Company
Birmingham Open Media Community Interest Company
Birmingham Open Media Community Interest Company is an active UK company (number 08823230), incorporated 2013, with 9 current directors including Rhiannon Davies and Declan Kelly. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rhiannon DaviesDirector · since 2025
- Declan KellyDirector · since 2025
- Dr Rachel Mary FarrerDirector · since 2025
- Mickel Nathaniel LedfordDirector · since 2025
- Ben Philip GambleDirector · since 2025
- Michael Stephen LewisDirector · since 2023
- Martin Neil RoweDirector · since 2022
- Gemma Victoria SuttonDirector · since 2020
- Karen NewmanDirector · since 2013
Previous officers 15
- Peta Jean Mary Murphy 2023-2024 View profile
- Kamlash Dhanda 2023-2024 View profile
- Robert David Valentine 2022-2024 View profile
- Antonio Benjamin Roberts 2020-2025 View profile
- Vivek Gohil 2020-2021 View profile
- Asha Marie Easton 2020-2025 View profile
- Yinka Danmole 2017-2025 View profile
- Imandeep Kaur 2017-2022 View profile
- Dr Karen Rathie Guldberg 2017-2018 View profile
- William Hyde Jones 2016-2019 View profile
- William Michael Sutton 2015-2023 View profile
- Heather Corcoran 2015-2017 View profile
- Dr Simon Mark Bolton 2013-2017 View profile
- Stuart Whipps 2013-2015 View profile
- Jonathan Shaw 2013-2023 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 20/12/2013
Ownership
Owned by 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.
- Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
- Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Grants received
10 grants · £1,192,264 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 · £463,192 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £349,338 (4 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £310,000 (2 grants)
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £45,000
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £24,734
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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
- Martin Neil Rowe Director · appointed 2022
- Ben Philip Gamble Director · appointed 2025
- Rhiannon Davies Director · appointed 2025
- Gemma Victoria Sutton Director · appointed 2020
- Michael Stephen Lewis Director · appointed 2023
- Declan Kelly Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Rachel Mary Farrer Director · appointed 2025
- Karen Newman Director · appointed 2013
- Mickel Nathaniel Ledford Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Karen Newman Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Rhiannon Davies Director · appointed 2025
- Gemma Victoria Sutton Director · appointed 2020
- Michael Stephen Lewis Director · appointed 2023
- Declan Kelly Director · appointed 2025
- Karen Newman Director · appointed 2013
- Mickel Nathaniel Ledford Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Martin Neil Rowe Director · appointed 2022
- Ben Philip Gamble Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Rachel Mary Farrer Director · appointed 2025
Left in the last 12 months
- Asha Marie Easton Director · appointed 2020 · 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.
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.
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08823230
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Community Interest Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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