Company · Winsford
Changing Lives Together
Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ruth BlackhurstDirector · since 2025
- Gillian EdwardsDirector · since 2025
- Maurice McbrideDirector · since 2024
- Christina Frances Lees-JonesDirector · since 2023
- Brian Michael ClarkeDirector · since 2021
- Peter PriceDirector · since 2019
- Brian Gordon DunnDirector · since 2016
- Heidi Elizabeth Lesley NicksonDirector · since 2016
Previous officers 11
- Naomi Claire Dake 2024-2024 View profile
- Hazel Christine Kinsey 2022-2026 View profile
- Susan Therese Taylor 2021-2024 View profile
- Sarah Marie Tilling 2019-2024 View profile
- Rachel Waterman 2018-2021 View profile
- Susan Benyon 2016-2019 View profile
- Graeme Sherman 2013-2021 View profile
- Melanie Jane Davenport 2012-2013 View profile
- Donaldeina Margaret Smith 2010-2016 View profile
- Gary Noel Cliffe 2010-2012 View profile
- Nigel Dibb 2010-2016 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
1 contract · £500,000 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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White Goods & Wider Essentials - Crisis Resilience Fund
Cheshire East Council is commissioning the provision of white goods, wider essentials and related services across the borough. The required provision will include the supply, delivery, installation/set up and, where appropriate, disposal o…
About
- What it does
- Other retail sale of food in specialised stores; Retail sale of other second-hand goods in stores (not incl. antiques); Other passenger land transport; Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
- Incorporated
- 07/10/2010
- Registered office
- Winsford
- Also a registered charity
- Changing Lives Together
- Previous names
- Changing Lives in Cheshire (until 08/04/2019)
Clic - Changing Lives in Cheshire (until 17/12/2010)
Ownership
Owned by (5) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Nigel Dibb ceased 2016-12-31
75-100% shares (firm), 75-100% voting (firm), appoints directors (firm), significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Graeme Sherman ceased 2019-04-12
75-100% shares (firm), 75-100% voting (firm), appoints directors (firm), significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Brian Gordon Dunn ceased 2019-04-12
75-100% shares (firm), 75-100% voting (firm), appoints directors (firm), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-09-21 - Susan Benyon ceased 2019-04-12
75-100% shares (firm), 75-100% voting (firm), appoints directors (firm), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-09-21 - Rachel Waterman ceased 2019-04-12
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-09-06
Group
- Changing Lives Together
is controlled by Nigel Dibb
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares (firm), 75-100% voting (firm), appoints directors (firm), significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-12-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Nigel Dibb.
2 other companies in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £404,511
- Total assets
- £404,511
- Cash
- £250,958
- Employees
- 67
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
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
14 grants · £997,700 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 · £673,701 (4 grants)
- Department for Work and Pensions · £251,735 (2 grants)
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £62,432 (6 grants)
- Department for Transport · £9,833 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department for Work and Pensions
- 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.
8 directors on the board
- Ruth Blackhurst Director · appointed 2025
- Maurice Mcbride Director · appointed 2024
- Brian Michael Clarke Director · appointed 2021
- Brian Gordon Dunn Director · appointed 2016
- Heidi Elizabeth Lesley Nickson Director · appointed 2016
- Peter Price Director · appointed 2019
- Christina Frances Lees-Jones Director · appointed 2023
- Gillian Edwards Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Brian Gordon Dunn Director · appointed 2016
- Heidi Elizabeth Lesley Nickson Director · appointed 2016
- Peter Price Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Ruth Blackhurst Director · appointed 2025
- Maurice Mcbride Director · appointed 2024
- Brian Michael Clarke Director · appointed 2021
- Gillian Edwards Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Brian Gordon Dunn Director · appointed 2016
- Heidi Elizabeth Lesley Nickson Director · appointed 2016
- Peter Price Director · appointed 2019
- Christina Frances Lees-Jones Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Hazel Christine Kinsey Director · appointed 2022 · 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 07400060
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- 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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