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The National Council of Women of Great Britain

The National Council of Women of Great Britain is an active UK company (number 00502692), incorporated 1951, with 4 current directors including Josephine Gail Bishop and Ann Catherine Davison. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Previous officers 87

  1. Alison Gee 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Bushra Anoud Ahmed 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Toni Eva Letts 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Jan Leventhall 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Yitka Nora Helena Graham 2020-2022 Director View profile
  6. Sheila Petersen 2020-2022 Director View profile
  7. Rachel Wibberley 2020-2022 Director View profile
  8. Penelope Bennett 2019-2025 Director View profile
  9. Kathleen Wallace 2019-2020 Director View profile
  10. Kajal Mavji 2019-2022 Director View profile
  11. Dr Wendy Elizabeth North 2017-2025 Director View profile
  12. Jennifer Frances Spivey 2017-2020 Director View profile
  13. Jennifer Raw 2017-2020 Director View profile
  14. Gwyneth Miller 2016-2018 Director View profile
  15. Gloriana Morehead 2014-2016 Director View profile
  16. Syeda Mubashar Bashan Jehan Rafique 2014-2018 Director View profile
  17. Barbara Mary Maddison 2014-2022 Director View profile
  18. Ann Hardiment 2014-2019 Director View profile
  19. Amy Gibbs 2013-2014 Director View profile
  20. Ruth Denise Neuberg 2011-2013 Director View profile
  21. Mary Margaret Fagg 2011-2022 Director View profile
  22. Marie Stott 2010-2016 Director View profile
  23. Morag Gregson 2010-2012 Director View profile
  24. Susanna Hansford 2009-2011 Director View profile
  25. Elsie Leadley 2009-2025 Director View profile
  26. Barbara Marsh 2009-2010 Director View profile
  27. Jacqueline Lina Baines 2008-2009 Director View profile
  28. Gillian Deirdre Poole 2008-2013 Director View profile
  29. Rita Beryl Wheeler 2007-2011 Director View profile
  30. Heather Margaret Bell 2006-2008 Director View profile
  31. Valerie Anne Patricia Silver 2006-2007 Director View profile
  32. Sheila June Eaton 2006-2014 Director View profile
  33. Sylvia Owen 2005-2009 Director View profile
  34. Hazel Slater 2005-2007 Director View profile
  35. Gwyneth Kinnaird Miller 2004-2009 Director View profile
  36. Rita Eldridge 2004-2009 Director View profile
  37. Gwenda Elizabeth Kibble 2004-2022 Director View profile
  38. Catherine Monica Hall 2004-2013 Director View profile
  39. Laura Marshall 2002-2007 Director View profile
  40. Kathleen Beatrice Hanson 2001-2014 Director View profile
  41. Mary Richardson 2001-2006 Director View profile
  42. Barbara Loretta Davison 2000-2003 Director View profile
  43. Shiela Frances Jones 2000-2006 Director View profile
  44. Lesley Craven Prout 2000-2005 Director View profile
  45. Hilary Anne Sillars 1998-2006 Director View profile
  46. Sheila Anne Coules 1998-2002 Director View profile
  47. Vera Joan Jenkins 1998-2004 Director View profile
  48. Joan Mary Spofforth 1997-2001 Director View profile
  49. Anne Zarin Hainsworth Fadati 1997-2002 Director View profile
  50. Adrianne Hilda Jaffe 1996-2004 Director View profile
  51. Dawne Rosemary Ferguson 1996-2003 Director View profile
  52. Jean Fuller 1996-1998 Director View profile
  53. Marie Bernadette Birkenhead 1996-2006 Director View profile
  54. Margot Murray Mckinnon 1995-2001 Director View profile
  55. Daphne Glick 1995-2004 Director View profile
  56. Shirley Anne Sheppard 1994-2000 Director View profile
  57. Janet Louise Alcock 1994-1999 Director View profile
  58. Gladys Wadey 1994-1996 Director View profile
  59. Jenifer Winfield 1994-1996 Director View profile
  60. Amanda Mary Victoria Robinson 1993-1995 Director View profile
  61. Penelope Eckley 1992-2019 Director View profile
  62. Marjory Janet Stafford Henderson 1992-1994 Director View profile
  63. Margaret Williams 1992-1996 Director View profile
  64. Shirley Alice Leeming 1992-1994 Director View profile
  65. Mary Livingston Armour Miller 1992-1995 Director View profile
  66. Janet Elizabeth Spinak 1991-1995 Director View profile
  67. Clara Eileen Flannery 1993 Director View profile
  68. Margaret Mary Hampson 1992 Director View profile
  69. Emma Davies 1997 Director View profile
  70. Lady Antonia Lothian 2006 Director View profile
  71. Joan Mary Wall 1993 Director View profile
  72. June Dorothy Norman 1994 Director View profile
  73. Grace Ferguson Audsley Wedekind 2015 Director View profile
  74. Freda Wheat 1992 Director View profile
  75. Rosalind Beryl Preston 1992 Director View profile
  76. Norma Theresa Roth 1994 Director View profile
  77. Judith Joyce Parris 1991 Director View profile
  78. Lois Hainsworth 2003 Director View profile
  79. Florence Mary Dalgleish 1993 Director View profile
  80. Deborah Tobe Bendeth Aleksander 1997 Director View profile
  81. Joan Doreen Belcher 2000 Director View profile
  82. Jean Elizabeth Clark 1996 Director View profile
  83. Dr Andrena Telford 2017-2020 Secretary View profile
  84. Elizabeth Mary Bavidge 2011-2012 Secretary View profile
  85. Patience Purdy 2004-2008 Secretary View profile
  86. Margaret Field 1999-2011 Secretary View profile
  87. Evelyn Fairfax Martin 2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
22/12/1951
Also a registered charity
The National Council of Women of Great Britain

Financials

Employees
0.02
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-05-31. 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.

4 directors on the board

6.7y median 4.4y
average tenure
17y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00502692
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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