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The Inland Waterways Association
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Who leads it
- Colin Howard PorterDirector · since 2024
- Paul Roland StrudwickDirector · since 2023
- Peter John Court MarlowDirector · since 2023
- Michael John WillsDirector · since 2022
- Hannah RigleyDirector · since 2021
- Dr Ian Christopher Redmond SesnanDirector · since 2020
- David Lawrence ChapmanDirector · since 2019
- Rt Hon Sir Robert James AtkinsDirector · since 2017
- Neil Bruce EdwardsSecretary · since 1996
Previous officers 110
- Christl Anne Hughes 2024-2025 View profile
- Paul Lynam 2024-2024 View profile
- Stuart Craig 2023-2025 View profile
- Thomas Joseph White 2023-2024 View profile
- Richard John Christopher Barnes 2022-2025 View profile
- Claire Norman 2022-2024 View profile
- Leslie Michael Etheridge 2022-2023 View profile
- Rebecca Hughes 2021-2023 View profile
- John Michael Butler 2020-2023 View profile
- Dr Susan Claire O'Hare 2020-2025 View profile
- Nicholas Martin Dybeck 2020-2024 View profile
- Philippa Mary Bursey 2020-2020 View profile
- Alison Woodhams 2020-2022 View profile
- Roger George Stocker 2018-2021 View profile
- Nicola Schiessel Harvey 2018-2021 View profile
- Roger Edward Holmes 2018-2018 View profile
- Christopher Walter Howes 2017-2020 View profile
- Verna Hilary Smith 2017-2020 View profile
- Paul Rodgers 2017-2022 View profile
- Michael Keith Palmer 2017-2020 View profile
- Jonathan Mark Smith 2016-2018 View profile
- Helen Winifred Whitehouse 2016-2021 View profile
- John Richard Pomfret 2016-2017 View profile
- Michael Charles Carter 2015-2016 View profile
- Paul Andrew Birkett 2015-2016 View profile
- David Gareth Jones 2014-2017 View profile
- Richard John Collet-Fenson 2014-2014 View profile
- David Edward Huntley Pullen 2014-2018 View profile
- Grenville Christopher Messham 2013-2017 View profile
- Gillian Smith 2012-2018 View profile
- Gordon Harrower 2011-2017 View profile
- James Edwin Shead 2010-2016 View profile
- Jeremy Neville Sanders 2010-2011 View profile
- Ivor Henry Caplan 2010-2020 View profile
- Alasdair John Alexander Lawrance 2010-2013 View profile
- Christopher Birks 2010-2012 View profile
- James Kennerley 2010-2010 View profile
- Peter Scott 2009-2019 View profile
- Alastair Chambers 2009-2013 View profile
- Alan Joseph Platt 2009-2015 View profile
- Paul William Roper 2009-2014 View profile
- Anthony Victor John Clark 2009-2009 View profile
- Raymond Francis Carter 2008-2020 View profile
- Douglas Albert Beard 2008-2011 View profile
- Alison Mary Smedley 2008-2009 View profile
- Frank Michael Wallder 2007-2009 View profile
- Judith Moore 2006-2008 View profile
- William Henry Joyce 2006-2009 View profile
- Julia Anne Hones 2005-2008 View profile
- Dave Prior 2005-2006 View profile
- Colin Davis 2004-2008 View profile
- Ian Michael West 2003-2013 View profile
- Stuart Mckay Burt 2003-2008 View profile
- Neil Martin Arlidge 2003-2008 View profile
- Clive Henderson 2003-2015 View profile
- Peter Charles Bolt 2003-2008 View profile
- Margaret Fletcher 2002-2006 View profile
- Peter John Louis Kelly 2002-2009 View profile
- Brian William Gower Roberts 2002-2008 View profile
- Keith Vaughan Welch 2001-2015 View profile
- Squires, Roger William, Doctor 2000-2009 View profile
- Tina Warwick 2000-2006 View profile
- Derek Bradley 2000-2009 View profile
- Bruce Peckett 1999-2002 View profile
- John Walwyn Baylis 1999-2009 View profile
- Dukes, Robert, Doctor 1999-2002 View profile
- Constance Vivian Evans 1999-2003 View profile
- David Alan Stevenson 1999-2002 View profile
- Nicholas Quartly Grazebrook 1999-2002 View profile
- William Ronald Lang Reid 1998-1999 View profile
- John William Bryan Evans 1998-1998 View profile
- John Charles Fletcher 1998-2009 View profile
- Jeffrey Peter Dennison 1997-2000 View profile
- Philip Geoffrey Sharpe 1997-1999 View profile
- John William Howard Frecknall 1997-1999 View profile
- Elizabeth Suzanne Rylance Bradshaw 1996-2000 View profile
- Robin Philip Coventry Higgs 1995-1999 View profile
- Ronald Trevor Martin 1995-1996 View profile
- Rita Elizabeth Payne 1995-2007 View profile
- Michael Philip Payne 1994-1998 View profile
- Anthony John Maxwell Harrison 1994-2009 View profile
- Michael Arthur Stimpson 1994-2000 View profile
- Ronald William Pritchard 1994-1997 View profile
- Gerald Hollington 1994-1996 View profile
- Michael Anthony Handford 1993-1994 View profile
- Richard Grainger Drake 1993-2002 View profile
- David Leslie Moore 1993-1995 View profile
- Brian Raymond Percy 1992-2002 View profile
- Barry Malcolm Green 1992-2000 View profile
- Ulick Charles Palmer 1992-1994 View profile
- Alan Jervis 1998 View profile
- Marion Joan Bidmead 1994 View profile
- Albert Ernest Henry Swaisland 1995 View profile
- Audrey Smith 1998 View profile
- John Reeve 2009 View profile
- Brian Stuart Saunders 1993 View profile
- John Gibson Young 1992 View profile
- Peter Jackson 1992 View profile
- Michael John West 2003 View profile
- David Keith Allison-Beer 2002 View profile
- Michael Mcgrath 1992 View profile
- Nicholas Martin Smith 1997 View profile
- Joseph Eric Wood 1994 View profile
- Sheila Ann Davenport 1996 View profile
- Vedyamala Reddy 2023-2024 View profile
- Genevieve Gabrielle Wilson 2020-2023 View profile
- Andrew Kevin Overy 2016-2018 View profile
- Helen Elliott Adams 2009-2016 View profile
- Helen Elliott-Adams 2009-2016 View profile
- Frances Hart 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 02/10/1958
- Registered office
- Berkhamsted
- Also a registered charity
- The Inland Waterways Association
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Inland Waterways Association on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
2 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
10 grants · £95,017 total360Giving 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 Heritage Fund · £53,914 (6 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £38,743 (2 grants)
- Somerset Community Foundation · £2,360 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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
- Colin Howard Porter Director · appointed 2024
- Rt Hon Sir Robert James Atkins Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Ian Christopher Redmond Sesnan Director · appointed 2020
- Paul Roland Strudwick Director · appointed 2023
- Peter John Court Marlow Director · appointed 2023
- Michael John Wills Director · appointed 2022
- David Lawrence Chapman Director · appointed 2019
- Hannah Rigley Director · appointed 2021
Directors past 6 years
- Rt Hon Sir Robert James Atkins Director · appointed 2017
- David Lawrence Chapman Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Rt Hon Sir Robert James Atkins Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Ian Christopher Redmond Sesnan Director · appointed 2020
- Paul Roland Strudwick Director · appointed 2023
- Peter John Court Marlow Director · appointed 2023
- David Lawrence Chapman Director · appointed 2019
- Hannah Rigley Director · appointed 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Colin Howard Porter Director · appointed 2024
- Michael John Wills Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Susan Claire O'Hare Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
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.
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00612245
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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