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Young Roots

Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

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Nazma Raichuri 2023-2025 Director View profile
Jilna Shah 2022-2023 Director View profile
Pamila Nigah 2021-2024 Director View profile
Jennifer Couper 2020-2024 Director View profile
Andrew Copeland Haley 2020-2026 Director View profile
Julia Menold 2017-2021 Director View profile
Nicholas Wyver 2017-2023 Director View profile
Matthew Burnett-Stuart 2016-2016 Director View profile
Keren Margaret Elton 2016-2023 Director View profile
Seada Fekadu 2015-2021 Director View profile
Kirsten Van Balen 2015-2019 Director View profile
Rachel Sarah Trayner 2015-2015 Director View profile
Sara Singleton 2015-2016 Director View profile
Rosanna Bayley 2015-2019 Director View profile
Natasha Prendergast 2014-2023 Director View profile
Bashair Ahmed 2013-2015 Director View profile
Jenna Coull 2013-2014 Director View profile
Timothy Stephen Sprigg Mawby 2013-2017 Director View profile
George Ayres 2013-2016 Director View profile
Siobhan Alexandra Foster-Perkins 2013-2022 Director View profile
Jonathan Mawby 2011-2017 Director View profile
Dr Rosalind Evans 2010-2012 Director View profile
Laura Kyrke-Smith 2010-2015 Director View profile
Victoria Ing 2010-2019 Director View profile
Dr Catriona Louise Pennell 2010-2015 Director View profile
Jennifer Ionwen Barnes 2010-2015 Director View profile
Cara Delaney 2010-2015 Director View profile
Daniel Elwyn Jones 2010-2019 Director View profile
Rachel Emma Meigan Yarrow 2010-2014 Director View profile
Alice Griffey 2010-2011 Director View profile
Charles Graham Routledge Heald 2010-2011 Director View profile
Natasha Paulina Prendergast 2018-2023 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Incorporated: 23/11/2010
Registered office: Croydon
Also a registered charity: Young Roots
Previous names: Refugee Youth Project (until 18/09/2014)

Grants received

29 grants · £2,283,553 total

360Giving 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 · £1,272,121 (10 grants)
Henry Smith Foundation · £420,740 (4 grants)
Prudence Trust · £248,493
Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £149,801 (3 grants)
Innox Foundation · £85,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

Henry Smith Foundation £3,1402025-03-11
The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-02-17
Innox Foundation £60,0002023-02-15
Henry Smith Foundation £180,0002022-11-09
The National Lottery Community Fund £195,0012022-06-20

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.

10 directors on the board

Sami Gichki Director · appointed 2023
Grace Lily Capel Director · appointed 2011
Radhika Ravi Director · appointed 2022
Hannah Stott Director · appointed 2025
Edward Mansel Ian Abel Smith Director · appointed 2023
Andrea Vukovic Director · appointed 2022
Stephen Roger Corker Director · appointed 2016
Seonaid Rosina Elspeth Murray Weightman Director · appointed 2025
Wasig Zaid Director · appointed 2023
Laura Puddefoot-Knaggs Director · appointed 2017

5.4y median 3.6y

average tenure

14.8y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Grace Lily Capel Director · appointed 2011
Stephen Roger Corker Director · appointed 2016
Laura Puddefoot-Knaggs Director · appointed 2017

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Grace Lily Capel Director · appointed 2011
Radhika Ravi Director · appointed 2022
Hannah Stott Director · appointed 2025
Andrea Vukovic Director · appointed 2022
Seonaid Rosina Elspeth Murray Weightman Director · appointed 2025
Wasig Zaid Director · appointed 2023
Laura Puddefoot-Knaggs Director · appointed 2017

Portfolio (3)

Sami Gichki Director · appointed 2023
Edward Mansel Ian Abel Smith Director · appointed 2023
Stephen Roger Corker Director · appointed 2016

Also govern a charity

Sami Gichki Youth Focus North West LTD, The Sheila Mckechnie Foundation

Left in the last 12 months

Andrew Copeland Haley Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
Nazma Raichuri Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025

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.

Professional services 3Agriculture 1Education 1Health and social care 1Property 1

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: 07448744
Status: Active
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due: 31/12/2026
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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