Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers(the)
Company 00013393 Active
Registered charity: Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers
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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.
5 directors on the board
- Robert Keith Craig Director · appointed 2017
- William Lockhart Armitage Director · appointed 2020
- Robert Anthony Hitch Director · appointed 2025
- Timothy John Downes Director · appointed 2016
- Sarah Jane Tomlinson Director · appointed 2021
6.4y median 6.1y
average tenure
10.4y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Robert Keith Craig Director · appointed 2017
- William Lockhart Armitage Director · appointed 2020
- Timothy John Downes Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- Robert Keith Craig Director · appointed 2017
- William Lockhart Armitage Director · appointed 2020
- Robert Anthony Hitch Director · appointed 2025
- Timothy John Downes Director · appointed 2016
- Sarah Jane Tomlinson Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Michael Philip King Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2026
- William Hamilton Whiteford Director · resigned 2026
- William John Westacott Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2026
- Diana Ruth Wastenage Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2026
- Guy Trehane Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2026
- Karen Elizabeth Halton Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
- Jonathan Brierley Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
- Peter James Alvis Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2026
- Lyndon Roger Charles Edwards Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2026
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 5Tech and media 3Business services 2Professional services 2Other services 1Property 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
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Related organisations
- Events for YOU LTD 3 shared directors
Connected through a shared director
- Penrith Farmers and Kidds Public Limited Company(the) 1 shared director
- National Beef Association 1 shared director
- Cattle Health Certification Standards (UK) 1 shared director
- Dodd & CO Limited 1 shared director
- The Farmer Network Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 00013393 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 01/10/1879 |
| Address | UNIT 4 ATHERSTONE HILL FARM, ATHERSTONE ON STOUR, STRATFORD UPON AVON, WARWICKSHIRE, CV37 8NF |
| Accounts next due | 31/12/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/03/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
94990 - Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Owned by (3) 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.
- Michael Philip King ceased 2019-03-06
significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Diana Ruth Wastenage ceased 2023-12-06
significant influence · notified 2022-03-02 - Events for YOU LTD ceased 2023-12-06
75-100% shares · notified 2019-03-06
Owns 2 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Farming Events Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Events for YOU LTD
75-100% shares · notified 2016-08-16
Officers (128)
- Robert Anthony Hitch Director · appointed 2025
- Sarah Jane Tomlinson Director · appointed 2021
- William Lockhart Armitage Director · appointed 2020
- Robert Keith Craig Director · appointed 2017
- Timothy John Downes Director · appointed 2016
Show 95 former officers
- Patricia Claire Wilson Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
- Karen Elizabeth Halton Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
- Diana Ruth Wastenage Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2026
- Jonathan Brierley Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
- Philip Timothy Peter Allin Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2016
- Peter James Alvis Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2026
- Wonnacott, Karen Elizabeth, Doctor Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2016
- Iain James Mclean Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
- Michael Philip King Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2026
- William John Westacott Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2026
- Leaver, John David, Professor Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
- William James Taylor Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
- Margaret May Hall Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
- John Alvis Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
- Guy Trehane Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2026
- Derrick Lewis Davies Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
- Andrew Robertson Snodgrass Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
- Ian Kenneth Geoffry Macalpine Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2018
- John Merfyn Owen Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2023
- Byford, Hazel, Baroness Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2008
- Frank Hartley Armitage Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
- Mark Anthony Roach Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
- Roberts, David John, Professor Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
- Derek Richard Mead Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
- William John Daw Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
- Angus Alexander Wielkopolski Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
- David Worgan Cotton Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2013
- Andrew Peter Arden Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
- Neil James Robertson Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
- David Murray Perkins Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- David Francis Sansome Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Jeremy Jackson Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
- Timothy Douglas Dobson Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2010
- Beever, David Ellison, Professor Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
- Carter, Denis Victor, Rt Hon Lord Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
- John Hartley Beckett Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
- Beverley James Baker Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2005
- Nicholas Everington Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2016
- Roger Phillip Goodchild Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
- Grantchester, Christopher John, Lord Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- David John Probert Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- Dugdale, David John, the Honourable Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2006
- Richard Thurstan Holland Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- Cavendish, Gerald, His Grace the Duke of Westminster Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
- James Esdaile Harrison Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
- John William Stanley Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
- Timothy David Alexander Brigstocke Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
- Andrew Phillip Dyke Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
- Andrew Roland Chadwick Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2006
- Robert Alan Clarke Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2004
- Philip Russell Smith Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- Philip Manwaring Gilbert Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- Lyndon Roger Charles Edwards Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2026
- John Edward Moffitt Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
- Christopher John French Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
- Mary Veronica Mead Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2010
- Plumb, Charles Henry, Lord Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
- Victoria Martie Barnes Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
- Rayleigh, John Gerald, Lord Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
- John Sumner Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
- William Telfer Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- Henry Christopher Watson Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1993
- Iwan Islwyn Griffiths Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1993
- Christopher Window Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1993
- John Roundell Palmer The Earl of Selborne Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1994
- Graham Ambrose Madeley Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1993
- Charles Brian Montgomery Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1993
- Brian Walter Pocock Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1993
- Eric Kirkby Robarts Director · resigned 1992
- Richard Norman Cooper Director · resigned 1993
- Donald Phillips Director · resigned 1993
- Timothy Guy Williams Director · resigned 1993
- Ian Douglas Baker Director · resigned 1993
- Clive William Lidstone Director · resigned 1993
- Frank Henderson Director · resigned 1992
- Peter Howard Mills Director · resigned 1993
- Leslie William Clayton Cox Director · resigned 1993
- Arthur Charles Woodley Director · resigned 1993
- William Henry David Hobson Director · resigned 1993
- Robert Michael James Gascoyne Cecil Director · resigned 1993
- Henderson FRS, William Macgregor, Sir Director · resigned 1994
- Digby Richard Gribble Director · resigned 1993
- William Hamilton Whiteford Director · resigned 2026
- Nevill, John Henry Guy, the Marquess of Abergavenny Director · resigned 1992
- Cynthia May Hall Director · resigned 1993
- Kenneth Charles Timbury Director · resigned 1993
- John Malcolm Stansfield Director · resigned 1993
- Richard Warren Kimber Director · resigned 1997
- Benjamin Brownie Kent Director · resigned 1993
- John Montague Stallard Director · resigned 1992
- Molly Sale Director · resigned 1994
- Frank Henry John Webb Director · resigned 1993
- Bruce, Robert, Dr Director · resigned 1997
- Robert Stevenson Steven Director · resigned 1993
- Richard Geoffrey Salisbury Director · resigned 2005
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