Company
Merton Centre for Independent Living
Merton Centre for Independent Living is an active UK company (number 07645926), incorporated 2011, with 8 current directors including Eekeen Wong and Kirstin Hellard. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Eekeen WongDirector · since 2024
- Kirstin HellardDirector · since 2023
- Daniel BeglinDirector · since 2023
- Chris BullDirector · since 2021
- Raheema Marina OlajideDirector · since 2018
- Estifanos Zeray HabtesellasieDirector · since 2017
- Sarah Margaret HenleyDirector · since 2011
- Claire Marie BenjaminDirector · since 2011
Previous officers 16
- Sarah Anne Yarwood 2017-2019 View profile
- Amanda May Edwards 2017-2025 View profile
- Fitzroy Lesmore Dawson 2016-2019 View profile
- Petra Jones 2016-2018 View profile
- Anita Jones 2014-2017 View profile
- John Charles Barraball 2014-2017 View profile
- Fiona Ringwood 2014-2017 View profile
- Reginald Alan Flegg 2012-2022 View profile
- Carole Ann Mathurin 2012-2016 View profile
- Martia Therese Bevan 2012-2015 View profile
- John Paul Edward Kelly 2011-2016 View profile
- Giovanna Rebecca Vettese 2011-2025 View profile
- Geoffrey John Parsons 2011-2012 View profile
- Patrick Daly 2011-2013 View profile
- Nicholas Pizey 2011-2017 View profile
- Roy Graham Benjamin 2011-2022 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 24/05/2011
- Also a registered charity
- Merton Centre for Independent Living
Financials
- Net assets
- £234,411
- Total assets
- £293,535
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
15 grants · £2,318,563 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 · £1,472,488 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £477,700 (4 grants)
- Trust for London · £189,934 (2 grants)
- Three Guineas Trust · £125,904
- The Wimbledon Foundation · £30,661 (3 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.
8 directors on the board
- Estifanos Zeray Habtesellasie Director · appointed 2017
- Raheema Marina Olajide Director · appointed 2018
- Kirstin Hellard Director · appointed 2023
- Chris Bull Director · appointed 2021
- Sarah Margaret Henley Director · appointed 2011
- Daniel Beglin Director · appointed 2023
- Claire Marie Benjamin Director · appointed 2011
- Eekeen Wong Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Estifanos Zeray Habtesellasie Director · appointed 2017
- Raheema Marina Olajide Director · appointed 2018
- Sarah Margaret Henley Director · appointed 2011
- Claire Marie Benjamin Director · appointed 2011
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Estifanos Zeray Habtesellasie Director · appointed 2017
- Raheema Marina Olajide Director · appointed 2018
- Kirstin Hellard Director · appointed 2023
- Chris Bull Director · appointed 2021
- Sarah Margaret Henley Director · appointed 2011
- Daniel Beglin Director · appointed 2023
- Claire Marie Benjamin Director · appointed 2011
- Eekeen Wong Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- Amanda May Edwards Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Giovanna Rebecca Vettese Director · appointed 2011 · 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
- 07645926
- 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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