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Essex Hall
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Who leads it
- Raymond HardingDirector · since 2024
- Diane Romano - WoodwardDirector · since 2023
- Joanne Teresa O'SullivanDirector · since 2020
- Sarah BoyceDirector · since 2020
- Elizabeth Mary SladeDirector · since 2019
- Dr David Lewis WykesDirector · since 2016
- Rev Martin WhitellDirector · since 2015
- Andrew Gavin MasonSecretary · since 2003
Previous officers 33
- Christine S Martin 2016-2021 View profile
- John Michael Barber 2013-2023 View profile
- Derek Mcauley 2010-2022 View profile
- Rev Peter Hewis 2010-2022 View profile
- Stanley Bateman 2005-2007 View profile
- Martin Alan Gienke 2004-2020 View profile
- Sir Peter Alfred Soulsby 2004-2015 View profile
- Christopher John Charles Whitehouse 1999-2006 View profile
- Juliet Edwards 1998-2019 View profile
- Rev Stephen Wilkins Dick 1998-2010 View profile
- Wendy Jean Margret Adams 1997-2006 View profile
- Jeffrey James Teagle 1994-2025 View profile
- Susan Margaret Teagle 1992-1997 View profile
- Jean Walker 1992-2009 View profile
- Elisabeth Christine Broom 1992-2000 View profile
- Dr Katherine Sheila Mildred Crosskey 2001 View profile
- Leonard John Maguire 1998 View profile
- Dr Anthony George White 2018 View profile
- Albert Forrester 1992 View profile
- Grace Minnie Green 2008 View profile
- Rev Dr Ann Sonja Peart 1997 View profile
- Reverend Peter Hewis 1999 View profile
- Reverend Gabor Kereki 1995 View profile
- Reverend Peter Bertram Godfrey 2017 View profile
- Reverend Dudley Eric Richards 2006 View profile
- William Peter Featherstone 2016 View profile
- Rev James Mcclelland 2017 View profile
- Rev Anne Mcclelland 2016 View profile
- Alan Robert Ruston 2025 View profile
- Reverend Brian Llewellyn Golland 1994 View profile
- Reverend Sydney Henry Knight 1992 View profile
- Reverend John Christopher Clifford 1992-2003 View profile
- Smith, Roy Walter, Doctor 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of religious organizations
- Incorporated
- 13/09/1886
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- Essex Hall
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.
7 directors on the board
- Raymond Harding Director · appointed 2024
- Diane Romano - Woodward Director · appointed 2023
- Rev Martin Whitell Director · appointed 2015
- Dr David Lewis Wykes Director · appointed 2016
- Sarah Boyce Director · appointed 2020
- Joanne Teresa O'Sullivan Director · appointed 2020
- Elizabeth Mary Slade Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Rev Martin Whitell Director · appointed 2015
- Dr David Lewis Wykes Director · appointed 2016
- Sarah Boyce Director · appointed 2020
- Joanne Teresa O'Sullivan Director · appointed 2020
- Elizabeth Mary Slade Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Raymond Harding Director · appointed 2024
- Rev Martin Whitell Director · appointed 2015
- Sarah Boyce Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (4)
- Diane Romano - Woodward Director · appointed 2023
- Dr David Lewis Wykes Director · appointed 2016
- Joanne Teresa O'Sullivan Director · appointed 2020
- Elizabeth Mary Slade Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
- Rev Martin Whitell Ministers Benevolent Society, Simplegifts: Unitarian Centre for Social Action, Wood Green Trust, John Pounds Charity
- Dr David Lewis Wykes Unitarian Historical Society, The British and Foreign Unitarian Association (Incorporated), The Manchester Academy Trust
- Sarah Boyce South East Wales Unitarian Society
- Joanne Teresa O'Sullivan The London District and South Eastern Provincial Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (Incorporated), The Send A Child to Hucklow Fund CIO
- Elizabeth Mary Slade The British and Foreign Unitarian Association (Incorporated)
Left in the last 12 months
- Alan Robert Ruston Director · resigned 2025
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.
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
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00023132
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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