Company · Ipswich

Brave Futures

Other human health activities

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 25

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Danielle Golding 2023-2024 Director View profile
Judith Margaret Mayhew 2022-2023 Director View profile
Kesha Allen 2021-2025 Director View profile
Mick Parker 2021-2022 Director View profile
Leanne Gittins 2021-2022 Director View profile
Matthew Cole 2019-2020 Director View profile
Leanne Rebecca Alice Gittins 2019-2021 Director View profile
David Cutler 2016-2019 Director View profile
Philip Carruthers 2016-2021 Director View profile
Anna Douglas 2016-2017 Director View profile
Sue Double 2016-2018 Director View profile
Claire Hamilton Horsley 2015-2024 Director View profile
Susan Wright 2015-2020 Director View profile
Dr Allison Boggis 2015-2017 Director View profile
James Ian Mercer 2015-2016 Director View profile
Sandra Deery 2014-2019 Director View profile
Anita Claire Huckle 2014-2023 Director View profile
Hilary Graham 2012-2015 Director View profile
Lisa Molander 2012-2016 Director View profile
Andrea Robinson 2012-2016 Director View profile
Lesley Creese 2012-2015 Director View profile
Helen Treen 2012-2015 Director View profile
Malcolm Graham Brain 2012-2018 Director View profile
Diana Lois Porter 2012-2021 Director View profile
Brian Charles Paternoster 2012-2024 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Other human health activities
Incorporated: 03/07/2012
Registered office: Ipswich
Also a registered charity: Brave Futures
Previous names: Fresh Start NEW Beginnings (until 26/10/2022)
F.S-NEW Beginnings LTD (until 26/07/2018)

Grants received

67 grants · £1,315,885 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 · £1,094,222 (4 grants)
Suffolk Community Foundation · £186,663 (60 grants)
Henry Smith Foundation · £30,000 (2 grants)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £5,000

Most recent

The National Lottery Community Fund £499,4872025-03-26
The National Lottery Community Fund £280,0002021-03-29
Suffolk Community Foundation £5,0932021-01-22
Suffolk Community Foundation £1,0002021-01-04
Suffolk Community Foundation £2,0002020-12-14

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

Stephen Derek Flory Director · appointed 2022
Evril Silver Director · appointed 2021
Trudi Rose-Porter Director · appointed 2025
Oliver Timothy Gravell Director · appointed 2018
Sharon Brown Director · appointed 2023
Katherine Ahluwalia Director · appointed 2024
Jessica Margaret Bettis Director · appointed 2023
Joanne Marie Debenham Director · appointed 2025
Keri Symonds Director · appointed 2021

3.5y median 3.1y

average tenure

8.1y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Oliver Timothy Gravell Director · appointed 2018

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Evril Silver Director · appointed 2021
Oliver Timothy Gravell Director · appointed 2018
Sharon Brown Director · appointed 2023
Katherine Ahluwalia Director · appointed 2024
Joanne Marie Debenham Director · appointed 2025
Keri Symonds Director · appointed 2021

Portfolio (3)

Stephen Derek Flory Director · appointed 2022
Trudi Rose-Porter Director · appointed 2025
Jessica Margaret Bettis Director · appointed 2023

also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Kesha Allen Director · appointed 2021 · 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.

Manufacturing 2Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Dormant 1Education 1Property 1Retail and trade 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: 08128922
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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