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The English Folk Dance and Song Society

Cultural education

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 103

  1. Jeremy John Cobbett Simpson 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Nell Leyshon 2024-2026 Director View profile
  3. Angeline Morrison 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Arti Prashar 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Martin Parker 2020-2023 Director View profile
  6. Eleanor Telfer 2020-2024 Director View profile
  7. Professor Lucy Hooberman 2020-2024 Director View profile
  8. Laura Ann Louise Jones 2020-2025 Director View profile
  9. Ayub Khan 2019-2025 Director View profile
  10. Stephen Leslie Roud 2019-2021 Director View profile
  11. Sharon Maxine Neyhus 2018-2021 Director View profile
  12. Nicola Kearey 2018-2023 Director View profile
  13. Corinne Jean Helen Male 2018-2021 Director View profile
  14. Fiona Mildred Newmarch Coope 2017-2023 Director View profile
  15. Andrew Stephen Wooles 2017-2023 Director View profile
  16. Alan Davey 2017-2025 Director View profile
  17. Michael Peter Gallagher 2015-2019 Director View profile
  18. Alistair Miles Anderson 2015-2021 Director View profile
  19. Michael Heaney 2013-2019 Director View profile
  20. Julia Emma Staelens 2013-2017 Director View profile
  21. Douglas Oates 2012-2018 Director View profile
  22. Sharon Maxine Neyhus 2011-2017 Director View profile
  23. Jonathan Bryden Brenner 2011-2017 Director View profile
  24. Tamsin Rebecca Austin 2011-2014 Director View profile
  25. Lorna Jane Aizlewood 2011-2023 Director View profile
  26. Peter Michael Slavid 2011-2017 Director View profile
  27. Lucy Henrietta Neal 2011-2017 Director View profile
  28. Andrew Brookfield Swaine 2010-2013 Director View profile
  29. Peter James Aldridge 2010-2016 Director View profile
  30. Patrick Oliver Mulligan 2010-2011 Director View profile
  31. Judith Anne Hanson 2009-2011 Director View profile
  32. Alan James 2009-2015 Director View profile
  33. John Ashley Crawford 2007-2013 Director View profile
  34. Douglas Kingston 2007-2011 Director View profile
  35. Joan Crump 2007-2010 Director View profile
  36. Gordon Thomas Jones 2007-2013 Director View profile
  37. John Daniel Fox 2006-2007 Director View profile
  38. Robert Hally Thomas 2006-2012 Director View profile
  39. Michael Wilson Jones 2006-2012 Director View profile
  40. Petronella Broadbridge 2006-2007 Director View profile
  41. Liam Alexander Robinson 2005-2006 Director View profile
  42. Michael Ernest Norris 2005-2011 Director View profile
  43. Timothy Raymond Rutherford 2005-2009 Director View profile
  44. Alan Leslie Clarke 2005-2007 Director View profile
  45. Michael John Riley 2004-2007 Director View profile
  46. Hilary Blanford 2004-2009 Director View profile
  47. Anthony John Garton 2004-2010 Director View profile
  48. Jeremy Edward Jonathon West 2002-2005 Director View profile
  49. Michael Wright 2002-2007 Director View profile
  50. Dr Anthony John Allen 2002-2005 Director View profile
  51. Brenda Helen Godrich 2001-2007 Director View profile
  52. Beresford John Godfrey Callaghan 2000-2005 Director View profile
  53. Paul Davenport 2000-2005 Director View profile
  54. John Shorter 2000-2006 Director View profile
  55. John Michael Adams 2000-2008 Director View profile
  56. John Bacon 2000-2005 Director View profile
  57. Howard Geoffrey Mitchell 1999-2016 Director View profile
  58. Dr Susan Marjorie Swift 1999-2001 Director View profile
  59. Leslie William Barclay 1999-2005 Director View profile
  60. Casper Cronk 1999-2004 Director View profile
  61. Humphreys, Mary Willan, Councillor 1998-1999 Director View profile
  62. Mary Bradbury 1998-2001 Director View profile
  63. David Emlyn Stephens 1997-2000 Director View profile
  64. Dawn Alexander Winskill 1997-2000 Director View profile
  65. Peter Kennedy 1997-2000 Director View profile
  66. Peter Leonard Contrastano 1997-2000 Director View profile
  67. Robert Roxburgh Moir 1997-2001 Director View profile
  68. Roderick Saffin Stradling 1997-2000 Director View profile
  69. Nicolas Milton Broadbridge 1996-2001 Director View profile
  70. Thomas Griffith Jones 1996-1999 Director View profile
  71. Catherine Mary Badrick 1996-2003 Director View profile
  72. Margaret Fletcher 1995-1998 Director View profile
  73. James Derek Schofield 1995-2000 Director View profile
  74. Edward Upton 1995-1997 Director View profile
  75. Trevor Gregory Monson 1995-1996 Director View profile
  76. Medelaine Wisdom 1994-1997 Director View profile
  77. Hilary Warburton 1994-1998 Director View profile
  78. Roy Garrington 1994-1995 Director View profile
  79. James Murray 1993-1996 Director View profile
  80. Elizabeth Meryl Shaw 1993-1995 Director View profile
  81. Michael John Spenceley 1993-1993 Director View profile
  82. Lily Bailey 1994 Director View profile
  83. Richard Stuart Thom 1994 Director View profile
  84. Dr Barrie Keith Bullimore 1997 Director View profile
  85. Malcolm Wilfred Doughty 1995 Director View profile
  86. David Anthony Leverton 1996 Director View profile
  87. Peter Kennedy 1993 Director View profile
  88. Patricia Garn 1993 Director View profile
  89. Paul Kiff 1996 Director View profile
  90. Jessica Gold 1993 Director View profile
  91. Peter Rutherford Golden-Jackson 1994 Director View profile
  92. Stephen Mark Gough 1998 Director View profile
  93. Dr Frederick Hunter Boord 1993 Director View profile
  94. Philip Bloy 2001 Director View profile
  95. Wendy Crouch 1997 Director View profile
  96. Barbara Mary Wilson Jones 2003-2016 Secretary View profile
  97. Ayesha Ann Mary Braganza 2000-2001 Secretary View profile
  98. Nicholas Alan Ross 1999-2000 Secretary View profile
  99. Rachel Clare Taylor 1998-2003 Secretary View profile
  100. John Geoffrey Hetherington 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  101. Charles William Frederick Chapman 1996-1997 Secretary View profile
  102. Professor Noel Brenthall Watson Thompson 1996-1996 Secretary View profile
  103. Malcolm O'Brien Acheson 1995-1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Cultural education; Support activities to performing arts; Library activities; Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Incorporated
13/02/1935
Also a registered charity
English Folk Dance and Song Society

Grants received

11 grants · £2,007,336 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 · £877,370 (5 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £600,000 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £529,966 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £38,6422023-03-14
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £38,6422023-03-14
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £261,3582022-10-13
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £261,3582022-10-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £77,3002020-08-17
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.

9 directors on the board

3.1y median 1.7y
average tenure
13.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (7)

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.

Tech and media 6Professional services 4Education 3Business services 2Dormant 2Arts and leisure 1Manufacturing 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
00297142
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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