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Oxford Preservation Trust

Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

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

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Previous officers 82

  1. Carole Lesley Souter CBE 2018-2024 Director View profile
  2. John Edwin Church 2018-2023 Director View profile
  3. Lindsay-Gale, Elizabeth Lorraine, Councillor 2013-2021 Director View profile
  4. James Fry 2012-2017 Director View profile
  5. Susan Jane Williamson 2011-2017 Director View profile
  6. Roger Samuel Trafford 2011-2017 Director View profile
  7. James Cameron Seymour Lawrie 2010-2019 Director View profile
  8. Dr Roy Anthony Darke 2009-2017 Director View profile
  9. Professor Roger William Ainsworth 2009-2017 Director View profile
  10. Cook, Colin, Councillor 2008-2022 Director View profile
  11. Richard John Robinson 2007-2009 Director View profile
  12. Frank Nairn Marshall 2007-2018 Director View profile
  13. Anthony Hollander 2006-2008 Director View profile
  14. Richard Dallas Stevens 2006-2017 Director View profile
  15. Timothy Hugh Wilson 2006-2017 Director View profile
  16. Keith Ronald Mitchell 2005-2012 Director View profile
  17. Timothy Thomas Hallchurch 2005-2017 Director View profile
  18. James Frank Offen 2005-2014 Director View profile
  19. Prof Georgia Butina Watson 2005-2011 Director View profile
  20. Ann Rosemary Campbell 2005-2023 Director View profile
  21. Geoffrey Christopher Tyack 2004-2024 Director View profile
  22. Dr Camilla Rosalind Lambrick 2004-2007 Director View profile
  23. Isobel Ann Hughes 2004-2021 Director View profile
  24. Dr Heather Ann Viles 2004-2025 Director View profile
  25. Roy Campbell Tudor Hughes 2003-2004 Director View profile
  26. Patricia Anne Purse 2002-2017 Director View profile
  27. Shouler, Charles Henry, Councillor 2002-2003 Director View profile
  28. Barbara May Gatehouse 2001-2004 Director View profile
  29. Moyra Isobel Haynes 2001-2010 Director View profile
  30. John Ashdown 2001-2017 Director View profile
  31. Oswyn Murray 2000-2004 Director View profile
  32. Dr Dermot James Roaf 2000-2004 Director View profile
  33. Dr David Ian Scargill 2000-2012 Director View profile
  34. Charles Randle Cooper 1999-2023 Director View profile
  35. Colin Cook 1999-2004 Director View profile
  36. John Leonard Goddard 1999-2012 Director View profile
  37. Anthony David Smith 1999-2003 Director View profile
  38. Michael Breakell 1998-2004 Director View profile
  39. Alan David Pope 1998-1999 Director View profile
  40. Peter Seaton Burrows 1998-2004 Director View profile
  41. Dr Ralph Waller 1998-2000 Director View profile
  42. Thomas Snow 1997-2001 Director View profile
  43. Norman Albert Sansom Matthews 1997-2002 Director View profile
  44. Richard William Davy 1996-1999 Director View profile
  45. Richard Anthony Pantcheff 1995-1999 Director View profile
  46. William Peter Bradshaw 1995-2000 Director View profile
  47. King, David Edwin, Colonel 1995-1999 Director View profile
  48. Lucy Myra Hughes 1994-2017 Director View profile
  49. Edwards, John Phillip, Rear Admiral 1994-2006 Director View profile
  50. Nils Raoul Bartleet 1993-2001 Director View profile
  51. Elizabeth Martin Roberts 1993-1997 Director View profile
  52. Professor Malcolm Russell Airs 1993-2017 Director View profile
  53. Blewitt, Joseph Charles, Councillor 1993-1998 Director View profile
  54. Vivian Norman Francis Jones 1992-1998 Director View profile
  55. Dr Donald Edward Olleson 1991-1997 Director View profile
  56. Helen Elizabeth Turner 1991-2004 Director View profile
  57. Nancie Villiers 1992 Director View profile
  58. John Peter Oswald Cole 2000 Director View profile
  59. Phyllis Margaret Starkey 1993 Director View profile
  60. Tom Grafton Hassall 2021 Director View profile
  61. Dr John Phillipson 2001 Director View profile
  62. Hugh Merscy Walton 2004 Director View profile
  63. Roger France 1992 Director View profile
  64. Richard Francis Carter Jonas 2010 Director View profile
  65. James Edward Busfield 1994 Director View profile
  66. Professor Robert Fox 1994 Director View profile
  67. Sir Julian Bullard 2000 Director View profile
  68. Ivor David Stevenson 1997 Director View profile
  69. Ann Hazel Spokes Symonds 2010 Director View profile
  70. John Gillard Watson 1996 Director View profile
  71. Oliver Richard Impey 2005 Director View profile
  72. Peter Frederick Burridge 1995 Director View profile
  73. Dame Penelope Jessel 1996 Director View profile
  74. Brinley Henry Duggan 1993 Director View profile
  75. John Edward Critchley 1991 Director View profile
  76. Sir Edgar Trevor Williams 1991 Director View profile
  77. Maureen Lena Christian 2009 Director View profile
  78. Henry Sydney Herbert Cloete Stanley 1995 Director View profile
  79. Sir David Charles Miller Yardley 2009 Director View profile
  80. Basil Streat 1994 Director View profile
  81. Graham Randle Cooper 1999 Director View profile
  82. Deborah Jane Dance 1998-2023 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Incorporated
14/11/1927
Registered office
Oxford
Also a registered charity
The Oxford Preservation Trust

Grants received

15 grants · £4,343,904 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £4,194,804 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £95,152 (4 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £53,948 (6 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,2042025-05-07
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £7,5002023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £17,6742023-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £22,8982021-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £11,1002021-04-01
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.

14 directors on the board

8.1y median 6.1y
average tenure
30y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (7)

1
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.

Business services 2Construction 2Arts and leisure 1Education 1Hospitality 1Professional services 1Property 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

  • 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
00225839
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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