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The Independent Schools Association
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- Ian SterlingDirector · since 2026
- Maria Honoria CoulterDirector · since 2026
- David Edward BrownDirector · since 2025
- Stefan William Sturgess AndersonDirector · since 2025
- Graham David SpawforthDirector · since 2025
- Stuart NicholsonDirector · since 2024
- Victoria Kelly PlayfordDirector · since 2024
- Allan Robert CairnsDirector · since 2023
- Kevin John SamsonDirector · since 2023
- Amanda Susan CampbellDirector · since 2022
- Geraldine Angharad Alice MaidmentDirector · since 2022
- Susan Isabel KnoxDirector · since 2021
- Matthew BurkeDirector · since 2021
- Dominic Charles Huw PriceDirector · since 2020
- Jeremy Martin DukeDirector · since 2019
- Jonathan Charles HetheringtonDirector · since 2019
- David Stephen PrestonDirector · since 2018
- Pauline Marie WilsonDirector · since 2017
- Jeffrey ShawDirector · since 2017
- Andrew Simon HamptonDirector · since 2008
- Rudolf Alastair Eliott LockhartSecretary · since 2020
Previous officers 157
- Francesca Lea Ellsmoor 2025-2026 View profile
- Emma Bell 2025-2025 View profile
- Rebecca Jane Harrison 2025-2026 View profile
- Andrew James Hammond 2023-2024 View profile
- Irfan Hamid Latif 2022-2026 View profile
- Claire Rosanna Osborn 2022-2025 View profile
- Christopher James Hammond 2022-2024 View profile
- Oliver Scott 2022-2025 View profile
- Lawrence Grenville Collins 2021-2024 View profile
- Dan John Sayers 2020-2022 View profile
- Natasha Louise Kefford Dangerfield 2020-2025 View profile
- Dr Sarah Jane Welch 2020-2022 View profile
- Claudette Salmon 2020-2023 View profile
- Elizabeth Ann Brown 2018-2021 View profile
- Helen Ruth Stanton-Tonner 2018-2021 View profile
- Penelope Rosalind Ford 2018-2023 View profile
- Adrian Moreton Blake 2018-2021 View profile
- Kishwar Ali 2017-2018 View profile
- Tracey Ann Wilson 2017-2023 View profile
- David Antony Turner Ward 2017-2018 View profile
- Dionne Emma Seagrove 2017-2025 View profile
- John Southworth 2017-2023 View profile
- Helen Chalmers 2017-2024 View profile
- Kaye Marilyn Lovejoy 2017-2020 View profile
- Philip Alexander Soutar 2016-2025 View profile
- Stephen Mckernan 2016-2024 View profile
- Richard Michael Walden 2016-2024 View profile
- Graham Neill Gamble 2016-2016 View profile
- Steven Daniel Boyes 2015-2016 View profile
- John Robert Wood 2015-2020 View profile
- Pamela Susan Hutley 2015-2021 View profile
- Barry George Huggett 2015-2023 View profile
- Amjad Vaqar Ahmed 2015-2018 View profile
- Nilesh Motilal Manani 2015-2018 View profile
- Adrian Moreton Blake 2015-2017 View profile
- Steven Richard Jandrell 2014-2016 View profile
- Dr Peter James Woodroffe 2014-2016 View profile
- Jonathan Philip Ullmer 2014-2017 View profile
- Keith Martin Knight 2014-2015 View profile
- Matthew John Adshead 2014-2020 View profile
- Helen Ruth Mineikis 2014-2014 View profile
- Janet Lesley Lowe 2014-2017 View profile
- Professor Patricia Mary Preedy 2014-2016 View profile
- Craig John Alexander Wardle 2013-2026 View profile
- Alexander James Gear 2013-2020 View profile
- Martin Charles Lloyd 2013-2014 View profile
- Deborah Ann Leek-Bailey OBE 2013-2018 View profile
- Susan Webb 2013-2016 View profile
- Victoria Susan Smit 2012-2018 View profile
- Paul Easterbrook 2012-2017 View profile
- Samantha Lynne Jaspal 2012-2014 View profile
- Christine Anne Baines 2012-2015 View profile
- Lee Sanders 2012-2015 View profile
- Michael Hewett 2011-2017 View profile
- James Stearns 2011-2014 View profile
- Lynn Maggs-Wellings 2011-2016 View profile
- Anna Evans 2011-2012 View profile
- Paul Frederick Smith 2011-2011 View profile
- Margaret Ann Denton 2010-2014 View profile
- Professor Patricia Mary Preedy 2010-2012 View profile
- Philip Alexander Soutar 2010-2014 View profile
- Brian George Chittick 2009-2012 View profile
- Catherine Elizabeth Brown 2009-2012 View profile
- Rupert Antony Fowke 2008-2012 View profile
- Carole Ann Baker 2008-2013 View profile
- Mark William Malley 2008-2011 View profile
- David Roger Wood 2008-2010 View profile
- David Williams 2007-2010 View profile
- Roger Harry Brierly 2007-2015 View profile
- Marlyn Joyce Nicholson 2007-2008 View profile
- Susan Jane Woodward 2006-2011 View profile
- Paul Moss 2006-2019 View profile
- Joyce Nicol 2005-2010 View profile
- Dr Alan Robert Doe 2005-2006 View profile
- Kevin Anthony Phillips 2005-2007 View profile
- Charles Patrick Lacey 2005-2007 View profile
- Graham Robert Gorton 2005-2014 View profile
- Roger Griffin 2005-2008 View profile
- Mahendra Kumar Savjani 2005-2012 View profile
- Deborah Leek-Bailey 2004-2012 View profile
- John Gibson 2004-2011 View profile
- Bernice Yvonne Corbett 2003-2007 View profile
- Roy Kelvyn Iremonger 2003-2008 View profile
- Stephen Percival Bishop 2003-2003 View profile
- Angela Culley 2002-2022 View profile
- Elizabeth Patricia Coley 2002-2003 View profile
- Michael David Bayes 2002-2002 View profile
- Joan Muir Mumby 2002-2011 View profile
- David Baldwin 2001-2002 View profile
- John Sinclair 2001-2003 View profile
- Stephen Anthony Robinson 2001-2002 View profile
- Frank Joseph Loveder 2001-2004 View profile
- David Keith Blackburn 2001-2008 View profile
- Patricia Beryl Burton 2001-2001 View profile
- Sean Henry Cassidy 2000-2000 View profile
- Marian Polly Dangerfield 2000-2008 View profile
- Kathleen Lesley Thornton 1999-1999 View profile
- Richard Shepherd Willmott 1999-2005 View profile
- Rosemary Lloyd Lait 1999-2003 View profile
- Christopher Mark Sanderson 1999-2002 View profile
- Hilary Pamela Laidler 1998-2004 View profile
- Arthur George Bray 1998-2013 View profile
- David Geoffrey Vanstone 1998-2013 View profile
- Paul William Bate 1997-2006 View profile
- Thelma Alys Devonside 1997-1998 View profile
- Hearnden, Arthur George, Doctor 1997-2002 View profile
- Peter Scott Larkman 1997-2002 View profile
- Anthony John Martin 1997-1999 View profile
- Jane Dorothy Billing 1997-2002 View profile
- Robert Haworth 1996-2001 View profile
- Rosemarie Smart 1996-2001 View profile
- Thomas David Farrell 1996-2000 View profile
- David Edward Wood 1996-2002 View profile
- Michael John Hewett 1995-2009 View profile
- Helen Margaret Steel 1994-2001 View profile
- Christine Ann Rispin 1994-1996 View profile
- Anthony John Blackhurst 1994-2001 View profile
- Colin James Ashby 1994-2015 View profile
- Wedgwood, David John, Director 1993-1996 View profile
- Margaret Ishbel Hodkin 1993-1995 View profile
- Marie Grant 1993-2015 View profile
- Pamela Hargreaves 1992-1997 View profile
- James Thomas Wilding 1992-2026 View profile
- Robert Paul Spendlove 1992-2006 View profile
- Michael James Barber 1992-1994 View profile
- Peter Jeremy Owen 1987-2005 View profile
- Frederick Richard George John Rapsey 1996 View profile
- Ann Docking Stranack 2014 View profile
- James Gordon Walter Lynch 1993 View profile
- Michael Anthony Eagar 1996 View profile
- Rev Peter Andrew Frank Augustus Calaminus 2002 View profile
- Nicholas Debenham 1993 View profile
- Sir Rhodes Boyson 1992 View profile
- Edmund Scott Marshall 1996 View profile
- Richard David Harrison Reeman 1992 View profile
- Peter Francis Mcgowan 1992 View profile
- Margaret Rose Banks 1997 View profile
- John Snodin Riley 2007 View profile
- Robert Carlton Boyd 1994 View profile
- Leslie James Thompson 1996 View profile
- Brian Humphrey Mead 1993 View profile
- Franciska Bayliss 1992 View profile
- Kevin Andrew Cheney 1992 View profile
- Patricia Mary Holmes 1996 View profile
- Sean Andrew Simington 1998 View profile
- Geoffrey Thomas Tierney 1993 View profile
- Peter Frederick Hayden 1992 View profile
- Margaret Joyce Milner-Williams 2012 View profile
- Bryan John Maybee 2013 View profile
- Dr Barry Maurice Waller Trapnell 1997 View profile
- Zelma Roisli 2006 View profile
- John Leslie Wade 2005 View profile
- Kenneth Alfred Schofield 1992 View profile
- Neil Roskilly 2009-2022 View profile
- Jane Elizabeth Le Poidevin 2004-2009 View profile
- Timothy Michael Ham 1994-2008 View profile
- Patrick Sourd Winterson 1993 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 06/11/1895
- Also a registered charity
- The Independent Schools Association
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Independent Schools Association on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
2 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.
Grants received
5 grants · £157,500 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £157,500 (5 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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
- Stuart Nicholson Director · appointed 2024
- Maria Honoria Coulter Director · appointed 2026
- Pauline Marie Wilson Director · appointed 2017
- David Edward Brown Director · appointed 2025
- Dominic Charles Huw Price Director · appointed 2020
- Amanda Susan Campbell Director · appointed 2022
- Victoria Kelly Playford Director · appointed 2024
- Allan Robert Cairns Director · appointed 2023
- Graham David Spawforth Director · appointed 2025
- Susan Isabel Knox Director · appointed 2021
- Geraldine Angharad Alice Maidment Director · appointed 2022
- Kevin John Samson Director · appointed 2023
- Matthew Burke Director · appointed 2021
- Jonathan Charles Hetherington Director · appointed 2019
- Andrew Simon Hampton Director · appointed 2008
- Jeffrey Shaw Director · appointed 2017
- Jeremy Martin Duke Director · appointed 2019
- Stefan William Sturgess Anderson Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Sterling Director · appointed 2026
- David Stephen Preston Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Pauline Marie Wilson Director · appointed 2017
- Dominic Charles Huw Price Director · appointed 2020
- Jonathan Charles Hetherington Director · appointed 2019
- Andrew Simon Hampton Director · appointed 2008
- Jeffrey Shaw Director · appointed 2017
- Jeremy Martin Duke Director · appointed 2019
- David Stephen Preston Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Maria Honoria Coulter Director · appointed 2026
- Amanda Susan Campbell Director · appointed 2022
- Victoria Kelly Playford Director · appointed 2024
- Jeremy Martin Duke Director · appointed 2019
- Stefan William Sturgess Anderson Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Sterling Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (14)
- Stuart Nicholson Director · appointed 2024
- Pauline Marie Wilson Director · appointed 2017
- David Edward Brown Director · appointed 2025
- Dominic Charles Huw Price Director · appointed 2020
- Allan Robert Cairns Director · appointed 2023
- Graham David Spawforth Director · appointed 2025
- Susan Isabel Knox Director · appointed 2021
- Geraldine Angharad Alice Maidment Director · appointed 2022
- Kevin John Samson Director · appointed 2023
- Matthew Burke Director · appointed 2021
- Jonathan Charles Hetherington Director · appointed 2019
- Andrew Simon Hampton Director · appointed 2008
- Jeffrey Shaw Director · appointed 2017
- David Stephen Preston Director · appointed 2018
Also govern a charity
- Pauline Marie Wilson NEW Hall School Trust
- David Edward Brown Staines Preparatory School Trust
- Allan Robert Cairns The Reddiford School Charitable Trust, Reddiford School Trustee
- Graham David Spawforth Gard'NER Memorial Limited
- Jonathan Charles Hetherington Friends of More House, Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity
- Jeffrey Shaw Scarisbrick Hall Trust
- Stefan William Sturgess Anderson The Adkinson Relief in Need Charity, The Cooper and Adkinson Almshouse Charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Irfan Hamid Latif Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
- Francesca Lea Ellsmoor Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
- Rebecca Jane Harrison Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
- Craig John Alexander Wardle Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2026
- Emma Bell Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
- Natasha Louise Kefford Dangerfield Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
- James Thomas Wilding Director · appointed 1992 · 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.
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00045867
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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