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Burgess Hill School for Girls Company

Company 00289787 Active

Registered charity: Burgess Hill School for Girls Company

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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.

5
directors on the board
3.3y median 2.3y
average tenure
8.6y
longest tenure
1
directors past 6 years
2 vs 2 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
5
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.

Education 2Business services 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

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Company details

Number00289787
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated02/07/1934
AddressBURGESS HILL SCHOOL, KEYMER ROAD, BURGESS HILL, WEST SUSSEX, RH15 0EG
Accounts next due30/04/2027
Accounts last made up31/07/2025

Industry (SIC)

85100 - Pre-primary education85200 - Primary education85310 - General secondary education

Ownership - persons with significant control (7)


  • Dr Alison Doreen Smith ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Mrs Kathryn Jean Bell ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Graham Robert Bond ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Mrs Elizabeth Anne Laybourn ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Lars Fox ceased German
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Graeme Alan Miles ceased British
    significant influence or control

Officers (79)

  • Thornton-Wood, Simon Peard, Dr Director · appointed 2025
  • Preston, Karen Secretary · appointed 2025
  • Gavin, Bethany Kathryn Director · appointed 2024
  • Hunter, Jessica Director · appointed 2024
  • Hill, Roy Keith John Director · appointed 2023
  • Marshall, Paul Michael, Dr Director · appointed 2017
  • Barnwell, Richard Former Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
  • Howson, Kirsty Former Secretary · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
  • Ross, Emma Zoe, Dr Former Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
  • Condie, Stuart James Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2023
  • Miles, Graeme Alan Former Secretary · appointed 2023 · resigned 2024
  • Henderson, Steven Richard Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2023
  • Bond, Graham Robert Former Secretary · appointed 2022 · resigned 2023
  • Smith, Karen Shauna Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2023
  • Burnage, Thomas Christopher Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
  • Edminson, Bridget Ann Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
  • Watt, Victoria Amy Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
  • Gibbs, Wendy Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
  • Ireland, Zoe Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
  • Morwood, Amanda Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2022
  • Stephen-Martin, Kelly Former Secretary · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
  • Keighley, Isabella Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2021
  • KAY, Rachel Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2024
  • Simpson, Hilary Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2023
  • Carter, Peter Duncan, Dr Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
  • Ramanan, Ramaswami, Dr Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
  • King, Stephen Charles Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2023
  • Reffin, Jeremy, Dr Former Secretary · appointed 2014 · resigned 2019
  • Wilson, Jill Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
  • Armitage, Christopher Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2022
  • Whelan, Alison Doreen Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2025
  • Reffin, Jeremy Paul, Prof Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2019
  • O'Brien, Kevin Michael, Reverend Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
  • Simpson, Ian Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2017
  • Elliott, Nicola Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
  • Cumming, Rosalind Jane Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
  • Shepherd, Peter Marshall Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Steel, Kim Marie Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Shepherd, Peter Former Secretary · appointed 2009 · resigned 2014
  • Tasker, James Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2018
  • Perkins, William Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
  • Henning, Mike Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
  • Parkhouse, Helen Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
  • Cooper, Charles Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Robb, Barrie Hunter Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
  • Bedwin, Charles Mark Former Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2011
  • Allen, Peter Richard Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2012
  • Lawless, Gerard Anthony, Doctor Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2008
  • Hicks, Heather Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
  • Wilkey, Roger Anthony Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2011
  • Milner Gulland, Nicholas James Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2006
  • Smith, Murdo Alasdair Macdonald Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
  • Clapp, Trevor Ernest Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2009
  • Cartwright, Lesley Mary Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2010
  • Bellamy, John David Fothergill, Doctor Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2006
  • Bailey, Michael David Former Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2004
  • Scutt, Derek George Former Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2007
  • Atherton, Derek, Professor Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2017
  • Annesley, Hugh Norman, Sir Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2005
  • Liddicoat, Bronagh Caroline Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2014
  • Prior, Ian Graham, Rev Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2011
  • Wareham, John Ernest Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
  • Scott, Colin Richard Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2010
  • Starling, Susan Judith Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2009
  • Keymer, Kenneth David Former Secretary · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
  • Murrell, John Norman, Professor Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
  • Davey, John Stuart Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2000
  • Pierce, Raymond Francis Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
  • Webb, Hubert Eustace, Professor Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
  • Gray, Susan Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Phillips, Frances Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Wynter, Edward Cedric Claude Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Young, Angela Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Cochrane, David George Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Roberts, Elizabeth St Clair, Dr Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Bodley, Hedwig Kirsten Johannessen Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Anderson, Olive Ruth, Professor Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Mcneil, Alastair Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Slynn, Eldred Derek Former Director · resigned 1993

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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