Company · Wimborne
The Friends of Canford School
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Who leads it
- Christopher James WheelerDirector · since 2026
- Joanne Mary WalpoleDirector · since 2025
- Caroline Mary CoulsonDirector · since 2024
- Jacquelyn Claire HowellsDirector · since 2024
- Rowena Julie GastonDirector · since 2022
- Michael John William DurhamDirector · since 2020
- Anita Diane Ambrose-HuntDirector · since 2015
- Rev Phil Andrew JackDirector · since 2014
- Vivienne Anne ArkellDirector · since 2009
- Timothy Mark BrownSecretary · since 2015
Previous officers 73
- Dr Helen Robertshaw 2024-2025 View profile
- Emma Elizabeth Steavenson 2019-2020 View profile
- Linda Tazzyman 2019-2023 View profile
- Linda Spencer 2019-2021 View profile
- Perianne Graham 2019-2025 View profile
- Tiffany Louise Fleming 2017-2025 View profile
- Louise Anne Craigen 2017-2021 View profile
- Lisa Mary Farthing 2017-2025 View profile
- Mandy Lorna Catto 2014-2015 View profile
- Benjamin Alastair Martin Vessey 2013-2026 View profile
- Candice Louise Raby 2013-2019 View profile
- Debra Jane Stocks 2012-2025 View profile
- Marliska Constance Wombell 2012-2017 View profile
- Suzannah Jane Doherty 2012-2016 View profile
- William Michael Doherty 2011-2015 View profile
- David Henry Stocks 2010-2015 View profile
- Gwen Doherty 2009-2014 View profile
- Gordon Francis De Courcy Page 2009-2011 View profile
- Anthony Robert Davey 2009-2011 View profile
- Heather Jacinth Hemming 2007-2010 View profile
- Susan Stotter 2007-2009 View profile
- Peter John Fowler 2005-2014 View profile
- Susan Jane Annesley 2005-2007 View profile
- Richard George Alexander Baxter 2004-2009 View profile
- Philippa Connor 2004-2018 View profile
- Alan Livingstone 2004-2008 View profile
- Barbara Mary Dooley 2003-2007 View profile
- Davidson, Phillipa Diana, Doctor 2003-2011 View profile
- Jerry Orme 2002-2014 View profile
- Guy Trehane 2002-2008 View profile
- Phipps, David Samuel Blechynden, Colonel 2001-2012 View profile
- Henry Christopher Ralph Michelmore 2000-2014 View profile
- Neil Andrew Cullum 2000-2007 View profile
- Timothy Noel Chick 1999-2002 View profile
- Warren George Haskins 1999-2002 View profile
- Pauline Scott 1999-2002 View profile
- Rosemary Anne Harms 1998-2003 View profile
- Marjorie Anne Trehane 1998-2007 View profile
- Dr James Soper 1998-2004 View profile
- Christine Margaret Dowdle 1997-2001 View profile
- Victor Grayson 1995-2003 View profile
- Dorothy Mary Lambert 1995-2002 View profile
- Ian Rowland Martin 1995-2004 View profile
- Peter Robin Dugdale 1995-1998 View profile
- David Robert Bell 1993-2001 View profile
- Gillian Claire Desforges 1992-1995 View profile
- Jennifer Jane Ketteridge 1992-1997 View profile
- Dr Stephen Michael Thomas 1992-1998 View profile
- John Darcy Lever 1992-2013 View profile
- Rita Hortin 1997 View profile
- Chamberlain, Michael John, Cdr 2001 View profile
- Douglas Warren 1998 View profile
- Curtiss, John Bagot, Air Marshal Sir 1995 View profile
- George Reed 1992 View profile
- Malanie Joy Fawcett 1997 View profile
- Joy Kingston 1995 View profile
- Terence Ivor Keats 1995 View profile
- Alan Seward 1998 View profile
- Jeannie Chambers 1996 View profile
- Maureen Ethel Mcpherson 1994 View profile
- Colin Arthur Stanley Wise 1994 View profile
- Valerie Thelma Beal 1994 View profile
- Rex Booth Allinson-James 1993 View profile
- Martin Marriott 1992 View profile
- Colin Wishaw 1992 View profile
- Marilyn Eve Sertin 1993 View profile
- Michael Andrew Clarkson 2014-2015 View profile
- Sheila Ann Way 2011-2014 View profile
- David Lloyd Thomas 2010-2011 View profile
- Alan John Blowers 2007-2010 View profile
- John William Leicester 2004-2007 View profile
- Yvonne Kathleen Thomas 2002-2004 View profile
- Nicholas Grey Holmes 2002 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other education n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 22/11/1943
- Registered office
- Wimborne
- Also a registered charity
- The Friends of Canford School
- Previous names
- The Canford School Society,Limited (until 11/09/2015)
Financials
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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
- Caroline Mary Coulson Director · appointed 2024
- Rev Phil Andrew Jack Director · appointed 2014
- Jacquelyn Claire Howells Director · appointed 2024
- Christopher James Wheeler Director · appointed 2026
- Vivienne Anne Arkell Director · appointed 2009
- Rowena Julie Gaston Director · appointed 2022
- Michael John William Durham Director · appointed 2020
- Anita Diane Ambrose-Hunt Director · appointed 2015
- Joanne Mary Walpole Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Rev Phil Andrew Jack Director · appointed 2014
- Vivienne Anne Arkell Director · appointed 2009
- Michael John William Durham Director · appointed 2020
- Anita Diane Ambrose-Hunt Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Caroline Mary Coulson Director · appointed 2024
- Rev Phil Andrew Jack Director · appointed 2014
- Jacquelyn Claire Howells Director · appointed 2024
- Vivienne Anne Arkell Director · appointed 2009
- Joanne Mary Walpole Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Christopher James Wheeler Director · appointed 2026
- Rowena Julie Gaston Director · appointed 2022
- Michael John William Durham Director · appointed 2020
- Anita Diane Ambrose-Hunt Director · appointed 2015
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Helen Robertshaw Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- Tiffany Louise Fleming Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Lisa Mary Farthing Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Debra Jane Stocks Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2025
- Benjamin Alastair Martin Vessey Director · appointed 2013 · 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.
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
- 00383983
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/04/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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