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Who leads it
Previous officers 15
- Philip Palmer 2014-2015 View profile
- William Ronald Perry 2012-2014 View profile
- Ian Leonard Lockhart 2009-2012 View profile
- James Christopher Kearns 2007-2017 View profile
- John Chamberlain Spavins 2000-2017 View profile
- George Victor Ellam 1995-2009 View profile
- James Joseph Atkins Osborne 2015 View profile
- Leslie Herbert Freeman 2006 View profile
- Garry Neal 2008 View profile
- Clifford Osmond Parker 2014 View profile
- Jack Edward Osborne 2002 View profile
- Donald William Nicholson 2002 View profile
- Cryil Freeman 1993 View profile
- Robert Ewart Nicholson 1999 View profile
- Bernard Francis Lake 1995 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 15/06/1920
Financials
- Net assets
- £20,374
- Total assets
- £88,598
- Cash
- £86,819
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
6 directors on the board
- Trevor Lewis Newell Director · appointed 1995
- Michael John Coe Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Paul Layram Director · appointed 2006
- Douglas Albert Leslie Pope Director
- William Osborne Director · appointed 2016
- Peter Albert Knight Director · appointed 1994
Directors past 6 years
- Trevor Lewis Newell Director · appointed 1995
- Christopher Paul Layram Director · appointed 2006
- William Osborne Director · appointed 2016
- Peter Albert Knight Director · appointed 1994
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Trevor Lewis Newell Director · appointed 1995
- Michael John Coe Director · appointed 2025
- William Osborne Director · appointed 2016
- Peter Albert Knight Director · appointed 1994
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher Paul Layram Director · appointed 2006
- Douglas Albert Leslie Pope Director
Also govern a charity
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
- 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
- 00168301
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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