Company
Rise Wirral CIC
Rise Wirral CIC is an active UK company (number 14333372), incorporated 2022, with 3 current directors including Ian Paul Thomason and Matthew Swanwick. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 2
- Stephen Brian Smith 2024-2025 View profile
- Simeon Lionel Shiff 2022-2024 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 02/09/2022
Ownership
Owned by (5) 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.
- Philip Cardus
25-50% shares, 25-50% shares (trust), 25-50% shares (firm), 25-50% voting, 25-50% voting (trust), 25-50% voting (firm), appoints directors, appoints directors (firm) · notified 2022-09-02 - Matthew Swanwick
25-50% shares, 25-50% shares (trust), 25-50% shares (firm), 25-50% voting, 25-50% voting (trust), 25-50% voting (firm), appoints directors · notified 2023-01-11 - Ian Paul Thomason
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2025-11-07 - Simeon Lionel Shiff ceased 2024-11-12
25-50% shares, 25-50% shares (trust), 25-50% shares (firm), 25-50% voting, 25-50% voting (trust), 25-50% voting (firm), appoints directors · notified 2023-01-11 - Stephen Brian Smith ceased 2025-11-07
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-08-27 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Rise Wirral CIC
is controlled by Philip Cardus
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% shares (trust), 25-50% shares (firm), 25-50% voting, 25-50% voting (trust), 25-50% voting (firm), appoints directors, appoints directors (firm) · notified 2022-09-02 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Philip Cardus.
3 other companies 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.
Financials
- Net assets
- -£1,191
- Total assets
- £12,626
- Cash
- £12,626
- Employees
- 4
- Turnover
- £17,281
- Profit/loss
- -£1,191
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2026-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
4 grants · £53,490 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
- Sport England · £29,440 (2 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £15,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,050
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- 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.
3 directors on the board
- Philip Cardus Director · appointed 2022
- Ian Paul Thomason Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew Swanwick Director · appointed 2022
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Ian Paul Thomason Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew Swanwick Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Philip Cardus Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Stephen Brian Smith Director · appointed 2024 · 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 14333372
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Community Interest Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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