Company
Colchester Catalyst Charity
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Kilian Justus Hochstein-MintzelDirector · since 2025
- Joanna Elizabeth DavisDirector · since 2025
- Dr Sean Patrick Jerome MacdonnellDirector · since 2021
- Iain Stewart TurnerDirector · since 2020
- Elizabeth ThrowerDirector · since 2014
- Professor Naomi Joan BusfieldDirector · since 2011
- Mark Ferens PertweeDirector · since 2009
- Christine HaywardDirector · since 1998
- Peter Wilfrid Edgar FittSecretary
Previous officers 13
- Keith Songhurst 2015-2024 View profile
- Dr Thilaka Prakash Rudra 2010-2021 View profile
- Dr Max Peter Hickman 2005-2025 View profile
- Adrian William Livesley 2003-2015 View profile
- Dr Elizabeth Hall 1997-2012 View profile
- Arthur Robin Winwood Tomkins 1994-1998 View profile
- Christopher Ferens Pertwee 2004 View profile
- Ralph David Hart 1993 View profile
- William Rodney Partington 1993 View profile
- Ronald Griffin 2006 View profile
- Alec Christopher Blaxill 1998 View profile
- Roger Watson Whybrow 2009 View profile
- Anthony Hazelwood Frost 2010 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 07/08/1959
- Also a registered charity
- Colchester Catalyst Charity
Financials
- Employees
- 0.03
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.
8 directors on the board
- Mark Ferens Pertwee Director · appointed 2009
- Dr Kilian Justus Hochstein-Mintzel Director · appointed 2025
- Iain Stewart Turner Director · appointed 2020
- Christine Hayward Director · appointed 1998
- Dr Sean Patrick Jerome Macdonnell Director · appointed 2021
- Joanna Elizabeth Davis Director · appointed 2025
- Elizabeth Thrower Director · appointed 2014
- Professor Naomi Joan Busfield Director · appointed 2011
Directors past 6 years
- Mark Ferens Pertwee Director · appointed 2009
- Christine Hayward Director · appointed 1998
- Elizabeth Thrower Director · appointed 2014
- Professor Naomi Joan Busfield Director · appointed 2011
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Iain Stewart Turner Director · appointed 2020
- Christine Hayward Director · appointed 1998
- Dr Sean Patrick Jerome Macdonnell Director · appointed 2021
- Joanna Elizabeth Davis Director · appointed 2025
- Elizabeth Thrower Director · appointed 2014
- Professor Naomi Joan Busfield Director · appointed 2011
Portfolio (2)
- Mark Ferens Pertwee Director · appointed 2009
- Dr Kilian Justus Hochstein-Mintzel Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00634588
- 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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