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Hope Into Action Reading
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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 8
- Chris Gothard 2023-2025 View profile
- Lorna Marion Shepherd 2021-2023 View profile
- Pamela Villa Nsonghem Achu 2017-2018 View profile
- Erica Ruth Coxall 2014-2015 View profile
- Barry Semark 2014-2019 View profile
- Thomas Ward 2014-2017 View profile
- Dr Pamela Mary Ward 2017-2021 View profile
- Ian Christopher Bate 2015-2018 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other accommodation
- Incorporated
- 17/12/2014
- Registered office
- Reading
- Also a registered charity
- Hope Into Action: Reading
Financials
- Net assets
- £42,304
- Total assets
- £42,304
- Employees
- 3
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
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.
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.
4 directors on the board
- Susan Mary Langshaw Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Joubert Gratia Gama Director · appointed 2025
- Susan Rosalind Ralph Director · appointed 2018
- Richard Paul Croft Director · appointed 2017
Directors past 6 years
- Susan Mary Langshaw Director · appointed 2019
- Susan Rosalind Ralph Director · appointed 2018
- Richard Paul Croft Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Susan Mary Langshaw Director · appointed 2019
- Susan Rosalind Ralph Director · appointed 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Joubert Gratia Gama Director · appointed 2025
- Richard Paul Croft Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
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
- 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
- 09358716
- 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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