Company · St Albans
Communities 1ST
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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ross GemmellDirector · since 2026
- Andrew ChalonerDirector · since 2025
- Samantha Sarah Lane HallamDirector · since 2025
- Madeleine ClarkDirector · since 2025
- Roberta BeatonDirector · since 2023
- John HowsonDirector · since 2022
- Christopher Norman ClokeDirector · since 2019
- Ann Margaret RogersDirector · since 2019
- Karl Damian WildingDirector · since 2019
- Joy Carolyn DobbsDirector · since 2019
- Stephen Mark CrakerDirector · since 2019
- Jason Joseph JohnDirector · since 2019
- Sarah Helen YexleyDirector · since 2019
Previous officers 6
- Julia Charlotte Tilbury 2025-2025 View profile
- Tom Slatter 2022-2022 View profile
- Susan Pearlman 2019-2025 View profile
- Stuart Martin Nagler 2019-2020 View profile
- Ann Muriel Harrison 2019-2025 View profile
- Ross Gemmell 2019-2026 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 11/03/2019
- Registered office
- St Albans
- Also a registered charity
- Communities 1ST
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Communities 1ST on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company in this group
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
6 grants · £440,064 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
- Department for Work and Pensions · £381,701 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £45,140
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £13,223 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
13 directors on the board
- Karl Damian Wilding Director · appointed 2019
- Joy Carolyn Dobbs Director · appointed 2019
- Stephen Mark Craker Director · appointed 2019
- Ann Margaret Rogers Director · appointed 2019
- Jason Joseph John Director · appointed 2019
- Sarah Helen Yexley Director · appointed 2019
- Samantha Sarah Lane Hallam Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Norman Cloke Director · appointed 2019
- Roberta Beaton Director · appointed 2023
- Ross Gemmell Director · appointed 2026
- Madeleine Clark Director · appointed 2025
- John Howson Director · appointed 2022
- Andrew Chaloner Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Karl Damian Wilding Director · appointed 2019
- Joy Carolyn Dobbs Director · appointed 2019
- Stephen Mark Craker Director · appointed 2019
- Ann Margaret Rogers Director · appointed 2019
- Jason Joseph John Director · appointed 2019
- Sarah Helen Yexley Director · appointed 2019
- Christopher Norman Cloke Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (13)
- Karl Damian Wilding Director · appointed 2019
- Joy Carolyn Dobbs Director · appointed 2019
- Stephen Mark Craker Director · appointed 2019
- Ann Margaret Rogers Director · appointed 2019
- Jason Joseph John Director · appointed 2019
- Sarah Helen Yexley Director · appointed 2019
- Samantha Sarah Lane Hallam Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Norman Cloke Director · appointed 2019
- Roberta Beaton Director · appointed 2023
- Ross Gemmell Director · appointed 2026
- Madeleine Clark Director · appointed 2025
- John Howson Director · appointed 2022
- Andrew Chaloner Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
- Karl Damian Wilding Para Dance UK
- Joy Carolyn Dobbs Trestle Theatre Company Limited
- Stephen Mark Craker Voluntary Sector Studies Network
- Ann Margaret Rogers Trestle Theatre Company Limited, Para Dance UK
- Jason Joseph John Trestle Theatre Company Limited, Para Dance UK
- Sarah Helen Yexley Para Dance UK
- Samantha Sarah Lane Hallam Trestle Theatre Company Limited
- Christopher Norman Cloke Para Dance UK
- Roberta Beaton Para Dance UK
- Ross Gemmell Trestle Theatre Company Limited, Para Dance UK
- John Howson Save Beane Marshes Limited
- Andrew Chaloner Para Dance UK, Trestle Theatre Company Limited
Left in the last 12 months
- Ross Gemmell Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2026
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
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 11875362
- 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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