Declaration of interests

Broadacres is committed to openness and transparency is its work and we publish potential and actual conflicts of interest of Board and committee members, our executive team and all colleagues

Declaration of interests

In accordance with the NHF Code of Governance 2020, we publish our conflicts of interest register for all board members and committee members annually. For further transparency we include our executive team within this register. The public register is available below.

In addition to this annual process, we require board and committee members to declare any conflicts of interest at the commencement of each meeting, and to submit a new declaration in the event their potential or actual conflicts are subject to change.

Register of Interests

Updated August 2026

Board of directors

Name and role	Declared interest
Kate Abson – Board Member	Director of Assets & Development of Believe Housing Trustee and Member of the Board of Trustees (voluntary) – Durham Aged Mineworkers Homes Association Trustee and Member of the Board of Trustees (voluntary) – Redhills CIO Durham Member of Royal Institution of Charters Surveyors
Heather Ashton – Board Member	Director of BHA Futures Ltd Member of Chartered Institute of Housing Member of Global Chartered Management Accountants
Simon Brooksbank – Board Member	Non-Exec Director & Chair of Customer Experience Committee for Accent Housing Member of NHF Commercial Advisory Group
Oliver Colling – Board Member Chair of Group Audit and Risk Committee	Director of Morley Colling Associates Ltd Director of Kingsgate Consulting and Advisory Ltd Director of The Wilf Ward Family Trust Director of Derwent Court Management Ltd Director of Coach for My Life Director of Lucky Table Media Director of Wilf Ward Independent Living Ltd Trustee at Rossall School Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales Accredited Member of the Institute for Turnaround (IFT)
Stuart Cotten – Board Member	Group Regulation and Compliance Director, Drax Group PLC Trustee and Vice Chair, Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School (Barnet) Director of Rock Rabbit Property Limited Director, Rock Rabbit Investment Limited Member of Independent Stakeholder Group, National Energy System Operator Member of Institute of Directors Chartered Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute Fellow of The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (The RSA)
Kate Franklin – Board Member	Board Member of Gateway Housing Association Board Member of Gateway Living Ltd Director of Experience by Design Ltd Trustee Carers Trust Board Member of Victoria Park Housing Development Ltd
Alison Hadden – Board Member Chair of Customer Experience Committee	Deputy Chair Peaks and Plains Housing Association Chair of Vivere Living Housing Association Chair of Auxesia Homes Housing Association
Keith Holloway – Board Member Chair of Group Asset and Development Committee	Fellow of Chartered Institute of Housing Chair Gilling Castle Golf Club
Sarah Murphy – Board Member	Trustee of Friends of Egglescliffe Music School
Tim Payne – Board Member Senior Independent Director	Managing Director of The Clinkard Group Ltd Director of Teesside Hospice Trading Company Director of Satinfire Ltd Secretary of Satinfire Ltd
Helen Simpson – Chair	Director of Simpson & Associates Member of Council, University of York

Independent Committee Members

Name and role	Declared interest
Linda Colburn – Independent Committee Member, Group Asset and Development Committee	None
Colin Fisher – Customer Committee Member, Group Customer Experience Committee	Chair of Customer Scrutiny Panel Broadacres customer
James Kelly – Independent Committee Member, Group Audit and Risk Committee	Non-Executive with Nexus Multi Academy Trust
Karen Lane – Customer Committee Member, Group Customer Experience Committee	None
Melissa O’Donnell – Independent Committee Member, Group Customer Experience Committee	Executive Director of Property and Sustainability – Golden Lane Housing
Charlotte Riley – Independent Committee Member, Group Asset and Development Committee	Development Director at Trent & Dove Housing

Executive Directors

Name and role	Declared interest
Claire Townson – Director of People, Digital & Communication	Board member of Barcud Housing Association
Andy Powell – Customer Experience Director	None
Andrew McColl – Resources Director	Board Member and Audit Committee Member for Railway Housing Association
Michael Jones – Development & Investment Director	Member of the Yorkshire Design Review Panel