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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 64

  1. Paul Basson 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Bill Maxim 2014-2016 Director View profile
  3. Harry Paviour 2011-2014 Director View profile
  4. Trevor Harrison 2009-2015 Director View profile
  5. Kevin Ruane 2008-2009 Director View profile
  6. Bob Davies 2007-2008 Director View profile
  7. Mick Lee 2005-2007 Director View profile
  8. Steve Dudeney 2005-2007 Director View profile
  9. John Craig 2005-2016 Director View profile
  10. Patrick Wegener 2004-2005 Director View profile
  11. Steven Shirley MBE 2004-2026 Director View profile
  12. Patrick Francis Carberry 1997-2004 Director View profile
  13. Francis Graham Hillyer 1997-2005 Director View profile
  14. George Edward Beck 1996-2004 Director View profile
  15. Barry Miller 1996-2001 Director View profile
  16. Graham Andrew Gunningham 1996-2001 Director View profile
  17. Andrew Wilson 1996-2001 Director View profile
  18. Adrian John Turner 1995-1996 Director View profile
  19. Peter William Thomas Mills 1995-2022 Director View profile
  20. John Drew 1995-2002 Director View profile
  21. William Harold Sumner 1994-2000 Director View profile
  22. William Moulding 1993-1996 Director View profile
  23. Alan Ronald House 1993-2006 Director View profile
  24. Graham Howgate 1993-2016 Director View profile
  25. Leonard Charles Law 1992-2001 Director View profile
  26. Clifford John Henry James 1992-1996 Director View profile
  27. Patrick Goodwin 1992-1996 Director View profile
  28. Charles Penry Evans 1992-2004 Director View profile
  29. John Walter Palmer 1991-1992 Director View profile
  30. Brian Teal 1991-1996 Director View profile
  31. Roy Edward Morris 1991-2002 Director View profile
  32. Kenneth Warburton Williams 1991-2002 Director View profile
  33. Michael Gore 1991-1996 Director View profile
  34. Dennis James Willmott 1991-1995 Director View profile
  35. Elsie Faith Rollo 1991-1996 Director View profile
  36. Brian Duncan Fraser 1990-1994 Director View profile
  37. Richard Ashton 1990-2004 Director View profile
  38. Bryan Eric Smith 1989-2000 Director View profile
  39. Reginald Horace Partridge 1989-1996 Director View profile
  40. George Halstead 1988-2008 Director View profile
  41. Alexander Mcconachie 1988-2007 Director View profile
  42. Edward Francis William Webber 1987-2004 Director View profile
  43. Maurice Kirkham 1986-1995 Director View profile
  44. John Clenaghan 1986-1994 Director View profile
  45. Arthur William Hitch 1984-1992 Director View profile
  46. Fred Homeyard 1984-2000 Director View profile
  47. Jack Stevenson 1984-2004 Director View profile
  48. Alan Hopper 1983-1996 Director View profile
  49. Andrew Bruce Campbell Hogg 1982-1994 Director View profile
  50. Terence William Malpass 1981-1996 Director View profile
  51. John Llewellyn 1979-1994 Director View profile
  52. John Benjamin Reynolds 1978-1994 Director View profile
  53. Adrian Bathers 1978-2004 Director View profile
  54. Daniel George Rayner 1976-2000 Director View profile
  55. Christopher George Durrant 1975-1994 Director View profile
  56. Richmond Gordon West 1975-2002 Director View profile
  57. Raymond William Leather 1975-2001 Director View profile
  58. Eric Henry Hounslow 1975-1993 Director View profile
  59. Leonard Alan Turner 1972-2000 Director View profile
  60. Donald Gillian Varnfield 1971-1994 Director View profile
  61. Albert Leese 1964-1994 Director View profile
  62. Patrick Joseph Robertson 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
  63. Derrick Leonard Crouch 2004-2016 Secretary View profile
  64. David Stevens 1991-2004 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
15/04/1912
Also a registered charity
The British Fire Services Association
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.

15 directors on the board

10.1y median 7.3y
average tenure
25.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (11)

Portfolio (4)

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.

Manufacturing 2Business services 1Health and social care 1Other services 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
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00121413
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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