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The William Leech Foundation Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Venetia Anne KiasiDirector · since 2026
- Simon Robert HarperDirector · since 2025
- Michael William JoynsonDirector · since 2024
- Dagmar DvorakDirector · since 2024
- John Philip Birkett MarshallDirector · since 2022
- Maureen DixonDirector · since 2019
- Paul BurrageDirector · since 2018
- John Thoburn StansfeldDirector · since 2018
- William Trevor SeddonDirector · since 2018
- John Overend HarrisonDirector · since 2018
- Andrew Charles BrownDirector · since 2007
- Marcia LantSecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 30
- Alice Hermione Laura Ambrose-Thurman 2019-2025 View profile
- Angela May Russell 2019-2024 View profile
- Philip John Poole 2015-2025 View profile
- Adrian Donald White 2013-2018 View profile
- Rev Norman Keith Stephenson 2012-2018 View profile
- Hugh Benson Welch 2012-2022 View profile
- David John Buffham 2010-2019 View profile
- Alan Charles Emery 2009-2015 View profile
- Clive John Wright 2006-2012 View profile
- Eric Morgan 2006-2018 View profile
- Andrew Goldsworthy Gibbs 2006-2019 View profile
- Graeme Crockatt King 2004-2006 View profile
- Paul Geoffrey Chandler 2001-2020 View profile
- Hilary Anne Pearson 2000-2017 View profile
- Peter Ames Dowsett 1999-2013 View profile
- Michael Thomas De Val 1998-2000 View profile
- Joseph William Norman Petty 2006 View profile
- Martin Lister Franks 1994 View profile
- Alan Reed 2002 View profile
- Lionel Ronald St John Scott 2004 View profile
- Arthur James Scotchmer 2009 View profile
- Peter Michael Milburn 2005 View profile
- Gordon Alan Sharp 1998 View profile
- Keith William Slatter 2011 View profile
- Right Reverend Kenneth Edward Gill 2006 View profile
- Peter Arthur Storey Taylor 1999 View profile
- Ronald Lovely 2005 View profile
- John Richard Adamson 2005 View profile
- Kenneth Quinn 1999-2022 View profile
- David Norman Walton 1999 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 04/07/1960
- Also a registered charity
- The William Leech Foundation Limited
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.
11 directors on the board
- John Philip Birkett Marshall Director · appointed 2022
- Paul Burrage Director · appointed 2018
- Venetia Anne Kiasi Director · appointed 2026
- Simon Robert Harper Director · appointed 2025
- John Thoburn Stansfeld Director · appointed 2018
- John Overend Harrison Director · appointed 2018
- Andrew Charles Brown Director · appointed 2007
- William Trevor Seddon Director · appointed 2018
- Michael William Joynson Director · appointed 2024
- Dagmar Dvorak Director · appointed 2024
- Maureen Dixon Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Paul Burrage Director · appointed 2018
- John Thoburn Stansfeld Director · appointed 2018
- John Overend Harrison Director · appointed 2018
- Andrew Charles Brown Director · appointed 2007
- William Trevor Seddon Director · appointed 2018
- Maureen Dixon Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (11)
- John Philip Birkett Marshall Director · appointed 2022
- Paul Burrage Director · appointed 2018
- Venetia Anne Kiasi Director · appointed 2026
- Simon Robert Harper Director · appointed 2025
- John Thoburn Stansfeld Director · appointed 2018
- John Overend Harrison Director · appointed 2018
- Andrew Charles Brown Director · appointed 2007
- William Trevor Seddon Director · appointed 2018
- Michael William Joynson Director · appointed 2024
- Dagmar Dvorak Director · appointed 2024
- Maureen Dixon Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
- John Philip Birkett Marshall ST Chad's College Durham
- Paul Burrage The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Simon Robert Harper The Newcastle Diocesan Board of Finance, Newcastle Diocesan Society
- John Thoburn Stansfeld The South American Mission Society, Church Mission Society
- Andrew Charles Brown Trust for London Trustee, The ST Albans Diocesan Board of Finance
- Michael William Joynson The Scots Guards 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
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
- 00664118
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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