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Adoption UK Charity

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

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Previous officers 30

  1. Siobhan Leanne Rhodes 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Anuradha Parekh 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Jordina Roberta Therese Walker 2021-2024 Director View profile
  4. Henrietta Anosie Delalu 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Dr Susan Michelle Armstrong Brown 2020-2020 Director View profile
  6. Melissa Shackleton 2019-2026 Director View profile
  7. Jeremy John Langley 2019-2022 Director View profile
  8. Dr Beth Marie Clarke 2019-2022 Director View profile
  9. Wesley Graham 2018-2025 Director View profile
  10. Mary Clare Hudson 2018-2023 Director View profile
  11. Emily Boardman 2018-2022 Director View profile
  12. Dr Katherine Helen Shelton 2017-2018 Director View profile
  13. Anthony Francis Breslin 2017-2021 Director View profile
  14. PAC-UK 2017-2018 Corporate-director View profile
  15. Valerie Cromie 2016-2017 Director View profile
  16. Joanna Catharine Thomas 2015-2017 Director View profile
  17. Professor Amanda Jane Coffey 2015-2017 Director View profile
  18. Robert John Duthie 2015-2016 Director View profile
  19. Mary Greenwood 2015-2021 Director View profile
  20. Jane Game 2015-2020 Director View profile
  21. Linda Palmer 2015-2015 Director View profile
  22. Barry Richard Catchpole 2015-2019 Director View profile
  23. Nicola Ruth Cherry 2015-2016 Director View profile
  24. Eleanor Caroline Bradford 2015-2021 Director View profile
  25. Tony Breslin 2015-2017 Director View profile
  26. Anita Bharucha 2015-2018 Director View profile
  27. Peter James Seymour 2015-2021 Director View profile
  28. Hugh Osborn Thornbery 2015-2017 Director View profile
  29. Dawn Leslie 2016-2017 Secretary View profile
  30. Andrew Wilkinson-Sharpe 2015-2016 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
24/02/2015
Also a registered charity
Adoption UK Charity

Grants received

26 grants · £5,252,258 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 · £4,903,745 (21 grants)
  • Department for Education · £216,050
  • Henry Smith Foundation · £96,300 (2 grants)
  • R S Macdonald Charitable Trust · £36,163 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,8432026-02-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002025-12-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-10-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9402024-09-10
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £106,1932024-08-23
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

4.4y median 4.5y
average tenure
6.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

Left in the last 12 months

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 3Education 2Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 1Manufacturing 1Tech and media 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
09454981
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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