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Manchester Diocesan Board of Education

Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 116

  1. Iain Peter Hodcroft 2024–2025 Director View profile
  2. Rev Jennifer Mary Beaumont 2022–2024 Director View profile
  3. Revd George Edward Charles Reeves 2022–2024 Director View profile
  4. Timothy James Delves 2022–2024 Director View profile
  5. Elliot Costas-Walker 2022–2025 Director View profile
  6. Razia Shah 2022–2024 Director View profile
  7. Gary Walczak 2019–2022 Director View profile
  8. Revd Martin Brian Cox 2019–2022 Director View profile
  9. Lawrence John Yarwood 2019–2024 Director View profile
  10. Revd Rachel Damaris Battershell 2019–2022 Director View profile
  11. Bracegirdle, Christopher Andrew, the Revd Canon Dr 2018–2022 Director View profile
  12. Smeeton, Nicholas Guy, the Revd Canon 2016–2018 Director View profile
  13. Revd Falak Sher 2016–2022 Director View profile
  14. Peter Timothy Wright 2016–2022 Director View profile
  15. Richard James Charles Lait 2016–2024 Director View profile
  16. Revd Edith Disley 2016–2018 Director View profile
  17. Karen Morris 2016–2021 Director View profile
  18. Maureen Cecilia Hogarth 2013–2014 Director View profile
  19. Dr Philip James Gooderson 2013–2018 Director View profile
  20. Thompson, Matthew, Revd Canon 2013–2017 Director View profile
  21. Armitage, Marlene, Canon 2013–2018 Director View profile
  22. Gillian Burrows 2013–2015 Director View profile
  23. Revd Judith Mary Cooper 2013–2015 Director View profile
  24. David Anthony Cooper 2013–2013 Director View profile
  25. Gill Rhodes 2012–2015 Director View profile
  26. Robert Atkinson 2012–2016 Director View profile
  27. Robert Francis Davies 2011–2012 Director View profile
  28. David Bennett 2011–2012 Director View profile
  29. Reverend David Roy Penny 2011–2012 Director View profile
  30. Revd Anthony James Barnshaw 2007–2009 Director View profile
  31. Revd Carole Mccabe 2007–2012 Director View profile
  32. Thomas Ross Malkin 2007–2015 Director View profile
  33. Reverend Philip Howard Williamson 2007–2022 Director View profile
  34. Revd Matthew David Carlisle 2007–2009 Director View profile
  35. Professor Diana Mary Kloss 2007–2012 Director View profile
  36. Revd Dr Christopher Andrew Bracegirdle 2007–2009 Director View profile
  37. Revd Joanna Helen Farnworth 2006–2010 Director View profile
  38. Margaret Walker 2005–2008 Director View profile
  39. Rev Ian Eric Butterworth 2005–2008 Director View profile
  40. Revd Kim Alexandra Wasey 2004–2012 Director View profile
  41. Rev Edwin Alan Crofton 2004–2006 Director View profile
  42. Philip Gore 2004–2009 Director View profile
  43. Dr Addy Lazz Onyenobi 2004–2009 Director View profile
  44. Raymond Hessell Hart 2004–2009 Director View profile
  45. Robert David Palmer 2004–2009 Director View profile
  46. Dr Robert William Buckley 2004–2012 Director View profile
  47. Rev Derrick Peel 2004–2004 Director View profile
  48. Sandra Ann Bromley 2004–2007 Director View profile
  49. Peter Michael Tompkins 2003–2003 Director View profile
  50. Barbara Kellner 2003–2018 Director View profile
  51. MC Culloch, Nigel Simeon, the Right Reverand 2003–2013 Director View profile
  52. Carol Glenys Gully 2001–2002 Director View profile
  53. Yousouf Azad Gooljary Wright 2001–2001 Director View profile
  54. Harold Williams 2001–2022 Director View profile
  55. Reverend Maureen Elizabeth Read 2001–2005 Director View profile
  56. Rev Leslie Ireland 2001–2006 Director View profile
  57. Rachel Mary Higham 2001–2003 Director View profile
  58. Reverend Hilary John Barber 2000–2007 Director View profile
  59. Michael Augustine Owen Lewis 2000–2007 Director View profile
  60. Findon, John Charles, Rverend Doctor 2000–2006 Director View profile
  61. Rt Revd Sarah Ruth Bullock 2000–2003 Director View profile
  62. Dorothy Mcglynn 1999–2003 Director View profile
  63. Revd Anthony Kerr 1999–2006 Director View profile
  64. Revd Ian St John Fisher 1998–2003 Director View profile
  65. David Bowes 1998–2002 Director View profile
  66. Brenda Rogerson 1998–2009 Director View profile
  67. Glyn Aneurin Rowlands 1998–2002 Director View profile
  68. Revd Averil Cunnington 1998–2000 Director View profile
  69. Christine Hustwick 1998–2003 Director View profile
  70. Reverend Harry John Graham 1998–2002 Director View profile
  71. Roxby, Gordon George, Canon 1998–1999 Director View profile
  72. Rev Andrew John Lindop 1998–2003 Director View profile
  73. Gatenby, Denis William, the Reverend Canon 1998–2003 Director View profile
  74. Reverend Anne-Marie Clare Bird 1998–1999 Director View profile
  75. Reverend Paul David Gully 1996–2006 Director View profile
  76. Avis Patricia Gordon 1996–1999 Director View profile
  77. Barbara Anne Harrison 1996–1998 Director View profile
  78. Reverend Peter Robert French 1996–1997 Director View profile
  79. Stuart Geoffrey Emmason 1996–1999 Director View profile
  80. Reverend David Bowers 1996–1998 Director View profile
  81. Mckinlay, Sheila Lochhead, Doctor 1996–1997 Director View profile
  82. Susan Patricia Marsh 1995–2009 Director View profile
  83. Revd Susan Turner 1995–1996 Director View profile
  84. Reverend Carole Marsden 1995–1997 Director View profile
  85. Hilary Kay Brewer 1995–2001 Director View profile
  86. Roy Cookson 1995–1996 Director View profile
  87. Revd William Guy Raines 1995–2003 Director View profile
  88. Reverend Simon John Oxley 1995–1996 Director View profile
  89. Nuttall, David, Colonel 1995–2006 Director View profile
  90. Reverend Colin Edward Mansley 1995–1996 Director View profile
  91. Revd Ashby Owens 1995–1996 Director View profile
  92. Michael Anthony Evans 1994–1994 Director View profile
  93. Harry Steadman Edwards 1994–1994 Director View profile
  94. Right Reverend Stephen Squires Venner 1994–1999 Director View profile
  95. Patricia Richardson 2004 Director View profile
  96. Reverend Ian Johnson 1996 Director View profile
  97. Tutton, John Knight, the Reverend Canon 1994 Director View profile
  98. Jean Bridden 2004 Director View profile
  99. Barbara Gill Finney 1994 Director View profile
  100. Christopher Pickup 1994 Director View profile
  101. Very Reverend Robert Murray Waddington 1993 Director View profile
  102. Sheila James 1994 Director View profile
  103. Reverend Graham Charles Burrows 1994 Director View profile
  104. Reverend Andrew Ian Salmon 1999 Director View profile
  105. Revd Gregory Stuart Forster 1997 Director View profile
  106. Taylor, Brian John, Doctor 1997 Director View profile
  107. Right Reverend Christopher John Mayfield 2002 Director View profile
  108. Edward Hartley 1997 Director View profile
  109. Ballard, Andrew Edgar, the Venerable 2008 Director View profile
  110. David Arthur Humphreys 1997 Director View profile
  111. Elspeth Patricia Hardy 1996 Director View profile
  112. Paul Craig 1997 Director View profile
  113. Karen Owen 1997 Director View profile
  114. Maurice John Smith 2007–2019 Secretary View profile
  115. Ainsworth, Janina Helen Margaret, Rev'D 1999–2007 Secretary View profile
  116. Caroline Barker Bennett 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
05/01/1959
Also a registered charity
Manchester Diocesan Board of Education
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.

14 directors on the board

5y median 3.2y
average tenure
18.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (13)

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.

Education 17Other services 3Health and social care 2Business services 1Hospitality 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00618201
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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