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Shorthorn Society of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 79

  1. Phillip Armstrong 2020-2025 Director View profile
  2. John Richard Osborne 2020-2023 Director View profile
  3. Andrew Gordan Rothen 2019-2025 Director View profile
  4. Robert Stephen Thomas Morgan 2017-2022 Director View profile
  5. Graham Ambrose Madeley 2016-2020 Director View profile
  6. Graham Bell 2015-2017 Director View profile
  7. Geoffrey Leonard Riby 2015-2017 Director View profile
  8. Michael James Dobson 2013-2016 Director View profile
  9. Cerys Jane Crank 2012-2015 Director View profile
  10. Trevor Owen Cligg 2011-2014 Director View profile
  11. Mark Holmes 2011-2015 Director View profile
  12. Charles Andrew Horrell 2009-2017 Director View profile
  13. Jonathan Pearn Wyatt 2009-2026 Director View profile
  14. James Patrick Lyon Playfair-Hannay 2007-2011 Director View profile
  15. Stuart Royle 2005-2021 Director View profile
  16. James Edward Robinson 2005-2021 Director View profile
  17. David Alexander Macleod 2005-2009 Director View profile
  18. Danny Bull 2004-2007 Director View profile
  19. Samuel George Deane 2004-2012 Director View profile
  20. James Urquhart Stuart Durno 2004-2005 Director View profile
  21. Brian John Stafford Bellas 2003-2006 Director View profile
  22. Neil Madeley 2003-2024 Director View profile
  23. Esther Amy Eluned Davies 2002-2025 Director View profile
  24. Walter Henry Rawlins 2002-2020 Director View profile
  25. John Faulkner 2001-2007 Director View profile
  26. Glenn Carter 2001-2004 Director View profile
  27. David William Dent 2001-2004 Director View profile
  28. Jay Lindsay 2000-2009 Director View profile
  29. Alan Wass 2000-2002 Director View profile
  30. Timothy John Wyatt 2000-2009 Director View profile
  31. John Edward Doughty 2000-2004 Director View profile
  32. Thomas William Kenneth Osborne 2000-2008 Director View profile
  33. Richard Jeremy Kibart 1999-2005 Director View profile
  34. Philip Salter 1998-2001 Director View profile
  35. Michael Lawrence Woodget 1998-2002 Director View profile
  36. Graham Henry Towers 1998-1999 Director View profile
  37. Dr Andrew Austin Mescal 1997-2010 Director View profile
  38. Edward George Crank 1997-2019 Director View profile
  39. Thomas Michael Dobson 1996-2005 Director View profile
  40. Sally Barbara Elliot Willis 1996-2000 Director View profile
  41. David Geoffrey Baynes 1994-2016 Director View profile
  42. Thomas Joseph Glenny 1994-2000 Director View profile
  43. Gary Paul Norbury 1994-2003 Director View profile
  44. Rosemary Prunella Aldridge 1993-1996 Director View profile
  45. Graham William Pattinson 1992-2011 Director View profile
  46. Ann Christobel Wheatley-Hubbard 1996 Director View profile
  47. Donal Christopher Mckeon 2001 Director View profile
  48. John David Spalton 2000 Director View profile
  49. John Teasdale 2018 Director View profile
  50. Charles Royle 1994 Director View profile
  51. William Arthur Robinson 1996 Director View profile
  52. Patrick Joseph Kelly 2007 Director View profile
  53. Roy George Whittle 2008 Director View profile
  54. Watson, Sydney John, Colonel 1999 Director View profile
  55. Herbert Donald Spencer 2007 Director View profile
  56. Leslie Vivien Bowen Thomas 2002 Director View profile
  57. John Philip Ogilvy Gibb 2002 Director View profile
  58. Philip Graham Long 1992 Director View profile
  59. Roger Garnett Osborne 2005 Director View profile
  60. Alfred James Griffin Beechey 1993 Director View profile
  61. Richard Collins 2004 Director View profile
  62. George Alderson Dent 2002 Director View profile
  63. Richard Henry Bowman Smith 1996 Director View profile
  64. Kenneth Sloan Workman 1994 Director View profile
  65. Andrew John Orsler 1993 Director View profile
  66. John Charles Hayward 2016 Director View profile
  67. Andrew Timbury 1993 Director View profile
  68. Joseph Pearn Wyatt 1994 Director View profile
  69. William Walton Jackson 1996 Director View profile
  70. Thomas Henry Lancaster 1996 Director View profile
  71. John William Howe 2005 Director View profile
  72. Henry Ivor Doggrell 1998 Director View profile
  73. Stephen Morris James 1999 Director View profile
  74. Rosalind Elizabeth Rimmer 2017-2023 Secretary View profile
  75. James Edward Robinson 2017-2017 Secretary View profile
  76. Camilla Louise Fyfe 2016-2017 Secretary View profile
  77. Frank Reginald Milnes 2000-2016 Secretary View profile
  78. Martin Taggart 1999-2000 Secretary View profile
  79. John Harold Wood Roberts 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
15/06/1875
Also a registered charity
Shorthorn Society of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

Group

  1. Shorthorn Society of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is controlled by Edward George Crank
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-06-18, ceased 2017-03-20 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Edward George Crank.

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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.

20 directors on the board

12.2y median 7.6y
average tenure
31y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (9)

Portfolio (11)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Agriculture 13Other services 2Business services 1Dormant 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00009597
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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