019
- Struan James Alastair Robertson Director · appointed 2025
- Jenny Patricia Love Director · appointed 2025
- Helen Maree Gribble Director · appointed 2016
- Filimon Berehane Fikremaryam Director · appointed 2021
- Rini Jones Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Samah Ahmed Director · appointed 2023
- Keith Edward Richard Mcguinness Director · appointed 2026
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dhanush Arun Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
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
- 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
- 06462487
- 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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