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Newcastle Diocesan Education Board

Company 00480293 Active

Registered charity: Newcastle Diocesan Education Board

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Board DNA

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14
directors on the board
3.3y median 1.5y
average tenure
11.5y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
8 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
5
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Education 4Other services 4Arts and leisure 2Health and social care 1Property 1

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Company details

Number00480293
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated30/03/1950
AddressCHURCH HOUSE, ST JOHNS TERRACE, NORTH SHIELDS, TYNE & WEAR, NE29 6HS
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

94910 - Activities of religious organizations

Ownership - persons with significant control (3)


  • Venerable Peter John Alan Robinson ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Revd Dennis Francis Handley ceased British
    significant influence or control as trust

Officers (109)

  • Mckenzie, David Director · appointed 2026
  • Roberts, Carolyn Director · appointed 2026
  • Moon, Sarah, Revd Dr Director · appointed 2026
  • Akers, David Secretary · appointed 2025
  • Simpson, Rebecca Justine Director · appointed 2025
  • Lochead, Sam, Revd Director · appointed 2025
  • Massey, Kate Director · appointed 2025
  • Hardie, Alan Director · appointed 2025
  • Frier, Brenda Director · appointed 2025
  • Lacey, Julia, Revd Director · appointed 2025
  • Batson, Lee Paul, Very Rev'D Director · appointed 2023
  • Hartley, Helen-Ann, Rt Revd Director · appointed 2023
  • Holmes, Gary, Professor Director · appointed 2019
  • Pearson, Pauline Hilary, Rev'D Dr Director · appointed 2016
  • Restall, Richard Director · appointed 2015
  • Booth, Gillian Ann Former Secretary · appointed 2023 · resigned 2024
  • Cleugh, David Robert, Revd Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2024
  • Wroe, Mark, Rtd Rev Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
  • Alexander, Gill, Reverend Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
  • Scheffer, Rachel Louise Squires, Revd Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
  • Twomey, Lesley Karen, Professor Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2024
  • Robertson, Dawn Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2024
  • LEE, Martin Paul, Father Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
  • Mcgowan, James, Revd Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2024
  • Handley, Dennis Francis, Revd Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
  • Hart, Susan May, Canon Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
  • Hennebry, Ian James, Reverend Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
  • Hamilton, John Faulds Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
  • Ratcliff, Richard David Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2022
  • Hardman, Christine Elizabeth, Right Reverend Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2021
  • White, Frank, Right Reverend Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2015
  • Robinson, Peter John Alan, Venerable Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2020
  • Rickeard, Paul Thompson Former Secretary · appointed 2013 · resigned 2023
  • Nash-Williams, Mark Christian Victor, Revd Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
  • Bishop, Cynthia Dorothy Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
  • Robertson, James Alexander, Reverend Canon Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2015
  • Cunningham, Philip John, Revd Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2013
  • Fitt, Jeremy John Former Secretary · appointed 2010 · resigned 2015
  • Hobrough, Margaret Edith, Reverend Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2014
  • Scott, David Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
  • Joyner, Susan Diane, Reverend Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2018
  • Lowans, Roger Edward Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2014
  • Surtees, Gillian Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Teasdale, William Robert Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Vine, Michael Charles, the Rev'D Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
  • Findlay, Winifred Margaret Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Deadman, Richard George Spencer, the Reverend Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2010
  • Bull, John William Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2010
  • Harrison, Alison Edwina, Reverend Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2004
  • Reader, Keith William Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Scott, Elizabeth Jane, Reverend Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2018
  • Nelson, Michael, Reverend Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
  • Dickinson, Caroline Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2009
  • Todd, Roy Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Littleton, Thomas Andrew Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Crompton, Christine Mary Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Langley, Robert, Venerable Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Graham, Paul Joseph Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Pringle, Richard, the Revd Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Richardson, Paul, Rt Reverend Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2009
  • Harte, John David Chesters Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
  • Robson, Julie Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2018
  • Wharton, John Martin, the Right Reverend Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2014
  • Savage, Mark David John, Reverend Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2003
  • Brown, Peter Michael Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2003
  • Sadler, John Ernest, Reverend Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1999
  • Mclain, Douglas Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Keay, Kathleen Mary Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2003
  • Curry, George Robert, the Rev Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2024
  • Barkes, Rosemary Vera Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
  • Dawson, Thomas Douglas, Revd Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
  • Andrews, Christopher Paul, Reverend Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
  • Nicholson, Margaret, Canon Former Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 2010
  • Hope, Charles Henry, Reverend Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2008
  • Scanlon, Margaret Pelham Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
  • Clark, Isabel Helen Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
  • Gill, Kenneth Edward, Right Reverend Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
  • Dickinson, Victor Tester, the Reverend Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
  • Elliott, Peter, Venerable Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2003
  • Burns, Jean Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2000
  • Buckler, Guy Ernest Warr Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1995
  • Nicholson, Olwen Irene Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1992
  • Clinch, Christopher James Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2000
  • Bremner, Judith Anne Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1998
  • Hartland, Theodore Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2009
  • Beasley, Victor Roy Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1994
  • Dickson, Hazel Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1994
  • Eltringham, Fiona Ann Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1994
  • Robson, Carole Ann Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1994
  • Emmett, Thomas Former Director · resigned 2003
  • Bowering, Michael Ernest, Venerable Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Lyon, Isabel Anne Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Strange, Peter Robert, Canon Former Director · resigned 2003
  • Burden, Michael Henry Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Birnie, Ruth Burdett Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Craig, Alan Stuart Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Grey, Catherine Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Haye, Alfred Kirby Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Beckensall, Stanley Gregory Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Lister, Peter, the Reverend Canon Former Secretary · resigned 1995

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