Berneslai Homes Board

How we’re run - our Board

Berneslai Homes Board members are company directors and are responsible for:

  • Making sure we achieve our core objectives
  • Providing strategic leadership and challenge
  • Sound financial management of the company
  • The performance of the company
  • The health and safety of our staff and customers
  • Setting the policies and operational framework for the company
  • Giving direction on key areas for improvement

Read more about being a Board member at Berneslai Homes

Read our Agreement of Service

This outlines the roles and responsibilities of our Board members.

Read our Memorandum and Articles of Association

This sets out our governance arrangements.

Read our Board Code of Conduct

Read our Board Governance Indicators

Each year we assess how well the Board have performed against these indicators.

Register of interest for Board and Committee Members

Read our Annual Governance Statement

2024-25

Board meetings

You’re welcome to join a Berneslai Homes Board meeting.

Our public Board meetings are held five times per year.

If you would like to attend one of our public Board meetings, or find out more about them, please contact Governance@BerneslaiHomes.co.uk

Meetings to be held during 2026:

  • 19 February 2026 - Gateway Plaza, 4pm
  • 26 March 2026 - virtual, 4pm
  • 28 May 2026 - Gateway Plaza, 4pm
  • 30 July 2026 - Gateway Plaza, 4pm
  • 24 September 2026 - Gateway Plaza, 4pm followed by the AGM, 6:15pm
  • 26 November 2026 - Gateway Plaza, 4pm

Please note all meetings are subject to change.

Board reports

We publish all the public Berneslai Homes Board reports and minutes on our website. Click here to view them. 

Meet our Board

The Board has ten members: the Chair, two Barnsley Council members, one senior independent director, four independent members, and two tenant members. This means that different interests are represented, and the Board can make sound decisions for tenants and residents in Barnsley. 

Berneslai Homes' Chair of the Board, Ken Taylor, superimposed on a light blue background.

Ken Taylor, Chair of the Board

One of Berneslai Homes' Board members, Cllr Dave Leech, superimposed on a light blue background.

Councillor Dave Leech, Council member

One of Berneslai Homes' Board members, Cllr Kevin Osborne, superimposed on a light blue background.

Councillor Kevin Osborne, Council member

One of Berneslai Homes' Board members, Jo Sugden, superimposed on a light blue background.

Jo Sugden, Senior Independent Director

One of Berneslai Homes' board members, George Paterson, superimposed on a light blue background.

George Paterson, Independent member

One of Berneslai Homes' Board members, Richard Fryer, superimposed on a light blue background.

Richard Fryer, Customer Services Committee Chair

One of Berneslai Homes' Board members, Adam Hutchinson, superimposed on a light blue background.

Adam Hutchinson, Audit and Risk Committee Chair

White text on a blue background, which says 'Aisling McNulty, Independent member.' There is also an image of Aisling McNulty to the left of the text.

Aisling McNulty, Audit and Risk Committee Co-optee

One of Berneslai Homes' Board members, Rebecca Mather, superimposed on a light blue background.

Rebecca Mather, Tenant member

One of Berneslai Homes' Board members, Gez Morrall, superimposed on a light blue background.

Gez Morrall, Tenant member