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

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Previous officers 68

  1. Claire Rowcliffe 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Timothy John Seal 2018-2025 Director View profile
  3. Christopher Cardwell 2018-2021 Director View profile
  4. David Buckley 2017-2020 Director View profile
  5. Minoo Sahni Court 2017-2020 Director View profile
  6. Nicola Pulford 2017-2023 Director View profile
  7. Liz Hunt 2017-2020 Director View profile
  8. Mark William Poffley 2017-2022 Director View profile
  9. Barry Desmond Coupe 2017-2026 Director View profile
  10. Colin Willamson 2017-2026 Director View profile
  11. James Thomas Leavesley 2016-2019 Director View profile
  12. Malcolm Cree CBE 2016-2022 Director View profile
  13. David John Turner 2016-2026 Director View profile
  14. Ty Joseph Platten 2015-2018 Director View profile
  15. Penny Harris 2014-2017 Director View profile
  16. Sarah Lucie Watson 2014-2021 Director View profile
  17. Paul Palmer 2012-2018 Director View profile
  18. Kerry Michael Levins 2012-2018 Director View profile
  19. Anthony John Fletcher 2012-2016 Director View profile
  20. Stephen Richard Meyer 2012-2015 Director View profile
  21. Luker, Paul, Air Vice Marshal 2012-2021 Director View profile
  22. Brooke, Mike, Colonel 2011-2016 Director View profile
  23. Rutherford-Jones, David John, Major General 2011-2016 Director View profile
  24. Timothy John Bebb Davis 2009-2017 Director View profile
  25. Andrew John Shirley Ross 2008-2017 Director View profile
  26. Iain Cobden Lumsden 2007-2013 Director View profile
  27. Carter, Evelyn Webb, Major General Sir 2007-2010 Director View profile
  28. Catherine Ainslie 2005-2006 Director View profile
  29. Victoria Margaret Walker 2005-2016 Director View profile
  30. David Stuttard 2005-2012 Director View profile
  31. Kyle, Richard Henry, Air Vice Marshall 2004-2012 Director View profile
  32. Jamie Frederick Weller 2004-2011 Director View profile
  33. Jolliffe, David Shrimpton, Major General 2004-2016 Director View profile
  34. LOW, Colin Mackenzie, the Lord Low of Dalston 2000-2010 Director View profile
  35. Raymond Lazare Hazan 1998-2017 Director View profile
  36. David Trevor Knowles 1998-2012 Director View profile
  37. Timothy Roger Bacon 1998-2015 Director View profile
  38. George Graham Downing 1997-1998 Director View profile
  39. John Andrew Edmund Walbrugh 1997-2003 Director View profile
  40. Keeling, Andrew Myles, Major General 1995-2013 Director View profile
  41. John Silvester Varley 1994-2013 Director View profile
  42. Andrew Usherwood Lyburn 1994-2007 Director View profile
  43. Gordon Lennox, Michael Charles, Captain 1993-2008 Director View profile
  44. Tomlinson, Thomas, Captain 1994 Director View profile
  45. Johnston, Maurice, Lieutenant General Sir 2003 Director View profile
  46. Francois Wyndham Edwards 2008 Director View profile
  47. Sir Edwin Porter Arrowsmith 1992 Director View profile
  48. Colin Frederick Beaumont-Edmonds 2004 Director View profile
  49. Leach, Henry, Admiral of the Fleet Sir 1998 Director View profile
  50. Richard Dufton 1994 Director View profile
  51. John Anthony Wall 2000 Director View profile
  52. Sir Richard Thorn Pease 1997 Director View profile
  53. Kenneth Samuel Grevatt Wills 1997 Director View profile
  54. Robin Crispin William Odey 2003 Director View profile
  55. Gingell, John, Air Chief Marshal Sir 2004 Director View profile
  56. William Hamilton Van Straubenzee 2011 Director View profile
  57. Norman Hopkins 1998 Director View profile
  58. Michael Walter Delmar-Morgan 2006 Director View profile
  59. Tom Taylor 1997 Director View profile
  60. Dennis Ian Cadman 1997 Director View profile
  61. Dr Alastair Neil Mcdonald 2000 Director View profile
  62. Adrian Bell 2023-2023 Secretary View profile
  63. Gregory Charles Allen 2023-2023 Secretary View profile
  64. Nicholas John Caplin 2014-2023 Secretary View profile
  65. William Barry Porter 2014-2014 Secretary View profile
  66. Robert Leader 2000-2014 Secretary View profile
  67. Gerard Bernard John Frost 1994-2000 Secretary View profile
  68. William Coleman Weisblatt 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
30/04/1923
Also a registered charity
Blind Veterans UK

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Adrian Scott Bell
    significant influence · notified 2023-12-12
  • Ian Kenneth Whitehead ceased 2017-06-09
    significant influence · notified 2016-08-01
  • Possible match - 8 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 8 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Blind Veterans UK is controlled by Adrian Scott Bell
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2023-12-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Adrian Scott Bell.

2 other companies 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

4 grants · £337,900 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

  • Department of Health and Social Care · £300,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £30,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £7,900

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-10-24
  • Department of Health and Social Care £300,0002020-10-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £7,9002019-03-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002014-07-09
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.

10 directors on the board

4.9y median 4.6y
average tenure
8.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

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.

Professional services 4Manufacturing 3Tech and media 2Health 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00189648
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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