Guide Dogs for the Blind Association(the)
Company 00291646 Active
Registered charity: The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
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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.
11 directors on the board
- Patrick Anthony Moran Director · appointed 2023
- Mark Alexander Talbot Johnstone Director · appointed 2020
- Lynne Victoria Hill Director · appointed 2020
- Helen Farrow Director · appointed 2023
- Emma Jane West Director · appointed 2020
- Jennelle Lisa Tilling Director · appointed 2020
- Isabel Frances Hudson Director · appointed 2024
- Kerry Small Director · appointed 2023
- Catherine Mary Crofts Director · appointed 2018
- Christiane Antje Birgit Elsenbach Director · appointed 2023
- Sondhi, Ranjit, Dr Director · appointed 2018
5y median 5.8y
average tenure
8.1y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Catherine Mary Crofts Director · appointed 2018
- Sondhi, Ranjit, Dr Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Patrick Anthony Moran Director · appointed 2023
- Kerry Small Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (9)
- Mark Alexander Talbot Johnstone Director · appointed 2020
- Lynne Victoria Hill Director · appointed 2020
- Helen Farrow Director · appointed 2023
- Emma Jane West Director · appointed 2020
- Jennelle Lisa Tilling Director · appointed 2020
- Isabel Frances Hudson Director · appointed 2024
- Catherine Mary Crofts Director · appointed 2018
- Christiane Antje Birgit Elsenbach Director · appointed 2023
- Sondhi, Ranjit, Dr Director · appointed 2018
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Paul William Baker Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
- Michael John Wroe Director · appointed 2020 · 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.
Finance 5Health and social care 4Education 2Professional services 2Construction 1Hospitality 1Other 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.
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.
Related organisations
- Blind Children UK 2 shared directors
Connected through a shared director
- Royal London Mutual Insurance Society,Limited(the) 1 shared director
- Gdba (Pension Fund Trustee) Limited 1 shared director
- Guide Dogs UK Limited 1 shared director
- Magic Breakfast 1 shared director
- Halsey Capital Partners Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 00291646 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) |
| Incorporated | 30/08/1934 |
| Address | HILLFIELDS, READING ROAD BURGHFIELD COMMON, READING, RG7 3YG |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
96090 - Other service activities n.e.c.
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Owns 6 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Guide Dogs Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-07-27 - Gdba Community Care Services Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-07-29 - Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (Trading Company) Limited(the)
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-08-14 - Guide Dogs UK Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-09-20 - Gdba (Pension Fund Trustee) Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-09-28 - Blind Children UK
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-11-01
Officers (85)
- Marianne Lisa Millard Secretary · appointed 2026
- Isabel Frances Hudson Director · appointed 2024
- Patrick Anthony Moran Director · appointed 2023
- Helen Farrow Director · appointed 2023
- Kerry Small Director · appointed 2023
- Christiane Antje Birgit Elsenbach Director · appointed 2023
- Mark Alexander Talbot Johnstone Director · appointed 2020
- Lynne Victoria Hill Director · appointed 2020
- Emma Jane West Director · appointed 2020
- Jennelle Lisa Tilling Director · appointed 2020
- Catherine Mary Crofts Director · appointed 2018
- Sondhi, Ranjit, Dr Director · appointed 2018
Show 73 former officers
- Efosa Michael Olaye Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2021
- Paul William Baker Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
- Michael John Wroe Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Michael John Hughes Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2019
- Polly Anne Shute Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2021
- Robert Michael Deakin Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2023
- James Daryl Hambro Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2024
- Polly Ann Williams Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2022
- Amar Latif Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
- Clare Elizabeth Black Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2022
- John Meldrum Everitt Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
- John Morrison Stewart Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
- Phillippa Tracey Walther-Caine Secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2025
- Nussbaum, Michael Leslie, Dr Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2021
- Amanda Helen Ariss Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2021
- Semple Associates LTD Corporate-secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
- Mark Radclyffe Jenkins Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
- John Derek Wrighthouse Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2021
- Chinembiri Nancy Mafico Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
- Semple Associates LTD Corporate-secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2011
- Patricia Mary Stafford Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2020
- David John Bagley Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2020
- Rodney Stewart Buse Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
- David Bruce Anderson Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2020
- Martyn Robert Smith Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
- Natalie Jabe Griffiths Secretary · appointed 2009 · resigned 2010
- Jill Vivien Hill Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
- Mitchell, David Crichton, Dr Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
- Amos Miller Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2014
- James Alan Park Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2014
- Rowena Margaret Lusty Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2014
- Norma Johnston Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2014
- Paul Richard Dudman Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Hilbourne, John, Dr Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2014
- Richard Michael Reger Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
- Townsend, Michael, Dr Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2012
- Elizabeth Anne Hubbick Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2012
- Roy Graham Benjamin Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2012
- Miles Richard Stanford Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2012
- Anthony Aston Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2012
- Fenn, Nicholas, Sir Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
- Kenneth Irvine Mcfarlane Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2011
- Richard Brian Lane Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2008
- Jill Farrar Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2011
- Geraldine Amy Bounds Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2005
- Elaine Beverley Noad Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2008
- Bruce Malcolm Gordon Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2011
- Igal Yawetz Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2006
- Neal King Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2010
- Jean Elizabeth Ann Arch Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
- John Dudley Webster Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
- Katherine Mary Bowman Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2001
- Peter Robin Dugdale Director · resigned 1998
- Hugh Smith, Andrew Colin, Sir Director · resigned 2001
- Barbara Mollie Pugh Director · resigned 1993
- Anthony Hugh Chignell Director · resigned 2003
- Raymond Lazare Hazan Director · resigned 1998
- Nicholas John Harper Director · resigned 2005
- Robert Gray Chapman Director · resigned 1996
- John Windeler Robertson Director · resigned 2000
- Jean-Clare Schaw Miller Director · resigned 2003
- Mary Jobbins Director · resigned 2002
- Barry Nicholas Aubrey Weatherill Director · resigned 2007
- John Michael Beharrell Director · resigned 1992
- Ann Norah Argyle Director · resigned 1994
- Shattock, Gordon, Sir Director · resigned 1997
- Jenkin of Roding, Charles Patrick Fleeming, the Right Hon the Lord Director · resigned 1997
- David Blunkett Director · resigned 1997
- John Douglas Benoy Director · resigned 1998
- Gordon Crowe Secretary · resigned 1999
- Jessel, Amelia Grace, the Hon Mrs Director · resigned 1998
- Clifford, Robert John, Brigadier Director · resigned 2001
- Edward Dennis Armstrong Director · resigned 1993
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