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The Royal Smithfield Club

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

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Previous officers 72

  1. Julian Hopwood 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Donald James Biggar 2017-2021 Director View profile
  3. William Cumber 2012-2016 Director View profile
  4. Rachael Jean Wyllie 2012-2012 Director View profile
  5. Julian Christopher Hopwood 2010-2018 Director View profile
  6. Anthony Edward Glaves 2010-2013 Director View profile
  7. Baroness Hazel Byford 2010-2010 Director View profile
  8. Robert Charles Stovold 2009-2010 Director View profile
  9. Robert Angus Jack Stouold 2008-2018 Director View profile
  10. Brian William Glaves 2008-2009 Director View profile
  11. John Robert Laking 2007-2007 Director View profile
  12. Robert Edward Needham 2006-2009 Director View profile
  13. Phillip David Henshaw 2006-2011 Director View profile
  14. Peter Roderick Duff 2005-2005 Director View profile
  15. Douglas Bruce Lang 2005-2005 Director View profile
  16. Andrew Frank Gilmour 2005-2014 Director View profile
  17. Neil Harrison Gourlay 2004-2021 Director View profile
  18. Andrew John Walter Ryman 2004-2004 Director View profile
  19. Thomas John Coultrip 2004-2016 Director View profile
  20. Philip Metcalf Bolam 2003-2004 Director View profile
  21. Michael Hubert Bayldon Read 2002-2003 Director View profile
  22. Roger Brian Grant 2001-2002 Director View profile
  23. Hugh Archibald Veitch 2001-2008 Director View profile
  24. Michael John Pullin 2000-2002 Director View profile
  25. Geoffrey William Burgess 1999-2025 Director View profile
  26. Maurice Charles Bristow 1999-2002 Director View profile
  27. David Bryden Sinclair 1999-2000 Director View profile
  28. Michael Patrick Cahill 1998-1998 Director View profile
  29. Alan John Lutey 1998-1998 Director View profile
  30. Peter Caley 1998-1998 Director View profile
  31. Alec Richard Bulmer 1998-1998 Director View profile
  32. Peter Alfred Mummery 1998-1998 Director View profile
  33. Richard William Waltham 1998-1998 Director View profile
  34. Francis John Bedell 1997-1998 Director View profile
  35. Robin John Ivory 1997-1998 Director View profile
  36. John Randall 1997-1998 Director View profile
  37. Neil Arthur Curtis 1997-1998 Director View profile
  38. Andrew James Frazier 1997-1998 Director View profile
  39. John Hooper Thomas 1997-1998 Director View profile
  40. Alexander Raeburn Grieve 1997-1998 Director View profile
  41. James Stobo 1997-1998 Director View profile
  42. Allen Scoresby Eastwood 1997-1998 Director View profile
  43. Archibald Veitch 1997-1998 Director View profile
  44. Bernard Raymond Woodhouse 1997-1998 Director View profile
  45. Donald Dugald Macpherson 1996-1998 Director View profile
  46. William Eurig Williams 1996-1996 Director View profile
  47. Richard Symond Gyles Barnwell 1996-1998 Director View profile
  48. Raymond William Twiddle 1996-1997 Director View profile
  49. David Haydn Jones 1996-1996 Director View profile
  50. Frederick James Mallion 1996-1998 Director View profile
  51. Walter John Ryman 1996-1996 Director View profile
  52. Graeme Oswald Hector 1996-1997 Director View profile
  53. Richmond John Harding 1996-1998 Director View profile
  54. Henry George Dart 1996-1998 Director View profile
  55. John Scott 1996-1998 Director View profile
  56. Anthony Willaim Lang 1996-1996 Director View profile
  57. David Darke 1996-1996 Director View profile
  58. Sir Richard Cooper 1996-2005 Director View profile
  59. Robin Thomas Swanton 1996-1996 Director View profile
  60. James Richard Mcqueen 1996-1997 Director View profile
  61. Norman Kyle 1996-1998 Director View profile
  62. William Howell Maybery 1996-1997 Director View profile
  63. David Leonard Gardiner 1996-1998 Director View profile
  64. Archie Alexander Macgregor 1996-1998 Director View profile
  65. Gordon Herbert Tully 1996-1997 Director View profile
  66. John Michael Akers 1996-1998 Director View profile
  67. Diana Mary Russell Flack 1996-1998 Director View profile
  68. Roger Moore 1993-1994 Director View profile
  69. Monogue-Scott, Richard Walter Jon, Earl of Dalkeith 1992-1993 Director View profile
  70. Lord Charles Henry Plumb 1991-1992 Director View profile
  71. John Francis Stewart Gourlay 1970-1998 Director View profile
  72. David Vernham Child 1984-1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
05/03/1900
Also a registered charity
The Royal Smithfield Club
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

10.4y median 8.1y
average tenure
29.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Other services 3Agriculture 2Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 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

  • 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
00065252
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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