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The North of England Zoological Society

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 71

  1. Angela Bridie Robinson 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Martin Clive Harper 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Brandon Howard Leigh 2022-2022 Director View profile
  4. Amit Singh Kalley 2021-2021 Director View profile
  5. David Simon Chinn 2020-2023 Director View profile
  6. Jen Carter 2019-2026 Director View profile
  7. Professor David Macdonald 2018-2025 Director View profile
  8. Edwin Paul Collis Christmas 2017-2023 Director View profile
  9. Penelope Ann Coates 2017-2026 Director View profile
  10. Penny Ann Coates 2017-2017 Director View profile
  11. Paula Louise Spence 2017-2018 Director View profile
  12. Prof Malcolm Bennett 2016-2017 Director View profile
  13. Sandra Donnelly 2015-2022 Director View profile
  14. William John Beale 2015-2023 Director View profile
  15. Angela Pinnington 2013-2020 Director View profile
  16. Professor Russell Newton 2013-2020 Director View profile
  17. Professor Malcolm Bennett 2010-2016 Director View profile
  18. Bruce Anthony Ursell 2010-2022 Director View profile
  19. David Owen Pickering 2010-2015 Director View profile
  20. Prof Stefan Tadeusz Buczacki 2009-2016 Director View profile
  21. Dr Simon Derek Dowell 2009-2015 Director View profile
  22. Rebecca Anne Burke-Sharples 2009-2017 Director View profile
  23. Dr Judith Olivia Skerritt 2009-2015 Director View profile
  24. Catherine Margaret Buckley 2009-2018 Director View profile
  25. Stephen Edward Docking 2006-2013 Director View profile
  26. Iain James Hall 2006-2013 Director View profile
  27. Leslie Neville Chamberlain 2004-2013 Director View profile
  28. Brian Michael Child 2003-2015 Director View profile
  29. Robert James Mee 2003-2015 Director View profile
  30. Christopher Stanley Clifford 2003-2004 Director View profile
  31. Christopher Martin Mahon 2003-2009 Director View profile
  32. Dr Caroline Elizabeth Evans 2003-2009 Director View profile
  33. Tony Williams 2002-2017 Director View profile
  34. Playfer, Jeremy, Doctor 2002-2008 Director View profile
  35. Judith Olivia Skerritt 2002-2008 Director View profile
  36. Alan Arthur Watson 2001-2007 Director View profile
  37. David Joseph Wall 2000-2006 Director View profile
  38. Prof Peter Edward Wheeler 2000-2017 Director View profile
  39. Karen Davies 1998-2003 Director View profile
  40. Alan Sharples 1998-2003 Director View profile
  41. Derek Lyon 1998-2004 Director View profile
  42. Brian Nicholas Livingstone 1997-2003 Director View profile
  43. John Gibb Brown 1997-2005 Director View profile
  44. Graham Michael Pollard 1997-2003 Director View profile
  45. Brian Hugh Coles 1997-2003 Director View profile
  46. John Boardman Makinson 1996-2005 Director View profile
  47. Kathryn Edwards 1996-2002 Director View profile
  48. Brian George Gardiner 1996-2002 Director View profile
  49. Brian John Moffett 1996-1996 Director View profile
  50. Dr David Alexander Pealing Cooke 1995-2001 Director View profile
  51. Jean Pickering Dixon 1994-2000 Director View profile
  52. Nigel Keith Maybury 1994-2002 Director View profile
  53. Beatrice Josephine Jones 1998 Director View profile
  54. Elizabeth Mary Livingstone 1997 Director View profile
  55. Margaret Carrell Parslow 1995 Director View profile
  56. Derek Brian Edwards 1994 Director View profile
  57. Dr John Spencer Madden 1992 Director View profile
  58. Andrew Lyndsay Balfour Thomson 1992 Director View profile
  59. Graeme Kevin Jump 1996 Director View profile
  60. Helen Elizabeth Betts 1994 Director View profile
  61. Patrick Jerzy Wisniewski 1998 Director View profile
  62. Jennifer Reta Jardine 1996 Director View profile
  63. Dr John Rendle Baker 1996 Director View profile
  64. John Hamilton Howatt 1997 Director View profile
  65. Arthur Rennie Barnes 1997 Director View profile
  66. Alan Sidney Guy 1994 Director View profile
  67. Nicholas John Wandesford Wilson 1998 Director View profile
  68. Alan Richard Sykes 2000-2014 Secretary View profile
  69. Michael Arnold Russell Johnson 1995-2000 Secretary View profile
  70. Ewart Alan Du Cros 1995-1995 Secretary View profile
  71. Dr Michael Rogers Brambell 1992-1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
09/05/1934
Also a registered charity
The North of England Zoological Society

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The North of England Zoological Society on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

3 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

9 grants · £5,053,194 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 · £4,780,495 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £154,533
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £118,166 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,391,6952023-03-08
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £19,9702022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £2,7962022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £23,7832021-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £71,6172020-04-01
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.

16 directors on the board

4.8y median 3.1y
average tenure
19.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (10)

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 13Finance 6Retail and trade 5Education 4Other services 3Arts and leisure 2Business services 2Tech and media 2

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
00287902
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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