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Previous officers 108

  1. Christopher Lee Wade 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Murray Mccrone Hudson 2021-2022 Director View profile
  3. Alan George Bennett 2017-2021 Director View profile
  4. John David Oswald Stevenson 2017-2018 Director View profile
  5. Robert Graeme Veitch 2016-2022 Director View profile
  6. David Leslie Huss 2015-2017 Director View profile
  7. Jeremy Cumming Stein 2015-2017 Director View profile
  8. Robert Jones 2014-2020 Director View profile
  9. Richard Ian Stevenson 2014-2017 Director View profile
  10. Philip James Reynolds 2012-2020 Director View profile
  11. David Rooney 2012-2013 Director View profile
  12. Richard William John Ranklin 2012-2020 Director View profile
  13. Graham John Hirst 2012-2016 Director View profile
  14. Sheila Draper 2011-2012 Director View profile
  15. Eric Catton 2011-2019 Director View profile
  16. Margaret Mary Miller 2011-2017 Director View profile
  17. Charles Vernon 2011-2020 Director View profile
  18. Stephen Dirk Perkins 2010-2014 Director View profile
  19. Michael Frank Powell 2010-2016 Director View profile
  20. Rodney Kington Mcmahon 2010-2022 Director View profile
  21. Jessica Louise Alexander 2009-2024 Director View profile
  22. Jonathan Charles Westbrooke 2009-2012 Director View profile
  23. Anne Carolyn Barber 2009-2026 Director View profile
  24. Paul David Critchley 2009-2024 Director View profile
  25. Stephen Charles Barton 2009-2020 Director View profile
  26. Colin Clark Watson 2009-2015 Director View profile
  27. Wendy Alison Blake 2009-2011 Director View profile
  28. Malcolm Ian Keates 2008-2009 Director View profile
  29. Alan James Towns 2008-2009 Director View profile
  30. Roger Alan Mark Belham 2007-2009 Director View profile
  31. Andrew Mark Corbett 2006-2017 Director View profile
  32. Timothy Vincent Lipscomb 2004-2005 Director View profile
  33. Peter Richard Besley Marchant 2003-2006 Director View profile
  34. Eric John Tomlinson 2003-2007 Director View profile
  35. Michael Bennett Spencer 2003-2009 Director View profile
  36. Christopher John Coombs 2003-2005 Director View profile
  37. Raymond Gerard Norris 2003-2005 Director View profile
  38. Iain Joseph Flitcroft 2002-2005 Director View profile
  39. Keith David Oliver 2000-2001 Director View profile
  40. Janette Crump 1999-2001 Director View profile
  41. Alan James Marshall 1999-2010 Director View profile
  42. Dr Christopher John Gill 1999-2006 Director View profile
  43. Thomas Chalmers Absolon 1998-2005 Director View profile
  44. Gary King 1998-2000 Director View profile
  45. David Michael Rowles 1998-2000 Director View profile
  46. Peter James Smith 1997-2009 Director View profile
  47. Hayden Thomas Davies 1997-2015 Director View profile
  48. Walter John Gosling 1997-2000 Director View profile
  49. Stephen M Day 1997-2008 Director View profile
  50. Richard Albert Stead 1996-1998 Director View profile
  51. Mohammad Asghar Khan 1996-2001 Director View profile
  52. Stephen Christopher Bush 1996-1999 Director View profile
  53. Robert Spencley 1996-1999 Director View profile
  54. Stuart George Britland 1996-1999 Director View profile
  55. Philip Davies 1996-1997 Director View profile
  56. Peter Oldfield Murray 1995-2010 Director View profile
  57. Paul Robert Fanghanel 1995-1998 Director View profile
  58. Keith John Punchard 1995-1997 Director View profile
  59. Peter Clive Baxter 1994-1995 Director View profile
  60. Jeffery Gwilliam 1994-2016 Director View profile
  61. Peter Joseph Murray 1994-1995 Director View profile
  62. Jack Wayne Salter 1994-1997 Director View profile
  63. David James Clark 1994-1999 Director View profile
  64. Timothy Patrick Wallace 1994-1996 Director View profile
  65. Alan Daniel Smith 1993-1997 Director View profile
  66. Adrian Hill 1993-1995 Director View profile
  67. Trevor Samuel Turner 1993-1995 Director View profile
  68. David Butterworth 1993-1994 Director View profile
  69. Allan Langley Sayers 1993-1994 Director View profile
  70. Colin Edward Brown 1993-1996 Director View profile
  71. Robert George Doak 1993-1994 Director View profile
  72. Colin Albert Christopher 1993-1996 Director View profile
  73. Russell Hall 1992-1994 Director View profile
  74. Jeremy Mark Croxall 1992-1995 Director View profile
  75. William Whitnell 1992-2006 Director View profile
  76. Pegg, John Bernard, Mister 1992-1994 Director View profile
  77. Leslie Russell Lee Baillie 1992-2010 Director View profile
  78. Derek Wynne Jones 1992-2003 Director View profile
  79. Robert Charles Lee 1992-2011 Director View profile
  80. David Freeland 1992-1993 Director View profile
  81. Richard Bryan Dean 1991-1993 Director View profile
  82. William Simpson 1991-1996 Director View profile
  83. Peter Coventry 1993 Director View profile
  84. Nigel Malcolm Anthony Blake 1991 Director View profile
  85. Dr David Graham Hawkridge 1992 Director View profile
  86. Peter Gordon Hill 1993 Director View profile
  87. David Sidney Frederick Thompson 1992 Director View profile
  88. Kenneth Henry Fullalove 2009 Director View profile
  89. Roger Blair Shenton 1991 Director View profile
  90. Albert Frederick Robinson 1992 Director View profile
  91. David John Hadley 1991 Director View profile
  92. John Antoine Diab 1992 Director View profile
  93. Jonathan Spencer Myer 1993 Director View profile
  94. Keith Beckett 1992 Director View profile
  95. Frank Davies 1993 Director View profile
  96. Christopher John Whittles 1992 Director View profile
  97. Douglas Roy Ward 2000 Director View profile
  98. John Michael Day 1992 Director View profile
  99. Richard John De Ville 1995 Director View profile
  100. Samantha Dawn Brown 2021-2026 Secretary View profile
  101. Mark Reginald Allison 2020-2021 Secretary View profile
  102. Suzanna Maria Radcliffe-Hart 2018-2020 Secretary View profile
  103. Dr Peter Michael Beele 2006-2018 Secretary View profile
  104. David Iain Webb 1999-2009 Secretary View profile
  105. Fredarica Ferrigno 1998-1999 Secretary View profile
  106. Raymond Michael Hobbs 1996-1998 Secretary View profile
  107. Robert Geoffrey Morgan 1992-1996 Secretary View profile
  108. Ronald Charles Simmonds 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
29/03/1961

Financials

Total assets
£5,733
Cash
£23,605
Employees
1
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Small company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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.

11 directors on the board

7.9y median 7.3y
average tenure
27.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (8)

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.

Other services 6Professional services 2Property 2Retail and trade 2Manufacturing 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
  • 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
00688288
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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