North of England Zoological Society (the)
Company 00287902 Active
Registered charity: The North of England Zoological Society
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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
- Wray, Stephanie, Dr Director · appointed 2025
- Simon Peter Venables Director · appointed 2014
- Jacob Samuel Thompson Director · appointed 2026
- Malcolm Stephen Ardron Director · appointed 2006
- Shah, Vikas Sagar, Dr Director · appointed 2024
- Pizzi, Romain, Dr Director · appointed 2022
- Griffiths, Richard Alun, Professor Director · appointed 2015
- David Wootton Cbe Director · appointed 2022
- Emma Jane Degg Director · appointed 2026
- Yvonne Emmett Cannell Director · appointed 2023
- Green, Rhys Edward, Professor Director · appointed 2022
- Gareth Edward Thomas Director · appointed 2024
- Lee Rawlinson Director · appointed 2019
- Cripps, Simon, Dr Director · appointed 2023
- Neill Jonathan Skinner Director · appointed 2023
- Tina Elizabeth Mitchell Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Simon Peter Venables Director · appointed 2014
- Malcolm Stephen Ardron Director · appointed 2006
- Griffiths, Richard Alun, Professor Director · appointed 2015
- Lee Rawlinson Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Jacob Samuel Thompson Director · appointed 2026
- Green, Rhys Edward, Professor Director · appointed 2022
- Lee Rawlinson Director · appointed 2019
- Cripps, Simon, Dr Director · appointed 2023
- Neill Jonathan Skinner Director · appointed 2023
- Tina Elizabeth Mitchell Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (10)
- Wray, Stephanie, Dr Director · appointed 2025
- Simon Peter Venables Director · appointed 2014
- Malcolm Stephen Ardron Director · appointed 2006
- Shah, Vikas Sagar, Dr Director · appointed 2024
- Pizzi, Romain, Dr Director · appointed 2022
- Griffiths, Richard Alun, Professor Director · appointed 2015
- David Wootton Cbe Director · appointed 2022
- Emma Jane Degg Director · appointed 2026
- Yvonne Emmett Cannell Director · appointed 2023
- Gareth Edward Thomas Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
- Wray, Stephanie, Dr Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, The Mammal Society
- Pizzi, Romain, Dr British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums
- Griffiths, Richard Alun, Professor Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust, The Herpetological Conservation Trust
- Emma Jane Degg The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. Mary on the Hill, Chester
- Yvonne Emmett Cannell Hospice of the Good Shepherd LTD
Left in the last 12 months
- Penelope Ann Coates Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
- Angela Bridie Robinson Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Jen Carter Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2026
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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust 1 shared director
- Mammal Society(the) 1 shared director
- Hospice of the Good Shepherd 1 shared director
- Wildwood Centre Limited 1 shared director
- North West Business Leadership Team Limited 1 shared director
- Chester ZOO Enterprises Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 00287902 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) |
| Incorporated | 09/05/1934 |
| Address | CEDAR HOUSE, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, CAUGHALL ROAD, UPTON-BY-CHESTER, CHESTER, CH2 1LH |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Owns 3 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Chester ZOO Enterprises Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Chester ZOO Hotels Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2023-01-23 - Chester ZOO Uganda Limited
significant influence · notified 2025-07-23
Officers (88)
- Jacob Samuel Thompson Director · appointed 2026
- Emma Jane Degg Director · appointed 2026
- Tina Elizabeth Mitchell Director · appointed 2026
- Wray, Stephanie, Dr Director · appointed 2025
- Shah, Vikas Sagar, Dr Director · appointed 2024
- Gareth Edward Thomas Director · appointed 2024
- Yvonne Emmett Cannell Director · appointed 2023
- Cripps, Simon, Dr Director · appointed 2023
- Neill Jonathan Skinner Director · appointed 2023
- Pizzi, Romain, Dr Director · appointed 2022
- David Wootton Cbe Director · appointed 2022
- Green, Rhys Edward, Professor Director · appointed 2022
- Lee Rawlinson Director · appointed 2019
- Griffiths, Richard Alun, Professor Director · appointed 2015
- Simon Peter Venables Director · appointed 2014
- Aarco Services Limited Corporate-secretary · appointed 2014
- Malcolm Stephen Ardron Director · appointed 2006
Show 71 former officers
- Angela Bridie Robinson Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Martin Clive Harper Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2024
- Brandon Howard Leigh Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2022
- Amit Singh Kalley Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2021
- David Simon Chinn Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2023
- Jen Carter Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2026
- Macdonald, David, Professor Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
- Edwin Paul Collis Christmas Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
- Penelope Ann Coates Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
- Penny Ann Coates Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2017
- Paula Louise Spence Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
- Bennett, Malcolm, Prof Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
- Sandra Donnelly Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2022
- William John Beale Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2023
- Angela Pinnington Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2020
- Newton, Russell, Professor Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2020
- Bennett, Malcolm, Professor Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
- Bruce Anthony Ursell Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2022
- David Owen Pickering Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2015
- Buczacki, Stefan Tadeusz, Prof Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2016
- Dowell, Simon Derek, Dr Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
- Rebecca Anne Burke-Sharples Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
- Skerritt, Judith Olivia, Dr Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
- Catherine Margaret Buckley Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2018
- Stephen Edward Docking Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2013
- Iain James Hall Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2013
- Leslie Neville Chamberlain Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
- Brian Michael Child Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2015
- Robert James Mee Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2015
- Christopher Stanley Clifford Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2004
- Christopher Martin Mahon Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
- Evans, Caroline Elizabeth, Dr Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
- Tony Williams Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2017
- Playfer, Jeremy, Doctor Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2008
- Judith Olivia Skerritt Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2008
- Alan Arthur Watson Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2007
- David Joseph Wall Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2006
- Wheeler, Peter Edward, Prof Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2017
- Alan Richard Sykes Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2014
- Karen Davies Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2003
- Alan Sharples Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2003
- Derek Lyon Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2004
- Brian Nicholas Livingstone Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2003
- John Gibb Brown Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2005
- Graham Michael Pollard Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2003
- Brian Hugh Coles Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2003
- John Boardman Makinson Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2005
- Kathryn Edwards Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2002
- Brian George Gardiner Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2002
- Brian John Moffett Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1996
- Michael Arnold Russell Johnson Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 2000
- Ewart Alan Du Cros Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 1995
- Cooke, David Alexander Pealing, Dr Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2001
- Jean Pickering Dixon Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2000
- Nigel Keith Maybury Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2002
- Brambell, Michael Rogers, Dr Secretary · appointed 1992 · resigned 1995
- Beatrice Josephine Jones Director · resigned 1998
- Elizabeth Mary Livingstone Director · resigned 1997
- Margaret Carrell Parslow Director · resigned 1995
- Derek Brian Edwards Director · resigned 1994
- Madden, John Spencer, Dr Director · resigned 1992
- Andrew Lyndsay Balfour Thomson Director · resigned 1992
- Graeme Kevin Jump Director · resigned 1996
- Helen Elizabeth Betts Director · resigned 1994
- Patrick Jerzy Wisniewski Director · resigned 1998
- Jennifer Reta Jardine Director · resigned 1996
- Baker, John Rendle, Dr Director · resigned 1996
- John Hamilton Howatt Director · resigned 1997
- Arthur Rennie Barnes Director · resigned 1997
- Alan Sidney Guy Director · resigned 1994
- Nicholas John Wandesford Wilson Director · resigned 1998
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