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The Royal School of Needlework

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 63

  1. Clara Yan Yin Poon 2023–2025 Director View profile
  2. Professor Dominic Tweddle 2023–2026 Director View profile
  3. Claire Benita Miller 2022–2023 Director View profile
  4. Miranda Geraldine Corti 2021–2022 Director View profile
  5. Victoria Elizabeth Farrow 2020–2025 Director View profile
  6. Reena Jayantilal Pastakia 2020–2022 Director View profile
  7. Stephanie Jane Wright 2017–2023 Director View profile
  8. Prof John Richard Miles 2016–2020 Director View profile
  9. Nicola Ashley Clarke 2016–2022 Director View profile
  10. Elizabeth Ann Braakenburg Dyce 2016–2022 Director View profile
  11. Morgan Hixon Seidler Fowles 2016–2022 Director View profile
  12. David John Robert Elford 2016–2016 Director View profile
  13. Deborah Lamb 2016–2022 Director View profile
  14. Samantha Jane Hoe Richardson 2015–2021 Director View profile
  15. Alice Margaret Kettle 2015–2016 Director View profile
  16. Caroline Claire De Guitaut 2014–2021 Director View profile
  17. Sharan Janet Elizabeth Wicks 2014–2019 Director View profile
  18. Andrew William Palmer 2011–2022 Director View profile
  19. Christopher Macdonald Stooke 2011–2018 Director View profile
  20. Claire Wilcox 2010–2013 Director View profile
  21. David Nathan Cohen 2010–2016 Director View profile
  22. Lady Catherine Judith Garvagh 2009–2015 Director View profile
  23. Jean Margaret Crawford 2009–2015 Director View profile
  24. Susan Elisabeth Sellers 2009–2016 Director View profile
  25. Philippa Anne Laughton 2009–2015 Director View profile
  26. Nicholas Dutfield Rochez 2008–2017 Director View profile
  27. John Harry Williamson 2008–2014 Director View profile
  28. Caroline Dakers 2008–2014 Director View profile
  29. Brian George Levy 2007–2012 Director View profile
  30. James Anthony Boyd Joll 2007–2011 Director View profile
  31. Ian Charles Harrison 2007–2008 Director View profile
  32. Antony Craven Chambers 2001–2007 Director View profile
  33. Valerie Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers 2000–2006 Director View profile
  34. Hon Deborah Mary Whitfeld 2000–2007 Director View profile
  35. Norman David Willis 1999–2007 Director View profile
  36. Alison Georgina Reed 1999–2008 Director View profile
  37. Christopher George Laurence 1997–2010 Director View profile
  38. Connie Elisabeth Freeman 1996–2009 Director View profile
  39. DE Salis, Carolyn, Countess 1995–2010 Director View profile
  40. Dr Fabian Gottfried Randolf Stein 1994–1999 Director View profile
  41. Clifford John Slater 1994–1997 Director View profile
  42. Lady Cherry Felicity Hambro 1994–2000 Director View profile
  43. Linda Ann Wrigglesworth 1994–2008 Director View profile
  44. Lady Hayat Emma Palumbo of Walbrook 1993–2000 Director View profile
  45. Lady Patricia Armstrong of Ilminster 1992–1996 Director View profile
  46. John Joseph Burke 1992–2000 Director View profile
  47. Giles Richard Carless Shepard 1994 Director View profile
  48. Marjolein Evantha Amphlett 1994 Director View profile
  49. Elaine Ashton 1994 Director View profile
  50. Lanto Millington Synge 2006 Director View profile
  51. Judith Margaret Hope 2000 Director View profile
  52. Terence Michael Bramble 1996 Director View profile
  53. Winifred Carr Frizell 1993 Director View profile
  54. Lascelles, Patricia Elizabeth, the Countess of Harewood 1997 Director View profile
  55. Gerald Anthony Charrington 1994 Director View profile
  56. Her Grace The Duchess of Buccleuch 1992 Director View profile
  57. Caroline Charlotte Williams 1994 Director View profile
  58. Susan Margaret Kay Williams 2007–2024 Secretary View profile
  59. Vaughan Albury Williams 2007–2007 Secretary View profile
  60. Alexander Harvey Lowe 2002–2007 Secretary View profile
  61. Richard Edward John Major 2002–2002 Secretary View profile
  62. Robert Geoffrey William Lampitt 1993–2001 Secretary View profile
  63. Denis Richard Piggott 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
16/04/1878
Also a registered charity
The Royal School of Needlework

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Royal School of Needlework on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

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 for researchers

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.

10 directors on the board

3.6y median 3.7y
average tenure
6.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Manufacturing 6Finance 3Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Retail and trade 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00012192
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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