Company · Oxford
Marc Fitch Fund
Technical and vocational secondary education
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Richard Kenneth FisherDirector · since 2024
- John Harry DavisDirector · since 2023
- Henry Rosewell Thomas SummersonDirector · since 2023
- John Edward FordDirector · since 2023
- Professor Rosemary Helen SweetDirector · since 2016
- Professor Christiana Joan Elizabeth Ruth PayneDirector · since 2012
- David Vines WhiteDirector · since 2008
- Michael HallDirector · since 2007
- Lindsay Allason-JonesDirector · since 2006
- Dr William John BlairDirector · since 2002
- Helen FordeDirector · since 2002
- Christopher Paul CatlingSecretary · since 2011
Previous officers 20
- Professor David Michael Palliser 2012–2022 View profile
- Edmund Bernard Nurse 2012–2023 View profile
- Professor David George Hey 2006–2016 View profile
- Andrew Howard Murison 2002–2023 View profile
- Dr Giles Arthington Worsley 2002–2006 View profile
- Alan Scott Bell 1996–2011 View profile
- Hon Nicholas Assheton 1993–2005 View profile
- Dr Arthur Richard Dufty 1993 View profile
- Major General HIS Grace the Duke of Norfolk 2001 View profile
- Professor John Penrose Barron 2005 View profile
- Professor Christopher Elrington 2004 View profile
- Anthony John Camp 2003 View profile
- Professor Richard Michael Smith 2001 View profile
- John Porteous 2005 View profile
- Sir Anthony Richard Wagner 1995 View profile
- Professor Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe 1995 View profile
- John Lawley Cornforth 2001 View profile
- Kermode, Jennifer, Doctor 2004 View profile
- Elaine Margaret Paintin 2003–2010 View profile
- Alwyn Aubrey Roy Stephens 2003 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Technical and vocational secondary education
- Incorporated
- 30/07/1956
- Registered office
- Oxford
- Also a registered charity
- Marc Fitch Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Professor Christiana Joan Elizabeth Ruth Payne Director · appointed 2012
- David Vines White Director · appointed 2008
- John Harry Davis Director · appointed 2023
- Michael Hall Director · appointed 2007
- Henry Rosewell Thomas Summerson Director · appointed 2023
- John Edward Ford Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Rosemary Helen Sweet Director · appointed 2016
- Richard Kenneth Fisher Director · appointed 2024
- Dr William John Blair Director · appointed 2002
- Lindsay Allason-Jones Director · appointed 2006
- Helen Forde Director · appointed 2002
12.7y median 14.2y
average tenure
24.2y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Professor Christiana Joan Elizabeth Ruth Payne Director · appointed 2012
- David Vines White Director · appointed 2008
- Michael Hall Director · appointed 2007
- Professor Rosemary Helen Sweet Director · appointed 2016
- Dr William John Blair Director · appointed 2002
- Lindsay Allason-Jones Director · appointed 2006
- Helen Forde Director · appointed 2002
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Professor Christiana Joan Elizabeth Ruth Payne Director · appointed 2012
- David Vines White Director · appointed 2008
- John Harry Davis Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Rosemary Helen Sweet Director · appointed 2016
- Dr William John Blair Director · appointed 2002
- Lindsay Allason-Jones Director · appointed 2006
Portfolio (5)
- Michael Hall Director · appointed 2007
- Henry Rosewell Thomas Summerson Director · appointed 2023
- John Edward Ford Director · appointed 2023
- Richard Kenneth Fisher Director · appointed 2024
- Helen Forde Director · appointed 2002
Also govern a charity
- David Vines White Bath Chapel Fund
- Henry Rosewell Thomas Summerson London Record Society
- John Edward Ford The Oxford Mindfulness Foundation
- Lindsay Allason-Jones The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Upon Tyne, The Clayton Collection of Roman Antiquities, The Norma Lipman Memorial Trust
- Helen Forde The Northamptonshire Victoria County History Trust
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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.
Hospitality 2Professional services 2Construction 1Education 1Finance 1Tech and media 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
- 00569597
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 05/01/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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