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Company · Ellesmere Port

Edsential Community Interest Company

Other food services

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 10

  1. Alison Jean Ashley 2021-2024 Director View profile
  2. Helen Elizabeth Brackenbury 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. James Andrew Backhouse 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Simone White 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Joanne Helen Beer 2019-2021 Director View profile
  6. Nicola Wetton 2017-2025 Director View profile
  7. Elaine Mcgunigall 2017-2024 Director View profile
  8. Jane Helen Owens 2016-2024 Director View profile
  9. David Armstrong 2015-2019 Director View profile
  10. Gary Jones 2015-2015 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other food services; Educational support services
Incorporated
20/04/2015
Registered office
Ellesmere Port
Previous names
Edsential Limited (until 22/10/2015)

Grants received

13 grants · £5,179,886 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,921,163 (4 grants)
  • Department for Education · £1,770,809
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £1,386,563 (6 grants)
  • Youth Music · £99,958
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,393

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £24,8822024-10-16
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £539,4812023-07-20
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £385,3442023-07-20
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £30,1222023-03-20
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £21,3902023-03-20
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

4.7y median 1.8y
average tenure
10.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Education 2Construction 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.

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
09550258
Status
Active
Type
Community Interest Company
Accounts next due
29/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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