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The Friends of Canford School

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

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Previous officers 73

  1. Dr Helen Robertshaw 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Emma Elizabeth Steavenson 2019-2020 Director View profile
  3. Linda Tazzyman 2019-2023 Director View profile
  4. Linda Spencer 2019-2021 Director View profile
  5. Perianne Graham 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Tiffany Louise Fleming 2017-2025 Director View profile
  7. Louise Anne Craigen 2017-2021 Director View profile
  8. Lisa Mary Farthing 2017-2025 Director View profile
  9. Mandy Lorna Catto 2014-2015 Director View profile
  10. Benjamin Alastair Martin Vessey 2013-2026 Director View profile
  11. Candice Louise Raby 2013-2019 Director View profile
  12. Debra Jane Stocks 2012-2025 Director View profile
  13. Marliska Constance Wombell 2012-2017 Director View profile
  14. Suzannah Jane Doherty 2012-2016 Director View profile
  15. William Michael Doherty 2011-2015 Director View profile
  16. David Henry Stocks 2010-2015 Director View profile
  17. Gwen Doherty 2009-2014 Director View profile
  18. Gordon Francis De Courcy Page 2009-2011 Director View profile
  19. Anthony Robert Davey 2009-2011 Director View profile
  20. Heather Jacinth Hemming 2007-2010 Director View profile
  21. Susan Stotter 2007-2009 Director View profile
  22. Peter John Fowler 2005-2014 Director View profile
  23. Susan Jane Annesley 2005-2007 Director View profile
  24. Richard George Alexander Baxter 2004-2009 Director View profile
  25. Philippa Connor 2004-2018 Director View profile
  26. Alan Livingstone 2004-2008 Director View profile
  27. Barbara Mary Dooley 2003-2007 Director View profile
  28. Davidson, Phillipa Diana, Doctor 2003-2011 Director View profile
  29. Jerry Orme 2002-2014 Director View profile
  30. Guy Trehane 2002-2008 Director View profile
  31. Phipps, David Samuel Blechynden, Colonel 2001-2012 Director View profile
  32. Henry Christopher Ralph Michelmore 2000-2014 Director View profile
  33. Neil Andrew Cullum 2000-2007 Director View profile
  34. Timothy Noel Chick 1999-2002 Director View profile
  35. Warren George Haskins 1999-2002 Director View profile
  36. Pauline Scott 1999-2002 Director View profile
  37. Rosemary Anne Harms 1998-2003 Director View profile
  38. Marjorie Anne Trehane 1998-2007 Director View profile
  39. Dr James Soper 1998-2004 Director View profile
  40. Christine Margaret Dowdle 1997-2001 Director View profile
  41. Victor Grayson 1995-2003 Director View profile
  42. Dorothy Mary Lambert 1995-2002 Director View profile
  43. Ian Rowland Martin 1995-2004 Director View profile
  44. Peter Robin Dugdale 1995-1998 Director View profile
  45. David Robert Bell 1993-2001 Director View profile
  46. Gillian Claire Desforges 1992-1995 Director View profile
  47. Jennifer Jane Ketteridge 1992-1997 Director View profile
  48. Dr Stephen Michael Thomas 1992-1998 Director View profile
  49. John Darcy Lever 1992-2013 Director View profile
  50. Rita Hortin 1997 Director View profile
  51. Chamberlain, Michael John, Cdr 2001 Director View profile
  52. Douglas Warren 1998 Director View profile
  53. Curtiss, John Bagot, Air Marshal Sir 1995 Director View profile
  54. George Reed 1992 Director View profile
  55. Malanie Joy Fawcett 1997 Director View profile
  56. Joy Kingston 1995 Director View profile
  57. Terence Ivor Keats 1995 Director View profile
  58. Alan Seward 1998 Director View profile
  59. Jeannie Chambers 1996 Director View profile
  60. Maureen Ethel Mcpherson 1994 Director View profile
  61. Colin Arthur Stanley Wise 1994 Director View profile
  62. Valerie Thelma Beal 1994 Director View profile
  63. Rex Booth Allinson-James 1993 Director View profile
  64. Martin Marriott 1992 Director View profile
  65. Colin Wishaw 1992 Director View profile
  66. Marilyn Eve Sertin 1993 Director View profile
  67. Michael Andrew Clarkson 2014-2015 Secretary View profile
  68. Sheila Ann Way 2011-2014 Secretary View profile
  69. David Lloyd Thomas 2010-2011 Secretary View profile
  70. Alan John Blowers 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
  71. John William Leicester 2004-2007 Secretary View profile
  72. Yvonne Kathleen Thomas 2002-2004 Secretary View profile
  73. Nicholas Grey Holmes 2002 Secretary 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

6.1y median 4.2y
average tenure
16.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

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.

Education 4Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Other services 1Property 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
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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