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

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Previous officers 85

  1. William Marcus Raymond Ramsay 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Helen Mary Jones 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Celso Adriano Zuccollo 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Ben Philip Alonso 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Fazilet Hadi 2019-2024 Director View profile
  6. William Ramsay 2017-2018 Director View profile
  7. John Gibson Heller 2017-2024 Director View profile
  8. Daniel Christopher Ronald Sutch 2016-2017 Director View profile
  9. Marilyn Elizabeth Hawkins 2015-2017 Director View profile
  10. Martin Terry Doel 2015-2024 Director View profile
  11. Catherine Lynn Gale 2015-2016 Director View profile
  12. Stuart David Ritchie 2015-2018 Director View profile
  13. Amanda Gwynneth Berit Lloyd 2014-2016 Director View profile
  14. Simon Meredith 2014-2017 Director View profile
  15. Shalni Sood 2013-2019 Director View profile
  16. Victoria Mary Florence Cleland 2012-2014 Director View profile
  17. John Nicholson Hartley Whitaker 2012-2012 Director View profile
  18. Vivian Lawrence 2011-2014 Director View profile
  19. Jonathan Oliver Cunnington Wilson 2011-2014 Director View profile
  20. Ian David Godwin 2011-2023 Director View profile
  21. Allan Richard Joseph Mabert 2011-2013 Director View profile
  22. Jeremy Charles Hay Blanford 2010-2013 Director View profile
  23. Roy Moffatt 2009-2011 Director View profile
  24. Paul Anthony Obey 2008-2014 Director View profile
  25. Raymond John Hart 2008-2015 Director View profile
  26. Ronald William Edghill 2007-2013 Director View profile
  27. Ian Frederick Stephenson 2006-2022 Director View profile
  28. Michael John Angell 2006-2011 Director View profile
  29. Michael Stuart Brignall 2005-2022 Director View profile
  30. David Michael Benson Skinner 2003-2010 Director View profile
  31. Reverend Keith Christopher Blackburn 2002-2004 Director View profile
  32. Douglas George Cracknell 2002-2013 Director View profile
  33. Rosamund Anne Healy 2002-2011 Director View profile
  34. Colin Charles William Milne 2002-2013 Director View profile
  35. Michael Douglas John Phillips 2002-2005 Director View profile
  36. Thomas Martin Pey 2001-2010 Director View profile
  37. Lindsey Jane Rousseau 2000-2011 Director View profile
  38. Kayuan Ghotbi - Ravandi 2000-2002 Director View profile
  39. Charles Clancy Schueppert 2000-2013 Director View profile
  40. David Charles Griffiths 2000-2010 Director View profile
  41. John Nicholas Sheldrick 2000-2001 Director View profile
  42. Peter John Carpenter 2000-2004 Director View profile
  43. Timothy John Tawney 1999-2005 Director View profile
  44. Robert Patrick Banks Skinner 1999-2003 Director View profile
  45. Harry John O'Neil 1999-2004 Director View profile
  46. Michael Allen Barrett 1998-2001 Director View profile
  47. Judith Louise Smith 1997-2001 Director View profile
  48. Isobel Margaret Yule 1997-2001 Director View profile
  49. John Leslie Owen 1996-2004 Director View profile
  50. John Donald Watkins Birts 1996-1998 Director View profile
  51. Dr Arthur Thomas Vincent 1996-1999 Director View profile
  52. Rowland Constantine 1995-1999 Director View profile
  53. Ronald Scott Norman 1994-1997 Director View profile
  54. David William Robert Wright 1994-2013 Director View profile
  55. Diane Williams 1994-1995 Director View profile
  56. Dr Julia Mary Schofield 1993-2001 Director View profile
  57. Bruce Charles Cova 1993-2002 Director View profile
  58. Cholmeley Joseph Messer 2001 Director View profile
  59. John Michael Leal Uren 1994 Director View profile
  60. David Samuel Irving Taylor 2003 Director View profile
  61. Melinda Powell Robinson 2005 Director View profile
  62. Elizabeth Kate Chapman 1996 Director View profile
  63. John Stephen Sadler 1994 Director View profile
  64. Ian Gordon Thorburn 2000 Director View profile
  65. Howard Hughes 2007 Director View profile
  66. Brian Wyndham Bailey 1995 Director View profile
  67. Joseph Aidan Stevenson 1998 Director View profile
  68. Norman Alexander Royce 1998 Director View profile
  69. Robert Fyfe Bolton 1996 Director View profile
  70. Brian Harold Pearce 2000 Director View profile
  71. Brian Frederick Page 1993 Director View profile
  72. Eileen Colleen Crystal Harding 2019-2026 Secretary View profile
  73. Stuart Andrew Geach 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  74. Suzanne Frances Davies 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  75. Alison Lesley Futtit 2014-2017 Secretary View profile
  76. Dr David Wright 2013-2014 Secretary View profile
  77. Mark Eves 2011-2012 Secretary View profile
  78. Alison Jane Nield 2010-2011 Secretary View profile
  79. Sally-Anne Anne Passmore 2004-2010 Secretary View profile
  80. Kevin Norman Barnes 2002-2004 Secretary View profile
  81. Derek James Camlin 2001-2002 Secretary View profile
  82. John William Lambert 2000-2001 Secretary View profile
  83. Keith Malcolm Mitchell 1997-2000 Secretary View profile
  84. John Roger Allsop 1993-1997 Secretary View profile
  85. Ronald James Pocock 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
12/04/1915
Also a registered charity
The Royal Society for Blind Children

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Royal Society for Blind Children on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company 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

12 grants · £1,951,478 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

Most recent

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.

11 directors on the board

5.7y median 4.4y
average tenure
14.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (8)

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.

Finance 6Professional services 4Education 3Hospitality 2Manufacturing 2Other services 2Business 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00139928
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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