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Canford School,Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alex Peter Van WensveenDirector · since 2026
- Sharon Rosemary StaddonDirector · since 2026
- Neil Richard BrooksDirector · since 2026
- Emma Jane Frances HattersleyDirector · since 2025
- Philippa Evie Craggs HowarthDirector · since 2024
- Nicholas Paul ChetwoodDirector · since 2024
- William Edward Patrick McsheehyDirector · since 2024
- William Mclaren ClarkDirector · since 2022
- Professor Jane Caroline PortlockDirector · since 2022
- Professor Mark Christopher FrenchDirector · since 2019
- Sir Gary Robert CowardDirector · since 2019
- Nicholas Henniker HollowayDirector · since 2017
- Reverend John Harold SimmonsDirector · since 2017
- Michael Makepeace Eugene JeffriesDirector · since 2014
- Annabel Laura Rose ThomasDirector · since 2011
- Andrew John ButterworthSecretary · since 2024
Previous officers 67
- Dr Akinbode Michael Oluwatosin Akinfala 2022-2025 View profile
- Teresa Colaianni 2019-2025 View profile
- Dr Georgina Anne Fozard 2018-2023 View profile
- Adam Bransom Richards 2018-2022 View profile
- Dr Philippa Jane Dickins 2018-2025 View profile
- Dr Ingrid Rhoda Mary Halfyard 2017-2017 View profile
- Stephen Hedley Le Bas 2017-2023 View profile
- Annette April Anthony 2017-2020 View profile
- Stephen Leonard Ilett 2016-2017 View profile
- James David Winn Stileman 2015-2021 View profile
- Dr Mary Armitage 2014-2022 View profile
- Michael Andrew Walshe 2014-2018 View profile
- Reverend Vanessa Anne Herrick 2013-2017 View profile
- Richard Edward Thurston Nicholl 2013-2023 View profile
- Andrew Gurdon Boggis 2012-2017 View profile
- Matthew Terence Keats 2009-2019 View profile
- Andrew William Browning 2009-2015 View profile
- Giles Edwin Vardey 2008-2016 View profile
- John Downie Mcgibbon 2007-2018 View profile
- Barry Desmond Coupe 2006-2021 View profile
- Benjamin William Richards 2005-2017 View profile
- Allan Frank Simmons 2005-2013 View profile
- Fiona Costa 2005-2012 View profile
- Anthony James Leslie Cottam 2005-2017 View profile
- Hilary Anne Fender 2003-2008 View profile
- Gordon Francis De Courcy Page 2003-2011 View profile
- Veronica Ann Stewart 2003-2010 View profile
- Richard George Alexander Baxter 2003-2013 View profile
- DE Halpert, Jeremy Michael, Rear Admiral Sir 2003-2019 View profile
- Michael Edward Wates 1999-2007 View profile
- Elisabeth Turquand Watson 1997-2014 View profile
- Adrian Holmes Smith 1996-2011 View profile
- David Roger Levin 1995-2022 View profile
- Palin, Roger Hewlitt, Air Chief Marshal Sir 1995-2007 View profile
- Emma Louise Cowling Taylor 1994-1996 View profile
- Dr Katherine Jane Torlot 1993-2011 View profile
- Robert Walter Daubeney 1993-2023 View profile
- Peter Robin Dugdale 1998 View profile
- Curtiss, John Bagot, Air Marshal Sir 1995 View profile
- Hugh Godfrey Prest 1997 View profile
- Barrie Cobden Pike 1993 View profile
- Alan Seward 1998 View profile
- Christopher Norman Laine 2004 View profile
- Kenny, Brian Leslie, General Sir 2006 View profile
- Dr Audrey Maro Laxton 1993 View profile
- John Dudley Galtery Kirkham 2007 View profile
- Henry Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax 1998 View profile
- Elizabeth Ann Smart 2001 View profile
- Sir John Morrison Webster 2003 View profile
- Marc Van Hasselt 1995 View profile
- Peter Charles Peddie 1994 View profile
- Dr James Soper 2004 View profile
- William Martin Lindsell 2000 View profile
- Colin Baldwin Patrick 2006 View profile
- Professor Julian Michael Arthur Whitehouse 2010 View profile
- Sir Timothy Edward Charles Hoare 2003 View profile
- Sir Michael John Cobham 1995 View profile
- Nigel Geoffrey Over 1993 View profile
- Rosemary Ann Prior 2002 View profile
- Michael Beauchamp Mansel Porter 2013-2024 View profile
- Sheila Ann Way 2011-2013 View profile
- David Lloyd Thomas 2010-2011 View profile
- Alan John Blowers 2007-2010 View profile
- John William Leicester 2004-2007 View profile
- Yvonne Kathleen Thomas 1998-2004 View profile
- David Little 1996-1998 View profile
- Nicholas Grey Holmes 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 27/06/1923
- Also a registered charity
- Canford School Limited
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Canford School,Limited 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.
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
- Neil Richard Brooks Director · appointed 2026
- William Mclaren Clark Director · appointed 2022
- Emma Jane Frances Hattersley Director · appointed 2025
- Alex Peter Van Wensveen Director · appointed 2026
- Nicholas Henniker Holloway Director · appointed 2017
- Michael Makepeace Eugene Jeffries Director · appointed 2014
- William Edward Patrick Mcsheehy Director · appointed 2024
- Philippa Evie Craggs Howarth Director · appointed 2024
- Sir Gary Robert Coward Director · appointed 2019
- Nicholas Paul Chetwood Director · appointed 2024
- Reverend John Harold Simmons Director · appointed 2017
- Professor Mark Christopher French Director · appointed 2019
- Professor Jane Caroline Portlock Director · appointed 2022
- Sharon Rosemary Staddon Director · appointed 2026
- Annabel Laura Rose Thomas Director · appointed 2011
Directors past 6 years
- Nicholas Henniker Holloway Director · appointed 2017
- Michael Makepeace Eugene Jeffries Director · appointed 2014
- Sir Gary Robert Coward Director · appointed 2019
- Reverend John Harold Simmons Director · appointed 2017
- Professor Mark Christopher French Director · appointed 2019
- Annabel Laura Rose Thomas Director · appointed 2011
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Neil Richard Brooks Director · appointed 2026
- Alex Peter Van Wensveen Director · appointed 2026
- William Edward Patrick Mcsheehy Director · appointed 2024
- Sir Gary Robert Coward Director · appointed 2019
- Professor Mark Christopher French Director · appointed 2019
- Professor Jane Caroline Portlock Director · appointed 2022
- Sharon Rosemary Staddon Director · appointed 2026
- Annabel Laura Rose Thomas Director · appointed 2011
Portfolio (7)
- William Mclaren Clark Director · appointed 2022
- Emma Jane Frances Hattersley Director · appointed 2025
- Nicholas Henniker Holloway Director · appointed 2017
- Michael Makepeace Eugene Jeffries Director · appointed 2014
- Philippa Evie Craggs Howarth Director · appointed 2024
- Nicholas Paul Chetwood Director · appointed 2024
- Reverend John Harold Simmons Director · appointed 2017
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00190956
- 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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