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

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Previous officers 61

  1. Martin Stuart Davidson 2020-2025 Director View profile
  2. Southwood, Eleanor May, Cllr 2019-2020 Director View profile
  3. Gemma Teresa Wadsley 2018-2018 Director View profile
  4. Sally Anne Harvey 2016-2018 Director View profile
  5. Stuart Alan Tinger 2014-2020 Director View profile
  6. Lesley-Anne Alexander 2014-2016 Director View profile
  7. Derek Anthony Child 2009-2019 Director View profile
  8. Terry Moody 2007-2014 Director View profile
  9. Kevin Carey 2007-2017 Director View profile
  10. LOW, Colin Mackenzie, the Lord Low of Dalston 2007-2009 Director View profile
  11. David George Lightfoot 2005-2007 Director View profile
  12. Michael Anthony Owen 2005-2006 Director View profile
  13. Sharon Grennan 2004-2007 Director View profile
  14. Jennifer Elizabeth Craven 2003-2007 Director View profile
  15. Brian Dickinson 2003-2007 Director View profile
  16. William Paul Bailey 2002-2007 Director View profile
  17. Roy Saatchi 2002-2007 Director View profile
  18. Geoffrey William Jackson 2002-2007 Director View profile
  19. Stephen Phillip King 1999-2000 Director View profile
  20. Peter Ronald Craddock 1998-2007 Director View profile
  21. William Batty Langley Poole 1998-2002 Director View profile
  22. Dr Julie Elizabeth Franks 1998-2000 Director View profile
  23. Rev Graham Peter Cornish 1998-2007 Director View profile
  24. John Claricoat 1998-2006 Director View profile
  25. Ida Forster 1998-2000 Director View profile
  26. Patricia Flynn 1998-2003 Director View profile
  27. Margaret Kendall 1998-2003 Director View profile
  28. Karen Ann Eato 1998-2002 Director View profile
  29. Patricia Margaret Lynn 1997-1999 Director View profile
  30. Margaret Wilson Harrison 1997-1998 Director View profile
  31. Peta Singer 1997-2000 Director View profile
  32. Brian Armitage 1996-2000 Director View profile
  33. Gillian Ann Burrington 1995-2007 Director View profile
  34. Right Reverend David Bonser 1994-1999 Director View profile
  35. David Anthony Whittaker 1994-2001 Director View profile
  36. Barbara Jane Waterton 1992-1998 Director View profile
  37. Frederick John Henry Jakeman 1991-2006 Director View profile
  38. Isobel Margaret Yule 1991-2007 Director View profile
  39. Henry John Dunn Finchett 1996 Director View profile
  40. Paul Crunden-White 2001 Director View profile
  41. Arthur James Burden 2002 Director View profile
  42. Iris Thomson 1998 Director View profile
  43. Janet Lovell 1996 Director View profile
  44. Kenneth Darrington King 1997 Director View profile
  45. Joyce M Cawley 1995 Director View profile
  46. Martyn John Garner 1993 Director View profile
  47. John Henry 1995 Director View profile
  48. Peter Wood 1991 Director View profile
  49. Jessica Holifield 2020-2026 Secretary View profile
  50. Sarah Mary Plant 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  51. Jayne Frampton 2018-2018 Secretary View profile
  52. Amy Gelsthorpe-Hill 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  53. Simmi Khandpur 2015-2017 Secretary View profile
  54. Kathrin Louise John 2013-2014 Secretary View profile
  55. Patrick Dermot Macdonald 2007-2013 Secretary View profile
  56. Susan Eva Gottlieb Cohen 2004-2007 Secretary View profile
  57. Philip John Smith 2002-2003 Secretary View profile
  58. Cynthia Broadbent 1999-2001 Secretary View profile
  59. Michael Colin 1999-2005 Secretary View profile
  60. Mary Johanna O'Donoghue 1997-1999 Secretary View profile
  61. Neil Anthony Foden 1995-1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
15/09/1898

Grants received

2 grants · £59,000 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £59,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £46,7002005-03-31
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £12,3001999-02-02
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.

3 directors on the board

4.1y median 5.6y
average tenure
5.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

2
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.

Health and social care 5Manufacturing 2Finance 1Professional services 1Property 1Tech and media 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
00058823
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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