Board of Trustees
As part of Pickering and Ferens Homes dedication to keeping our residents involved and making the best of the association our board is now made up of two nominated resident Trustees, two nominated Kingston upon Hull City Council Trustees, and eight co-opted Trustees. The Board of Trustees meets on a bi-monthly basis.
Our resident Trustees are nominated and voted for by our residents and also attend quarterly meetings of the Resident Committee to act as their representation. As stated in the association’s trust deeds, our co-opted Trustees are all persons who either through residence, occupation or otherwise have a special knowledge of Kingston-upon-Hull.
Each of our Trustees does their job on a completely voluntary basis and is appointed for a period of four years. No Trustee can be appointed for a period of more than 3 terms of 4 years.
Click here to find out about becoming a Trustee.
Whilst the Board has overall responsibility for every aspect of the business of the association it cannot deal with all details of it’s affairs and has delegated some decisions to committees, working groups or staff. 
The main purpose of the various committees is to consider policy issues and make recommendations to the Board. The committees also review the performance of the Association on an ongoing basis.
There are three Committees:
- Appraisal and Remuneration Committee
- Audit and Risk Management Committee, and
- Resident Committee.
Click here to view committee structure.
Composition
The Trustees of Pickering and Ferens Homes are as follows:-
Mr Bryan Burgess – Chairman
- First appointed February 1999 as a Co-opted Trustee.
- Retired chemist and businessman.
- Trustee of the Leonard Chamberlain Trust.
Mr Robert Sandham – Deputy Chairman
- First appointed 13th December 2004, as a Co-opted Trustee.
- Retired.
- Co-organiser of Avenues Open Gardens.
Mr Denys Abba
- First appointed 28th February 2005 as a Co-opted Trustee.
- Retired former Assistant Director of Environmental Health for Hull City Council.
Councillor Daniel Brown
- Appointed 2nd October 2006 as a Co-opted Trustee.
- Project Co-ordinator, Age Concern.
Mrs Sarah Coates-Madden
- Appointed 8th December 2008, as a Co-opted Trustee.
- Solicitor practising in commercial disputes, and employment law at Sandersons Solicitors.
Mr Tom Hogan
- Appointed 14th December 2009, as a Co-opted Trustee.
- Director of Housing for Kingston upon Hull City Council 1991-1999
- Group Director (Community Services) KHCC 1999 – 2003
- Self-employed Housing Consultant from 2003.
Mr Zia Salik
- Appointed 19th July 2010 as a Co-opted Trustee.
- BME knowledge and experience.
Councillor John Black
- Appointed 14th May 2008 as a Nominated Hull City Councillor Trustee.
- City Councillor.
- General Manager – Hull Resettlement Project.
Mrs Susan Crawford
- Appointed 12th October 2009, Susan is one of our nominated Resident Trustees.
- Previously worked in security at Hull Crown Courts and has also been a former Charge Hand Park Ranger at West Park, Hull.
Mr Leonard Middleton
- First appointed July 2003, Len is one of our nominated Resident Trustees.
- Retired from self-employment in the motor trade.
- City and Guilds and NVQs in computing and teaching IT.
- Chairman of Majestic Pop-In.
Mr Godfrey Burley
- Appointed 23 May 2011 as a Co-opted Trustee.
- Previously operated an accountancy practice.
- Now semi-retired – although involved in a number of business interests.
Councillor Peter Allen
- Appointed 19 May 2011 as a Nominated Hull City Council Trustee.
- City Councillor.
- Experience with industrial relations.
