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

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Previous officers 100

  1. Lauren Anne Bryan 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Anthony John Ballance 2023-2026 Director View profile
  3. Jez Rose 2020-2021 Director View profile
  4. Sepideh Golzari 2019-2022 Director View profile
  5. Thomas Godfrey Stafford Bourne 2017-2022 Director View profile
  6. Martin John Nye 2017-2025 Director View profile
  7. Joanne Ingleby 2017-2018 Director View profile
  8. Rosemary Anne Radcliffe 2017-2025 Director View profile
  9. Rachel Martino 2016-2019 Director View profile
  10. John Eimar Mccormick 2015-2015 Director View profile
  11. RenéE Jeanne Elliott 2015-2015 Director View profile
  12. Clare Catherine Owens 2014-2015 Director View profile
  13. Matthew Francis Henry Brown 2014-2017 Director View profile
  14. John Carson 2014-2020 Director View profile
  15. Oliver Hugh Arnold Dowding 2013-2020 Director View profile
  16. Lynda Ann Brown 2013-2014 Director View profile
  17. Graeme Richard Matravers 2013-2021 Director View profile
  18. Andrew Michael Whitley 2012-2014 Director View profile
  19. Joanna Marion Blythman 2012-2014 Director View profile
  20. Patricia Ann Thomas 2012-2014 Director View profile
  21. Anna Louise Rosier 2012-2013 Director View profile
  22. David Campbell James Main 2011-2015 Director View profile
  23. Dr Gabriel John Scally 2011-2019 Director View profile
  24. Neil Ashley Canetty-Clarke 2010-2017 Director View profile
  25. Graham John Harvey 2010-2013 Director View profile
  26. Phil Hugh Michael Haughton 2010-2013 Director View profile
  27. Huw Martin Richard Bowles 2009-2012 Director View profile
  28. Sangeeta Singh 2009-2014 Director View profile
  29. Charles William Weston 2008-2017 Director View profile
  30. Robert John Hopkins 2007-2010 Director View profile
  31. Martin Fitton 2007-2013 Director View profile
  32. Peter Segger 2006-2011 Director View profile
  33. Graham Keating 2006-2012 Director View profile
  34. Dennis Karl Overton 2006-2017 Director View profile
  35. Annabel Sarah Allott 2006-2016 Director View profile
  36. David Ernest Young 2005-2010 Director View profile
  37. Professor Timothy O'Riordan 2004-2012 Director View profile
  38. Boycott, Rosel Marie, Secretary 2003-2004 Director View profile
  39. Darina Allen 2003-2006 Director View profile
  40. Adrian Robert Otho Steele 2003-2009 Director View profile
  41. Orna Gabrielle Ni-Chionna 2002-2015 Director View profile
  42. Carey David Coombs 2002-2006 Director View profile
  43. Simon Jeremy Charles Wright 2001-2007 Director View profile
  44. Daphne Margaret Lambert 2001-2007 Director View profile
  45. Peter David Kindersley 2000-2005 Director View profile
  46. David Russell 1999-2000 Director View profile
  47. John Nigel Clear Woodhouse 1999-2015 Director View profile
  48. Mark Houghton Brown 1999-2006 Director View profile
  49. Renee Jeanne Elliott 1999-2014 Director View profile
  50. Peter Erskine 1999-2001 Director View profile
  51. Susan Marie Fowler 1998-2006 Director View profile
  52. James Dixon 1997-2000 Director View profile
  53. David John Wilson 1997-2003 Director View profile
  54. Carol Gaye Donaldson 1996-2012 Director View profile
  55. Sir Julian Rose 1996-2001 Director View profile
  56. Michael Michaud 1996-1998 Director View profile
  57. Roger Victor John Cadbury 1996-2011 Director View profile
  58. Adam Nicolson 1996-1999 Director View profile
  59. Michael Robin Brook 1996-1996 Director View profile
  60. Jenny Carol Usher 1996-2009 Director View profile
  61. Hilary Sian Shepherd 1996-1996 Director View profile
  62. William James Starling 1996-2010 Director View profile
  63. Martin Fitzhardinge Miller 1996-1996 Director View profile
  64. Elizabeth Hosken 1996-1996 Director View profile
  65. Marion Straker 1996-1996 Director View profile
  66. Mark Nicholas Fisher 1996-1997 Director View profile
  67. George Alastair Ronald Sawday 1995-2005 Director View profile
  68. Worcester, Tracy, Marchioness 1994-1998 Director View profile
  69. Herbert Leslie Harrison 1994-2001 Director View profile
  70. Teresa Mary Tennant 1994-1996 Director View profile
  71. Roy Leonard Haycock 1994-1999 Director View profile
  72. David Burton 1994-1996 Director View profile
  73. Charlotte Elizabeth Anne Russell 1993-1996 Director View profile
  74. Henrietta Jane Green 1993-1996 Director View profile
  75. Elizabeth Julie Vann 1993-1996 Director View profile
  76. Cindy Ashley Milburn 1993-1994 Director View profile
  77. David Michael Hill Marlow 1992-1994 Director View profile
  78. Tracey Clunies Ross 1992-1996 Director View profile
  79. Nicolas Harry Lampkin 1992-1995 Director View profile
  80. James Lee Burrows 1992-1994 Director View profile
  81. Lobstein, Timothy Jordan, Doctor 1992-1993 Director View profile
  82. Alan William Debenham 1992-1994 Director View profile
  83. Hugh Jonathan Earle Raven 1992-1999 Director View profile
  84. Geoffrey Cannon 1992-1993 Director View profile
  85. Craig Lynn Sams 2009 Director View profile
  86. Stewart Crocker 1993 Director View profile
  87. Rosamund Mary Young 1992 Director View profile
  88. Helen Mary Browning 2003 Director View profile
  89. Charles Dougal Campbell 1995 Director View profile
  90. Vivian John Montague 1996 Director View profile
  91. Dr George Mcrobie 1996 Director View profile
  92. John Frederick Waley Sanderson 1993 Director View profile
  93. Charlotte Grimm-Foxen 2005 Director View profile
  94. Emma Jane Hussey 2018-2025 Secretary View profile
  95. John Carson 2014-2014 Secretary View profile
  96. Robert Edward Sexton 2008-2011 Secretary View profile
  97. Geoffrey John Truscott 2007-2018 Secretary View profile
  98. Kenneth David Guy 2001-2007 Secretary View profile
  99. Katherine Anne Burton 1997-2001 Secretary View profile
  100. Francis Mckay Blake 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
03/05/1946
Also a registered charity
The Soil Association Limited

Group

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

4 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

48 grants · £33,367,088 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 Community Fund · £31,552,577 (8 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £677,671 (21 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £418,370 (5 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £285,300 (5 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £188,784 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • Postcode Innovation Trust £150,0002024-05-31
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002023-08-30
  • Oxfordshire Community Foundation £2502023-03-20
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £145,7262023-01-03
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £77,4642022-12-12
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

4.2y median 5y
average tenure
9.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (8)

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 6Agriculture 4Finance 3Retail and trade 2Business 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
00409726
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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