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Company · Wantage

The Greeting Card Association

Activities of business and employers membership organizations

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

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Previous officers 31

  1. Darren Cave 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Chris Bryan 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Rachel Hare 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. Lisa Naomi Shoesmith 2019-2020 Director View profile
  5. Ceri Jane Stirland 2015-2020 Director View profile
  6. Gerald Anthony Mace 2013-2022 Director View profile
  7. Christopher Mark Houfe 2012-2015 Director View profile
  8. Lisa Palillo 2008-2012 Director View profile
  9. Graeme Robert Derby 2007-2008 Director View profile
  10. William Greeno 2006-2013 Director View profile
  11. David Malcolm Orr 2004-2006 Director View profile
  12. Ian Martin Hylands 2004-2012 Director View profile
  13. Christopher Holmes 2002-2008 Director View profile
  14. Bryan Holmes Robertson 2002-2004 Director View profile
  15. David Timothy Porte 1999-2004 Director View profile
  16. David Hicks 1998-2002 Director View profile
  17. Peter Allan Macbeth Reichwald 1994-2002 Director View profile
  18. Michael Colin Bugler 1993-1994 Director View profile
  19. Harold Samuel Birtley 1992-1993 Director View profile
  20. Julian Adam Christopher Royle 1992-1995 Director View profile
  21. Terence Anderson 1992 Director View profile
  22. Michael Stanley Belsten 1994 Director View profile
  23. Brett Donald Smith 2022-2026 Secretary View profile
  24. Rajeev Kumar Arora 2018-2022 Secretary View profile
  25. Robina Bradley 2012-2018 Secretary View profile
  26. Beverley Margaret Cunningham 2009-2012 Secretary View profile
  27. Alan Hawkes 2004-2006 Secretary View profile
  28. Alan Charles Munt 1995-1998 Secretary View profile
  29. Maurice Raymond Cousins 1994-1997 Secretary View profile
  30. Paul Aubrey Woodmansterne 1994-2004 Secretary View profile
  31. John Stephen Roscoe 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of business and employers membership organizations
Incorporated
10/12/1929
Registered office
Wantage

Ownership

Owned by (6) 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.

  • Karen Wilson
    significant influence · notified 2025-12-04 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Gerald Anthony Mace ceased 2017-10-24
    significant influence · notified 2016-09-30
  • Ceri Jane Stirland ceased 2019-12-04
    significant influence · notified 2017-10-24
  • Rachel Hare ceased 2022-04-20
    significant influence · notified 2019-10-17
  • Chris Bryan ceased 2024-04-19
    significant influence · notified 2022-04-20
  • Darren Cave ceased 2025-12-04
    significant influence · notified 2024-04-19 - confirmed: also a director of this company

Group

  1. The Greeting Card Association is controlled by Karen Wilson
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2025-12-04 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Karen Wilson.

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.

Financials

Net assets
£114,281
Total assets
£114,281
Cash
£218,992
Employees
7
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2026-06-30Not reported£114,281
2026-06-30Not reported£114,281

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2026-06-30. 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.

4 directors on the board

2.9y median 2.2y
average tenure
5.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

  • Darren Cave Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025

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.

Tech and media 4Dormant 3Finance 2Manufacturing 2Retail and trade 2Business services 1Other services 1Professional 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
00244228
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/03/2028
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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