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The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

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Previous officers 73

  1. Efosa Michael Olaye 2020-2021 Director View profile
  2. Paul William Baker 2020-2025 Director View profile
  3. Michael John Wroe 2020-2026 Director View profile
  4. Michael John Hughes 2019-2019 Director View profile
  5. Polly Anne Shute 2018-2021 Director View profile
  6. Robert Michael Deakin 2018-2023 Director View profile
  7. James Daryl Hambro 2015-2024 Director View profile
  8. Polly Ann Williams 2014-2022 Director View profile
  9. Amar Latif 2014-2016 Director View profile
  10. Clare Elizabeth Black 2013-2022 Director View profile
  11. John Meldrum Everitt 2013-2016 Director View profile
  12. John Morrison Stewart 2012-2015 Director View profile
  13. Dr Michael Leslie Nussbaum 2012-2021 Director View profile
  14. Amanda Helen Ariss 2012-2021 Director View profile
  15. Mark Radclyffe Jenkins 2012-2014 Director View profile
  16. John Derek Wrighthouse 2012-2021 Director View profile
  17. Patricia Mary Stafford 2011-2020 Director View profile
  18. David John Bagley 2011-2020 Director View profile
  19. Rodney Stewart Buse 2011-2012 Director View profile
  20. David Bruce Anderson 2011-2020 Director View profile
  21. Martyn Robert Smith 2010-2012 Director View profile
  22. Jill Vivien Hill 2008-2011 Director View profile
  23. Dr David Crichton Mitchell 2008-2011 Director View profile
  24. Amos Miller 2008-2014 Director View profile
  25. James Alan Park 2007-2014 Director View profile
  26. Rowena Margaret Lusty 2007-2014 Director View profile
  27. Norma Johnston 2006-2014 Director View profile
  28. Paul Richard Dudman 2005-2007 Director View profile
  29. Dr John Hilbourne 2005-2014 Director View profile
  30. Dr Michael Townsend 2003-2012 Director View profile
  31. Elizabeth Anne Hubbick 2003-2012 Director View profile
  32. Roy Graham Benjamin 2003-2012 Director View profile
  33. Miles Richard Stanford 2003-2012 Director View profile
  34. Anthony Aston 2003-2012 Director View profile
  35. Sir Nicholas Fenn 2002-2006 Director View profile
  36. Kenneth Irvine Mcfarlane 2002-2011 Director View profile
  37. Richard Brian Lane 2001-2008 Director View profile
  38. Geraldine Amy Bounds 1998-2005 Director View profile
  39. Elaine Beverley Noad 1998-2008 Director View profile
  40. Bruce Malcolm Gordon 1997-2011 Director View profile
  41. Igal Yawetz 1997-2006 Director View profile
  42. Neal King 1996-2010 Director View profile
  43. Jean Elizabeth Ann Arch 1994-1998 Director View profile
  44. John Dudley Webster 1993-1996 Director View profile
  45. Katherine Mary Bowman 1993-2001 Director View profile
  46. Peter Robin Dugdale 1998 Director View profile
  47. Sir Andrew Colin Hugh Smith 2001 Director View profile
  48. Barbara Mollie Pugh 1993 Director View profile
  49. Anthony Hugh Chignell 2003 Director View profile
  50. Raymond Lazare Hazan 1998 Director View profile
  51. Nicholas John Harper 2005 Director View profile
  52. Robert Gray Chapman 1996 Director View profile
  53. John Windeler Robertson 2000 Director View profile
  54. Jean-Clare Schaw Miller 2003 Director View profile
  55. Mary Jobbins 2002 Director View profile
  56. Barry Nicholas Aubrey Weatherill 2007 Director View profile
  57. John Michael Beharrell 1992 Director View profile
  58. Ann Norah Argyle 1994 Director View profile
  59. Sir Gordon Shattock 1997 Director View profile
  60. Right Hon Lord Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin of Roding 1997 Director View profile
  61. David Blunkett 1997 Director View profile
  62. John Douglas Benoy 1998 Director View profile
  63. Jessel, Amelia Grace, the Hon Mrs 1998 Director View profile
  64. Clifford, Robert John, Brigadier 2001 Director View profile
  65. Edward Dennis Armstrong 1993 Director View profile
  66. Phillippa Tracey Walther-Caine 2012-2025 Secretary View profile
  67. Semple Associates LTD 2012-2012 Corporate-secretary View profile
  68. Chinembiri Nancy Mafico 2011-2012 Secretary View profile
  69. Semple Associates LTD 2011-2011 Corporate-secretary View profile
  70. Natalie Jabe Griffiths 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  71. Richard Michael Reger 2005-2009 Secretary View profile
  72. Jill Farrar 1999-2011 Secretary View profile
  73. Gordon Crowe 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
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Incorporated
30/08/1934
Registered office
Reading
Also a registered charity
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

7 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

18 grants · £1,544,853 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002026-01-23
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9162024-04-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £689,0452023-09-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-03-17
  • Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation £1,0002023-01-13
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.

11 directors on the board

5y median 5.8y
average tenure
8.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (9)

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.

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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00291646
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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