Company
Federation of Recorded Music Societies Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 55
- Simon Rawlings 2018-2023 View profile
- Stuart William Sillitoe 2015-2017 View profile
- John Hardie 2014-2017 View profile
- June Denise Beech 2014-2019 View profile
- Ronald Charles Thomas Beech 2014-2019 View profile
- Paul Richard Astell 2013-2018 View profile
- Malcolm Richard Lewis 2012-2013 View profile
- Colin Frank Dancer 2010-2013 View profile
- George Steele 2006-2024 View profile
- Ronald Ernest Bleach 2006-2009 View profile
- Graham Ladley 2005-2006 View profile
- Thelma Mary Shaw 2005-2011 View profile
- John Clifford Maidment 2004-2008 View profile
- John Anthony Pook 2004-2011 View profile
- Charles Allan Child 2003-2023 View profile
- Philip Ashton 2002-2019 View profile
- Keith Charles Cheffins 2002-2007 View profile
- Robert James Astill 2002-2006 View profile
- Graham John Kiteley 2002-2014 View profile
- John Davies 2001-2011 View profile
- Brian Joseph Cartwright 2001-2003 View profile
- Richard Rance 2001-2002 View profile
- John Michael Birchall 2001-2020 View profile
- Margaret Rose Dorothy 2000-2001 View profile
- Patrick John Russell 2000-2001 View profile
- John Miller Heyes 2000-2002 View profile
- William Arthur Baker 1999-2005 View profile
- Catherine Connolly 1999-2004 View profile
- Brendan Sadler 1998-2000 View profile
- John Summers 1998-1999 View profile
- John Spencer Gilks 1998-2000 View profile
- Reginald Williamson 1998-2003 View profile
- Mullenger, Leonard, Doctor 1998-2001 View profile
- Dr John James Hart 1997-1998 View profile
- Stephen Taylor 1997-1998 View profile
- Dr John Marsh Phillips 1997-2001 View profile
- Dennis Bostock 1995-2001 View profile
- Gordon Patrick Wainwright 1993-1998 View profile
- Thelma Mary Mills 1993-1998 View profile
- David Duncan 1992-1997 View profile
- Neil Heayes 1993 View profile
- John Roderick Shaw 1993 View profile
- Christopher Eric Provan Hamilton 2000 View profile
- Pamela Yates 1999 View profile
- William Ward Johnson 1993 View profile
- Ian Bailey 1997 View profile
- Gilbert Kenneth Michael Smith 1998 View profile
- Rainer Wolfgang Lenk 1997 View profile
- Audrey Rhys-Tyler 1997 View profile
- Roger Ian Apps 2008-2014 View profile
- James Bostwick 2007-2018 View profile
- Francis Anthony Baines 2002-2011 View profile
- Peter Allan Martin Lerew 2000-2002 View profile
- Marjorie Breward Williamson 1994-2000 View profile
- Gordon Howard Sidery 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 03/08/1961
Ownership
Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Adele Kay Wills
significant influence · notified 2018-11-04 - James Bostwick ceased 2018-11-03
significant influence · notified 2016-12-09
Group
- Federation of Recorded Music Societies Limited
is controlled by Adele Kay Wills
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2018-11-04 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Adele Kay Wills.
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £13,601
- Total assets
- £13,601
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. 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.
4 directors on the board
- Paul Corfield Godfrey Director · appointed 2014
- David Adrian Louis George Wherrell Director · appointed 2018
- Ronald Roy George Mitchell Director · appointed 2017
- Anthony David Sanderson Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Paul Corfield Godfrey Director · appointed 2014
- David Adrian Louis George Wherrell Director · appointed 2018
- Ronald Roy George Mitchell Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Paul Corfield Godfrey Director · appointed 2014
- David Adrian Louis George Wherrell Director · appointed 2018
- Ronald Roy George Mitchell Director · appointed 2017
- Anthony David Sanderson Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00700106
- 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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