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The Children's Media Foundation Limited

Television programming and broadcasting activities

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

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Previous officers 36

  1. Professor Jeanette Helga Steemers 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Wincie Knight 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Anne Patricia Brogan 2017-2024 Director View profile
  4. Reginald William Bailey 2015-2017 Director View profile
  5. Margaret Elizabeth Philbin 2015-2017 Director View profile
  6. Peter Liver 2013-2014 Director View profile
  7. Professor MáIre Messenger Davies 2012-2016 Director View profile
  8. Gregory Stuart Childs 2011-2012 Director View profile
  9. Grainne Marmion 2005-2011 Director View profile
  10. Svendkristoffer Stael Thykier 2005-2006 Director View profile
  11. Debra Hayward 2004-2006 Director View profile
  12. Simon George 2004-2011 Director View profile
  13. Steven Andrew 2003-2011 Director View profile
  14. Dorothy-Ann Prior 2003-2005 Director View profile
  15. Angela Jane Grace 2001-2003 Director View profile
  16. Victoria Anne Licorish 2001-2011 Director View profile
  17. Jacqueline Wilson 2000-2005 Director View profile
  18. Linda Margaret James 1999-2016 Director View profile
  19. Karin Elizabeth Karlsen 1999-2003 Director View profile
  20. Iain Alistair Robertson Smith 1994-2011 Director View profile
  21. David Keith Elstein 1993-1996 Director View profile
  22. James Richard Clinton Higgins MBE 1992-1998 Director View profile
  23. Kenneth Leslie Maidment 1991 Director View profile
  24. Rt Hon Lord Birkett 1999 Director View profile
  25. Alan Sapper 1999 Director View profile
  26. Percy Livingstone 1992 Director View profile
  27. Frederick Peter Turner 1997 Director View profile
  28. John Wilkinson 1998 Director View profile
  29. David Stephen Dargue Morphet 1997 Director View profile
  30. Peter William Plouviez 1997 Director View profile
  31. Andrew Mitchell 1996 Director View profile
  32. Simon George Michael Relph 2011 Director View profile
  33. Herbert Edward Campbell Barnes 1997 Director View profile
  34. Rosemary Klein 2019-2024 Secretary View profile
  35. Stanley Herbert Munson 1997-2001 Secretary View profile
  36. Stanley Thomas Taylor 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Television programming and broadcasting activities
Incorporated
18/07/1951
Registered office
London
Previous names
The Children's Film and Television Foundation Limited (until 22/07/2011)

Financials

Net assets
£4,541
Total assets
£4,541
Cash
£5,258
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-11-30. 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.

8 directors on the board

9.8y median 8.6y
average tenure
29.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

1
also govern a charity

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.

Business services 3Professional services 3Tech and media 3Arts and leisure 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
00497733
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/08/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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