Company
Active Black Country Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Chris ReynoldsDirector · since 2026
- Kaye Louise CoulthardDirector · since 2026
- Patrick O'DriscollDirector · since 2025
- Farah AhmedDirector · since 2023
- Sue WilkinsonDirector · since 2023
- Amanda Margaret TomlinsonDirector · since 2022
- Richard Stephen MedcalfDirector · since 2022
- Ian Nicholas CareySecretary · since 2023
Previous officers 6
- Stephanie Chamberlain 2024-2025 View profile
- Jeremy David Page 2024-2026 View profile
- Justyn Luke Price 2023-2026 View profile
- Sureya Ghulam Gulzar 2023-2026 View profile
- Guy Robin Shears 2023-2024 View profile
- Carol Anne Bate 2022-2023 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 13/12/2022
- Also a registered charity
- Active Black Country Limited
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- Richard Stephen Medcalf
25-50% voting · notified 2022-12-13 - Amanda Margaret Tomlinson
25-50% voting · notified 2022-12-13 - Carol Anne Bate ceased 2023-09-15
25-50% voting · notified 2022-12-13
Group
- Active Black Country Limited
is controlled by Richard Stephen Medcalf
Evidence
active 25-50% voting · notified 2022-12-13 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Richard Stephen Medcalf.
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
- £30,616
- Total assets
- £61,407
- Cash
- £299,130
- Employees
- 12
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
11 grants · £2,024,646 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 · £1,944,179 (7 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £80,467 (4 grants)
Most recent
- Department for 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.
7 directors on the board
- Chris Reynolds Director · appointed 2026
- Farah Ahmed Director · appointed 2023
- Sue Wilkinson Director · appointed 2023
- Amanda Margaret Tomlinson Director · appointed 2022
- Patrick O'Driscoll Director · appointed 2025
- Richard Stephen Medcalf Director · appointed 2022
- Kaye Louise Coulthard Director · appointed 2026
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Chris Reynolds Director · appointed 2026
- Amanda Margaret Tomlinson Director · appointed 2022
- Patrick O'Driscoll Director · appointed 2025
- Richard Stephen Medcalf Director · appointed 2022
- Kaye Louise Coulthard Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Farah Ahmed Director · appointed 2023
- Sue Wilkinson Director · appointed 2023
Left in the last 12 months
- Justyn Luke Price Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Sureya Ghulam Gulzar Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Jeremy David Page Director · appointed 2024 · 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
- 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
- 14537800
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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