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

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Previous officers 126

  1. Ian Stuart Walker 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Michael Brian Gerard Cosgrave 2024-2026 Director View profile
  3. Hannah Rachel Porter 2021-2024 Director View profile
  4. Mark Derek Meleady 2021-2025 Director View profile
  5. Paul Dominic Kelly 2018-2023 Director View profile
  6. Rachael Lesley Elizabeth Morley 2018-2023 Director View profile
  7. Nigel Hugh Lyons 2017-2022 Director View profile
  8. Marie Downey 2017-2024 Director View profile
  9. Joanna Wendy Williams 2016-2017 Director View profile
  10. Stephen St John Mahoney 2016-2020 Director View profile
  11. Christopher John Tagg 2016-2024 Director View profile
  12. Kathleen Margaret Trist 2014-2018 Director View profile
  13. Mark Simon Roome 2014-2022 Director View profile
  14. Lucie Jayne Hadwick 2014-2016 Director View profile
  15. Claire Elizabeth Turner 2014-2016 Director View profile
  16. Samantha Jay Thompson 2014-2021 Director View profile
  17. Adrian John Richards 2013-2025 Director View profile
  18. William Franck Michelmore 2013-2017 Director View profile
  19. Andrew Richard Harris 2013-2016 Director View profile
  20. Steven Matthew John Came 2013-2018 Director View profile
  21. Sonia Hems 2013-2016 Director View profile
  22. Kenneth David Woodier 2012-2018 Director View profile
  23. Anthony Mason 2012-2019 Director View profile
  24. Allister Mcneill 2011-2012 Director View profile
  25. Lisa Kirsty Mcclelland 2011-2014 Director View profile
  26. Paul Robert Dyson 2011-2018 Director View profile
  27. Susan Carole Aggett 2011-2023 Director View profile
  28. Charles James Andrew Cooper 2011-2014 Director View profile
  29. Claire Louise Revell 2010-2014 Director View profile
  30. Ashley Bevans 2009-2011 Director View profile
  31. Delyth Jenkins Evans 2009-2011 Director View profile
  32. Peter Jonathan Cox 2008-2015 Director View profile
  33. Kevin John Shearn 2008-2009 Director View profile
  34. Crispin Francis Hayllar 2008-2009 Director View profile
  35. Zoe Sims 2008-2011 Director View profile
  36. Paul Anthony Derbyshire 2007-2008 Director View profile
  37. Alastair Charles Paterson Teague 2007-2014 Director View profile
  38. Barry John Bayley 2007-2008 Director View profile
  39. Thomas Gillard Penny 2007-2011 Director View profile
  40. Stephen Alexander Lawson 2007-2009 Director View profile
  41. James Maxwell Griffiths Cross 2007-2011 Director View profile
  42. William Hugh Winterbotham 2007-2009 Director View profile
  43. Martin Robert Justice 2007-2010 Director View profile
  44. Patricia Durham Hall 2006-2020 Director View profile
  45. Victor Erik Stanhope Salomonsen 2005-2009 Director View profile
  46. Marie Macfarlane 2005-2011 Director View profile
  47. Robert Stanley Coram 2004-2006 Director View profile
  48. Angus Martin Mcnicol 2004-2011 Director View profile
  49. Roger Gash 2004-2009 Director View profile
  50. Charles Humphrey Stewart Murray 2003-2005 Director View profile
  51. Claire Suzanne Reynolds 2003-2006 Director View profile
  52. John Anthony Gillespie Pearn 2003-2004 Director View profile
  53. Darren Paul White 2003-2009 Director View profile
  54. Simon John Sanger Anderson 2002-2007 Director View profile
  55. James Griffin 2001-2007 Director View profile
  56. Jeremy Wynter Howell 2001-2005 Director View profile
  57. Andrew Perkins 2000-2003 Director View profile
  58. Graham Rowe 2000-2004 Director View profile
  59. Richard David Bowen 2000-2016 Director View profile
  60. Robin James Challans 1999-2003 Director View profile
  61. Matthew Garnett John Roddan 1999-2000 Director View profile
  62. Penelope Jane Ayles 1999-2005 Director View profile
  63. Jane Powell 1999-2002 Director View profile
  64. Richard John Gordon Blair 1999-2007 Director View profile
  65. Graham George Norris Bond 1998-2007 Director View profile
  66. Miriam Anne Ollis 1998-2001 Director View profile
  67. James Kenneth Hyde 1998-2004 Director View profile
  68. Robert David Newman 1997-2003 Director View profile
  69. Nicholas Paul Martin Sanders 1997-2001 Director View profile
  70. Timothy John Windham Hale 1997-2000 Director View profile
  71. Jeremy Charles Roger Barnett Lee 1997-2018 Director View profile
  72. Flora Christian Wood 1997-2004 Director View profile
  73. Sara Gillian Welch 1996-1999 Director View profile
  74. Ann Elisabeth Reddrop 1996-2000 Director View profile
  75. David Mark Turner 1996-2013 Director View profile
  76. Jayne Marie Mckenzie Smith 1996-2001 Director View profile
  77. Paul Jordan 1996-1997 Director View profile
  78. Jan Elizabeth Shadbolt 1996-2000 Director View profile
  79. Paul Anthony Taylor 1995-1997 Director View profile
  80. John Hopkins 1995-1998 Director View profile
  81. Neil Mcmurtry Trayhurn 1995-1995 Director View profile
  82. Lynn Smith 1995-1998 Director View profile
  83. Roger John Richards 1995-1997 Director View profile
  84. Sarah Veronica Parnell 1995-1997 Director View profile
  85. John William Stockdale-Garbutt 1995-2001 Director View profile
  86. Christopher John Clephan Palmer 1994-2006 Director View profile
  87. Jeremy John Ferguson 1994-2008 Director View profile
  88. Justin Day 1994-1997 Director View profile
  89. Jeremy Charles Nutter Robinson 1994-1997 Director View profile
  90. Andrea Christian 1994-1996 Director View profile
  91. Lee Antony Dawkins 1993-1996 Director View profile
  92. Andrew Johnston 1993-1994 Director View profile
  93. Geoffrey Alan Feinson 1993-1995 Director View profile
  94. Alfred David Wheaton 1993-2003 Director View profile
  95. John Patrick Crosse 1993-1993 Director View profile
  96. James Moffat Rowland 1991-1995 Director View profile
  97. John Wynne Parkinson 1993 Director View profile
  98. David John Incoll 1996 Director View profile
  99. Deborah Baker 1994 Director View profile
  100. Andrew Nicholas Pryce 2000 Director View profile
  101. Timothy Shaun Hearn Hook 1993 Director View profile
  102. Timothy Paul Selley 1995 Director View profile
  103. Stephen Alexander Nunn 1998 Director View profile
  104. John Edward Darby 1998 Director View profile
  105. Margaret Anstey 1999 Director View profile
  106. Peter Roderick Mole 2020 Director View profile
  107. Philip Murray Drinkwater 1995 Director View profile
  108. Bettina Ann Rigg 1995 Director View profile
  109. Stephen William Arnold 2000 Director View profile
  110. Jeremy Douglas Craig 1994 Director View profile
  111. Robert Hayes Beattie 1993 Director View profile
  112. David Leslie Whiteley 2001 Director View profile
  113. David Keith Williams 1993 Director View profile
  114. Christopher John Over 2000 Director View profile
  115. Neil Malcolm Griffin 1995 Director View profile
  116. Peter Leslie Mattholie 1993 Director View profile
  117. John Leach Whiteside 1995 Director View profile
  118. Carol-Ann Patricia Hoyle 1995 Director View profile
  119. Anthony Barrington Prowse 1995 Director View profile
  120. Michael Thomas Oerton 1995 Director View profile
  121. Anthony Robert Dart 1995 Director View profile
  122. Gillian Caroline Smith 1995 Director View profile
  123. Andrew Cooper 1996 Director View profile
  124. Nigel David Ayre 1998 Director View profile
  125. Anthony Stephen Woodward 1995 Director View profile
  126. John Anthony Spiers 1994-2014 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
20/05/1926

Ownership

Owned by (5) 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.

Group

  1. Devon and Somerset LAW Society is controlled by Richard Arthur Adams
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2017-04-25 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Richard Arthur Adams.

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.

Financials

Net assets
£352,545
Total assets
£211,716
Cash
£147,040
Employees
4
Turnover
£237,122
Profit/loss
-£2,090

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

17 directors on the board

5.6y median 3.2y
average tenure
31.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (12)

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 5Property 2Arts and leisure 1Construction 1Dormant 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

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00213866
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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