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Company · Gateshead

The Shaftesbury Society

Pre-primary education

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 60

  1. John Harris Robinson 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Olumuyiwa Ayodele Laleye 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Sally Victoria Chivers 2019-2020 Director View profile
  4. Kathleen Margaret Clare 2017-2022 Director View profile
  5. Leonard John Hobhouse Beighton 2010-2022 Director View profile
  6. Alison Esther Grieve 2008-2017 Director View profile
  7. John Robert Steel 2006-2007 Director View profile
  8. Michael Richard Love 2005-2007 Director View profile
  9. Sally Ray Harris 2004-2007 Director View profile
  10. Ann Jacqueline Smith 2004-2007 Director View profile
  11. David Norton Roberts 2002-2007 Director View profile
  12. Professor Geoffrey David Meads 2000-2001 Director View profile
  13. Stephen Richard Marriott 1999-2007 Director View profile
  14. Robert Warner 1998-1999 Director View profile
  15. Timothy Robert Brawn 1998-1999 Director View profile
  16. Wilfrid Ashburn 1998-2000 Director View profile
  17. Derek Charles Glover 1997-1998 Director View profile
  18. Linda Rosemary Harding 1996-2000 Director View profile
  19. Alastair John Calvert Collett 1996-2007 Director View profile
  20. Roger Michael Tomes Scofield 1996-2004 Director View profile
  21. David John Harmer 1995-2010 Director View profile
  22. Sarah Georgina Panes 1994-2007 Director View profile
  23. Robert James Harvey 1994-1998 Director View profile
  24. Hugh Gwyn Price 1994-1997 Director View profile
  25. Richard David Collier Keywood 1994-1997 Director View profile
  26. Jayne Anne Clemence 1994-2005 Director View profile
  27. William Robert Cheesman 1994-1997 Director View profile
  28. Christopher Martyn Mowll 1993-1998 Director View profile
  29. Christopher Paul Newman 1992-1998 Director View profile
  30. Denis Oliver Cole 1995 Director View profile
  31. Graham Percy Davies Marsh 1998 Director View profile
  32. David Westcott 2001 Director View profile
  33. Sidney Arthur Brown 1996 Director View profile
  34. Francis Leonard Mcgill 1998 Director View profile
  35. Reverend Michael James Breen 1992 Director View profile
  36. Terence Albert Thompson 1993 Director View profile
  37. Arthur Charles Black 1994 Director View profile
  38. Ronald Edgar Barnes Willcox 1994 Director View profile
  39. Peter Crumpler 1994 Director View profile
  40. Pierce Derek Warren 1994 Director View profile
  41. John Pymont 1995 Director View profile
  42. Revd Douglas Geoffrey Thomas Mc Bain 1992 Director View profile
  43. Douglas Haig Evans Kahn 1992 Director View profile
  44. Jean Fisher 1998 Director View profile
  45. Claire Maureen Wendelken 2003 Director View profile
  46. Peter Lawrence Doyle 1997 Director View profile
  47. Victor John Emms 1994 Director View profile
  48. Hilary Ann Edgar 2007 Director View profile
  49. Jeffrey Bertram Cackett 1998 Director View profile
  50. Michael Alan Edgar 1998 Director View profile
  51. Graham Robert Holland 1992 Director View profile
  52. Linda Morrissey 2023-2024 Secretary View profile
  53. Michael Langworth 2021-2023 Secretary View profile
  54. Mark Ian Harvey 2020-2021 Secretary View profile
  55. Alex Botha 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  56. Stephanie Boyce 2018-2018 Secretary View profile
  57. Grooms Shaftesbury 2007-2009 Corporate-secretary View profile
  58. Gordon Passmore Holloway 1993-1995 Secretary View profile
  59. Michael Peter Antony Langworth 1992-2018 Secretary View profile
  60. Paul Thomas Mitchell 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Pre-primary education; Technical and vocational secondary education; Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled; Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
Incorporated
29/04/1893
Registered office
Gateshead
Also a registered charity
The Shaftesbury Society

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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.

  • Livability
    75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. The Shaftesbury Society is controlled by Livability
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Livability.

6 other companies 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

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.

1 directors on the board

3.4y median 3.4y
average tenure
3.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
left in the last 12 months
1
corporate seats

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.

Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 1Construction 1Education 1Professional 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.

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00038751
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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