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Smart Works Birmingham
Other service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 23
- Schnel Hansen 2023-2025 View profile
- Holly Rankin 2023-2025 View profile
- Kerry Postlewhite 2023-2024 View profile
- Susan Rosalie Noyes 2022-2023 View profile
- Bernadette Coughlan 2021-2025 View profile
- Julia Michelle Regis 2019-2022 View profile
- Jill Cosgrove 2018-2023 View profile
- Philippa Jane Pickavance 2018-2024 View profile
- Victoria Frances Davidson 2018-2023 View profile
- Teresa Cella Jane Peppercorn 2018-2019 View profile
- Frances Clare Stevens 2018-2018 View profile
- Caroline Wilkie 2017-2022 View profile
- Ruth Mary Paulin 2017-2022 View profile
- Lucy Jane Jeynes 2017-2018 View profile
- Helen Margaret Whatmore 2017-2018 View profile
- Emma Louise Bryan 2016-2017 View profile
- Sherron Doreen Beckles 2016-2018 View profile
- Lynne Marie Norledge 2016-2017 View profile
- Jennifer Crisp 2016-2017 View profile
- Rebecca Rachael Debenham 2016-2017 View profile
- Maxine Joy Shanahan 2016-2018 View profile
- June Mary Kathchild 2016-2017 View profile
- Helen Morris 2017-2018 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 01/04/2016
- Registered office
- Birmingham
- Also a registered charity
- Smart Works Birmingham
Ownership
Owned by (6) 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.
- Maxine Joy Shanahan ceased 2018-02-17
significant influence · notified 2016-04-07 - Emma Louise Bryan ceased 2017-06-14
significant influence · notified 2016-11-16 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Lynne Marie Norledge ceased 2017-11-03
significant influence · notified 2016-11-16 - Sherron Doreen Beckles ceased 2018-02-17
significant influence · notified 2016-11-16 - Jennifer Crisp ceased 2017-10-03
significant influence · notified 2016-12-16 - Smart Works Charity
75-100% voting (firm), appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Smart Works Birmingham
is controlled by Maxine Joy Shanahan
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-07, ceased 2018-02-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Maxine Joy Shanahan.
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Grants received
8 grants · £140,350 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 Greggs Foundation · £60,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,990 (2 grants)
- Smallwood Trust · £25,360 (2 grants)
- Postcode Local Trust · £15,000
- The Clothworkers Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
- Postcode Local Trust
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 directors on the board
- Raynee De Zoysa Director · appointed 2024
- Fay Ashwell Director · appointed 2023
- Judith Lynne Stewart Director · appointed 2025
- Alison Jane Armstrong Director · appointed 2021
- Danielle Louise Owens Director · appointed 2023
- Jenna Hyde Director · appointed 2025
- Denise Maud Myers Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Judith Lynne Stewart Director · appointed 2025
- Danielle Louise Owens Director · appointed 2023
- Jenna Hyde Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Raynee De Zoysa Director · appointed 2024
- Fay Ashwell Director · appointed 2023
- Alison Jane Armstrong Director · appointed 2021
- Denise Maud Myers Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Holly Rankin Director · appointed 2023 · 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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 10098116
- 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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