Company
Blind Life in Durham
Blind Life in Durham is an active UK company (number 06567582), incorporated 2008, with 5 current directors including Daniel Stewart Beasley and Rhona Mary Cross. 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 13
- Julie Kirkley 2022-2024 View profile
- Elsie Snowden 2014-2016 View profile
- Emma Gilfoyle 2014-2021 View profile
- Julie Dawne Fox 2012-2021 View profile
- Karen Barbara Scott Macnair 2011-2022 View profile
- Margaret Mccance 2009-2013 View profile
- Eric Mccance 2008-2021 View profile
- Maureen Elizabeth Gandy 2008-2025 View profile
- William Kyle 2008-2011 View profile
- Simon Peter Newton 2008-2014 View profile
- June Crammond 2008-2014 View profile
- John Mcgrath 2008-2023 View profile
- Elizabeth Anne Newton 2008-2014 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 16/04/2008
- Also a registered charity
- Blind Life in Durham
Financials
- Net assets
- £27,678
- Total assets
- £27,678
- Cash
- £27,975
- Employees
- 1
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
4 grants · £12,976 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
- Point North · £11,976 (3 grants)
- The Ballinger Charitable Trust · £1,000
Most recent
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.
5 directors on the board
- James Welch Director · appointed 2008
- Rhona Mary Cross Director · appointed 2024
- Margaret Welch Director · appointed 2008
- Daniel Stewart Beasley Director · appointed 2026
- Michael Gandy Director · appointed 2008
Directors past 6 years
- James Welch Director · appointed 2008
- Margaret Welch Director · appointed 2008
- Michael Gandy Director · appointed 2008
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- James Welch Director · appointed 2008
- Rhona Mary Cross Director · appointed 2024
- Margaret Welch Director · appointed 2008
- Daniel Stewart Beasley Director · appointed 2026
- Michael Gandy Director · appointed 2008
Left in the last 12 months
- Maureen Elizabeth Gandy Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2025
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
- 06567582
- 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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