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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
6
directors past 6 years
3 vs 4 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
2
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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
- British Furniture Confederation 3 shared directors
- British Furniture Association LTD 2 shared directors
- R.M.W.F.Limited 1 shared director
- The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers' Charitable Funds Incorporating the Furnishing Trades Benevolent Association 1 shared director
- Hille Limited 1 shared director
- The BED Show Limited 1 shared director
Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 00688288 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) |
| Incorporated | 29/03/1961 |
| Address | CHILTERN HOUSE STOCKING LANE, HUGHENDEN VALLEY, HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS, HP14 4ND |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
72190 - Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering94990 - Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Officers (119)
- Christopher Henry Meadows Director · appointed 2025
- Philip Spademan Director · appointed 2025
- Tristine Hargreaves Director · appointed 2025
- Robin Austin Scott Director · appointed 2022
- Joanna Felicity Knight Director · appointed 2021
- Andrew Story Director · appointed 2019
- Brian Joseph Ahern Director · appointed 2018
- Nigel Kim Punshon Director · appointed 2017
- Andrew Paul Green Director · appointed 2016
- Jonathan Mark Hindle Director · appointed 2014
- Mark James Richardson Director · appointed 1998
Show 89 former officers
- Christopher Lee Wade Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2023
- Murray Mccrone Hudson Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
- Samantha Dawn Brown Secretary · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
- Mark Reginald Allison Secretary · appointed 2020 · resigned 2021
- Suzanna Maria Radcliffe-Hart Secretary · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
- Alan George Bennett Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
- John David Oswald Stevenson Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
- Robert Graeme Veitch Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2022
- David Leslie Huss Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
- Jeremy Cumming Stein Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
- Robert Jones Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2020
- Richard Ian Stevenson Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2017
- Philip James Reynolds Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2020
- David Rooney Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
- Richard William John Ranklin Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2020
- Graham John Hirst Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
- Sheila Draper Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
- Eric Catton Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2019
- Margaret Mary Miller Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2017
- Charles Vernon Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2020
- Stephen Dirk Perkins Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2014
- Michael Frank Powell Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
- Rodney Kington Mcmahon Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2022
- Jessica Louise Alexander Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2024
- Jonathan Charles Westbrooke Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
- Barber, Anne Carolyn, Mrs. Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2026
- Paul David Critchley Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2024
- Stephen Charles Barton Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2020
- Colin Clark Watson Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
- Wendy Alison Blake Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
- Malcolm Ian Keates Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
- Alan James Towns Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
- Roger Alan Mark Belham Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
- Beele, Peter Michael, Dr Secretary · appointed 2006 · resigned 2018
- Andrew Mark Corbett Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2017
- Timothy Vincent Lipscomb Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
- Peter Richard Besley Marchant Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
- Eric John Tomlinson Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2007
- Michael Bennett Spencer Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
- Christopher John Coombs Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2005
- Raymond Gerard Norris Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2005
- Iain Joseph Flitcroft Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2005
- Keith David Oliver Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
- Janette Crump Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
- David Iain Webb Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2009
- Alan James Marshall Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2010
- Gill, Christopher John, Dr Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2006
- Thomas Chalmers Absolon Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2005
- Gary King Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- David Michael Rowles Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- Fredarica Ferrigno Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
- Peter James Smith Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2009
- Hayden Thomas Davies Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2015
- Walter John Gosling Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
- Stephen M Day Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2008
- Raymond Michael Hobbs Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
- Richard Albert Stead Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
- Mohammad Asghar Khan Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
- Stephen Christopher Bush Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Robert Spencley Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Stuart George Britland Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Philip Davies Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
- Peter Oldfield Murray Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2010
- Paul Robert Fanghanel Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
- Keith John Punchard Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
- Peter Clive Baxter Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
- Jeffery Gwilliam Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2016
- Peter Joseph Murray Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
- Jack Wayne Salter Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
- David James Clark Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1999
- Timothy Patrick Wallace Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
- Alan Daniel Smith Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
- Adrian Hill Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
- Trevor Samuel Turner Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
- David Butterworth Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- Allan Langley Sayers Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- Colin Edward Brown Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
- Robert George Doak Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- Colin Albert Christopher Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
- Robert Geoffrey Morgan Secretary · appointed 1992 · resigned 1996
- Russell Hall Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1994
- Jeremy Mark Croxall Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1995
- William Whitnell Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2006
- Pegg, John Bernard, Mister Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1994
- Leslie Russell Lee Baillie Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2010
- Derek Wynne Jones Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2003
- Robert Charles Lee Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2011
- David Freeland Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1993
- Richard Bryan Dean Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1993
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