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The General Conference of the NEW Church

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 45

  1. Robert Taylor 2021-2023 Director View profile
  2. Pauline Ann Grimshaw 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Muriel Morgan 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. Reverend Robert Arthur Gill 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Katrina Shannon Fitzgerald 2019-2021 Director View profile
  6. Rachel Fay Turner 2015-2017 Director View profile
  7. Lara Kay Nicholls 2015-2021 Director View profile
  8. David Richard Alfred Friend 2013-2015 Director View profile
  9. Richard Harold Cunningham 2012-2021 Director View profile
  10. Kathryn Mary Brooks 2006-2012 Director View profile
  11. Maurice David Haseler 2005-2019 Director View profile
  12. Judith Margaret Wilson 2004-2021 Director View profile
  13. Michael Joseph Hindley 2003-2018 Director View profile
  14. Rev Alan Lewin 2003-2004 Director View profile
  15. Michael Clubb 2003-2013 Director View profile
  16. David Henry Sharrock 2003-2011 Director View profile
  17. Nigel Kenneth Sutton 2000-2025 Director View profile
  18. Madeleine Mary Josephine Taylor 2000-2003 Director View profile
  19. Gordon Stanford Kuphal 1999-2003 Director View profile
  20. Geoffrey Roger Nicholls 1999-2003 Director View profile
  21. Reverend Brian Mark Talbot 1999-2001 Director View profile
  22. Reverend Clifford Curry 1999-2005 Director View profile
  23. Rev John Maitland Sutton 1999-2001 Director View profile
  24. Patrick Leonard Johnson 1997-1999 Director View profile
  25. Neil Rutherford Laidlaw 1997-2000 Director View profile
  26. Elsie Jean Chambers 1996-2007 Director View profile
  27. Ian Philip Johnson 1996-1999 Director View profile
  28. Ernest Baxendale 1995-2009 Director View profile
  29. Doreen Metcalfe 1994-1996 Director View profile
  30. Jeffrey David Lomax 1994-2000 Director View profile
  31. Norman James Brown 1994-1997 Director View profile
  32. Enid Baugh Nicholls 1993-1997 Director View profile
  33. Norman Ryder 1993-1996 Director View profile
  34. Frances Mary Burnley 1992-2003 Director View profile
  35. Peter Granville Schofield 1992-2011 Director View profile
  36. James Donald Marshall 1995 Director View profile
  37. Stewart William Dunbar 1992 Director View profile
  38. Rev Robert Arthur Gill 1992 Director View profile
  39. Renee James 1992 Director View profile
  40. John Doyle 1994 Director View profile
  41. Wallace Bruce Rowe Taylor 1994 Director View profile
  42. Mary Elizabeth Duckworth 1993 Director View profile
  43. John Thomas 1993 Director View profile
  44. Willie Huggins 1994 Director View profile
  45. Jennifer Zoe Brooks 2003-2021 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of religious organizations
Incorporated
16/02/1872
Registered office
Atherstone
Also a registered charity
The General Conference of the NEW Church

Ownership

Owned by (15) 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.

  • Margaret Langslow Cowie
    significant influence · notified 2021-08-20
  • Susan Chesworth
    appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2021-10-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Michael Joseph Hindley ceased 2018-07-26
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Judith Margaret Wilson ceased 2021-08-20
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Maurice David Haseler ceased 2019-07-25
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Jennifer Zoe Brooks ceased 2021-08-20
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Richard Harold Cunningham ceased 2021-07-29
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Lara Kay Nicholls ceased 2021-07-29
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Rachel Fay Turner ceased 2017-07-27
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Margaret Langslow Cowie ceased 2021-06-05
    significant influence · notified 2019-07-25
  • Katrina Shannon Fitzgerald ceased 2021-08-20
    significant influence · notified 2019-07-25
  • Nigel Kenneth Sutton ceased 2025-07-24
    significant influence · notified 2021-08-20
  • Muriel Morgan ceased 2022-03-31
    appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2021-09-30
  • Pauline Ann Grimshaw ceased 2024-04-04
    appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2021-10-01
  • Robert Taylor ceased 2023-02-08
    appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2021-10-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company

Group

  1. The General Conference of the NEW Church is controlled by Margaret Langslow Cowie
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2021-08-20 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Margaret Langslow Cowie.

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.

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.

8 directors on the board

2.8y median 2.4y
average tenure
4.9y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

0
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

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
00006039
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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