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

The Board member register of interest is available on request.

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 2023:

  • 13 July 2023 - virtual, 4pm
  • 28 September 2023 –Gateway Plaza, 4pm, followed by the Annual General Meeting, 6pm
  • 7 December 2023 – virtual, 4pm

Please note all meetings are subject to change.

Board reports

We publish all the public Berneslai Homes Board reports here on our website. You can read them below.

If you can't find the report you're looking for, or have a question about a report, please contact us on 01226 787878

Meet our Board

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

Sinéad Butters Chair Of Berneslai Homes Board

Sinéad Butters MBE DUniv, Chair of the Board

Cllr Sarah Tattersall Council Member

Cllr Sarah Tattersall, Council member

Cllr Kevin Osborne Council Member

Cllr Kevin Osborne, Council member

Mark Johnson Independent Board Member

Mark Johnson, Independent Member

Jo Sugden Independent Board Member

Jo Sugden, Independent member

Richard Fryer Independent Board Member

Richard Fryer, Remuneration Committee Chair

Adam Hutchinson

Adam Hutchinson, Audit and Risk Committee Chair

Mahara Haque

Mahara Haque, Customer Services Committee

Adriana Rrustemi Tenant Board Member

Adriana Rrustemi, Tenant member

Eric Smith Tenant Board Member

Eric Smith, Tenant member