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Blue Cross

Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 52

  1. Michele Elizabeth Jennings 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Lara Dewar 2021-2023 Director View profile
  3. Charmion Lee Pears 2020-2022 Director View profile
  4. Joseph Nhan-O'Reilly 2020-2023 Director View profile
  5. Stuart Carmichael 2018-2023 Director View profile
  6. Sue Ellis 2018-2019 Director View profile
  7. Nico Lutkins 2017-2023 Director View profile
  8. Catherine Ann Brown 2015-2022 Director View profile
  9. Kristina Glover 2015-2016 Director View profile
  10. Victoria Clare Hemming 2015-2019 Director View profile
  11. Deirdre Walker 2015-2018 Director View profile
  12. Amy Clarke 2014-2019 Director View profile
  13. Rt Revd David Douglas James Rossdale 2014-2018 Director View profile
  14. Stuart John Morgan 2013-2013 Director View profile
  15. Professor Anthony William Forster 2012-2017 Director View profile
  16. Timothy Henry Ralph Porter 2011-2024 Director View profile
  17. Neil Christopher Smith 2011-2018 Director View profile
  18. Thomas Harold Corran 2011-2014 Director View profile
  19. Dr David Stuart Watt 2007-2015 Director View profile
  20. Andrew Jeremy Prebble 2006-2016 Director View profile
  21. Reverend William Harold King 2004-2010 Director View profile
  22. Roger Green 2004-2013 Director View profile
  23. Julie Hyde 2003-2013 Director View profile
  24. Zair David Berry 2003-2021 Director View profile
  25. Walter Beswick 2000-2011 Director View profile
  26. Irene Ellen Terry 1999-2005 Director View profile
  27. John Mervyn Ingle Reed 1999-2013 Director View profile
  28. Diane Adele Sinclair 1997-2012 Director View profile
  29. Dr Timothy Charles Hutton 1997-2019 Director View profile
  30. Lord Graham Kirkham 1997-1998 Director View profile
  31. Rudolph Thomas Vyner CBE 1997-2000 Director View profile
  32. Harry Alan Kennard 1997-2001 Director View profile
  33. Shirley Geraldine Silverstone 1996-1999 Director View profile
  34. Right Honourable Lord Allen John George Sheppard 1996-2001 Director View profile
  35. Adrian Vincent Rowbotham 1995-2013 Director View profile
  36. Dr Andrew Thomas Bailey Edney 1994-2011 Director View profile
  37. John Nichol 1993-1999 Director View profile
  38. Nicholas Frederick Lowe 1992-1995 Director View profile
  39. Timothy Robert Finlow 1992-2004 Director View profile
  40. Keith Hartley Savage 1992-2004 Director View profile
  41. Anne Rita Edwards 1996 Director View profile
  42. Rodney John Wolverson 1992 Director View profile
  43. Roper-Curzon, Henrietta Margaret Fleur, Hon. 2021 Director View profile
  44. Peter Frederick Brooks 2012 Director View profile
  45. Alastair Robert Wilson Porter 2000 Director View profile
  46. William James Bryan Sneath 2001 Director View profile
  47. Peter Carpmael 1993 Director View profile
  48. Adele Susannah Fuller 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  49. Gwyn Huw Davies 2015-2017 Secretary View profile
  50. Richard Stuart Hollands 2014-2015 Secretary View profile
  51. Kim Lesley Hamilton 2008-2014 Secretary View profile
  52. John Stuart Sewell Rutter 2001-2008 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other retail sale in non-specialised stores; Veterinary activities; Other service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
11/09/1940
Registered office
Oxfordshire
Also a registered charity
Blue Cross
Previous names
The Blue Cross (Incorporating OUR Dumb Friends League) (until 11/06/2012)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Blue Cross on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 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

3 grants · £169,089 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

  • Department for Work and Pensions · £157,767 (2 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £11,322

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £11,3222022-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £87,8842022-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £69,8842021-04-01
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

7y median 7.1y
average tenure
11.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (7)

1
also govern a charity
1
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.

Professional services 6Property 4Finance 3Retail and trade 3Agriculture 1Tech and media 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00363197
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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