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Beacon Centre for the Blind

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 73

  1. Clive James Small 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jonathan Tandy 2020-2021 Director View profile
  3. Ian Frederick Bowers 2020-2025 Director View profile
  4. Mechele Grace Akyeampong 2020-2021 Director View profile
  5. Dr Jaishree Ravikiran Gandhewar 2019-2019 Director View profile
  6. Rebecca Anne Foley 2018-2020 Director View profile
  7. Andrew David Billingham 2018-2019 Director View profile
  8. Imogen Rachael Hawthorne 2018-2019 Director View profile
  9. Carolyn Anne Stokes 2017-2019 Director View profile
  10. Patrick William Haywood 2016-2017 Director View profile
  11. John William Clarke 2015-2021 Director View profile
  12. Janet Margaret Burns 2015-2020 Director View profile
  13. Stewart Hitchcox 2014-2016 Director View profile
  14. Ravi Bhakhri 2012-2017 Director View profile
  15. Joseph John Ledwidge 2011-2014 Director View profile
  16. James Fernihough 2011-2011 Director View profile
  17. Nicholas James Price 2010-2018 Director View profile
  18. Pauline Ann Heffernan 2010-2020 Director View profile
  19. Susan Gail Rawlings 2010-2020 Director View profile
  20. Colin Banks 2010-2018 Director View profile
  21. Simon Biggs 2008-2015 Director View profile
  22. John Patrick Thorneycroft 2005-2013 Director View profile
  23. John Joseph Wadley 2004-2010 Director View profile
  24. Joan Maria Quirke 2003-2016 Director View profile
  25. Anthony Southwick 2003-2004 Director View profile
  26. Mary Oaten 2003-2007 Director View profile
  27. Mary Elizabeth Hale 2003-2004 Director View profile
  28. Yvonne Walker 2003-2004 Director View profile
  29. Wright, John Denham, Doctor 2002-2015 Director View profile
  30. Peter Townley 2002-2003 Director View profile
  31. Michael John Beardsmore 2002-2019 Director View profile
  32. William Thomas Melia 2001-2002 Director View profile
  33. George Kenneth Bullock 2001-2015 Director View profile
  34. Doreen Seiboth 2000-2004 Director View profile
  35. Aston, Margaret Patricia, Cllr Mrs 2000-2003 Director View profile
  36. Margaret James 2000-2001 Director View profile
  37. Rowley, Judith, Cllr 1999-2002 Director View profile
  38. Barbara Dean 1997-2005 Director View profile
  39. Terence Harold Mason 1997-2010 Director View profile
  40. Jack Jarvis 1997-1999 Director View profile
  41. Thomas, Malcolm David, Councillor 1996-1999 Director View profile
  42. Gwendoline Mary Stafford Good 1994-1996 Director View profile
  43. Geoffrey Ernest Gilbert 1994-1998 Director View profile
  44. Mollie Mackelworth 1994-2010 Director View profile
  45. John Robert Walters 1993-1996 Director View profile
  46. John Keith Sadler 1993-2002 Director View profile
  47. George Arthur Oldbury 1993-1998 Director View profile
  48. Derek Wilfred Evans 1992-1998 Director View profile
  49. William Eley Homer 1992 Director View profile
  50. Richard Reynolds 1995 Director View profile
  51. Sheila Annie Portman 1999 Director View profile
  52. Temple Donald Trevor Hickman 2002 Director View profile
  53. Robert A Joseph 2004 Director View profile
  54. Harry Harley 1993 Director View profile
  55. Albert Henry Mcilreath 2004 Director View profile
  56. Thomas Francis Smith 2001 Director View profile
  57. Ruby Florence Ilsley 1992 Director View profile
  58. Ronald Wilfred Avenell 1996 Director View profile
  59. Albert Edward Maiden 1992 Director View profile
  60. Royston Burns Dumbell 2000 Director View profile
  61. Muriel Wilhelmina Hodson 1995 Director View profile
  62. Stanley Frederick Chaplin 2002 Director View profile
  63. Dr David John Carter 1992 Director View profile
  64. William Vincent Jolly 2002 Director View profile
  65. Mary Kathleen Hill 2002 Director View profile
  66. John Jeffery Rowley 1993 Director View profile
  67. Philip David Mills 2018-2024 Secretary View profile
  68. Arwyn Jones 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  69. Alison Jayne Richards 2016-2017 Secretary View profile
  70. Philip Thomas 2009-2016 Secretary View profile
  71. Robert Winston Astbury 2003-2009 Secretary View profile
  72. Judith Noble 2000-2003 Secretary View profile
  73. Holroyd Fielding 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
08/12/1961
Also a registered charity
Beacon Centre for the Blind

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Beacon Centre for the Blind on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

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.

Grants received

9 grants · £991,753 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £971,918 (7 grants)
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £19,835 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9002023-03-03
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £438,5062023-02-17
  • Department for Work and Pensions £15,3352022-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £4,5002021-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002019-08-02
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.

10 directors on the board

3.7y median 4.9y
average tenure
6.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

1
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.

Retail and trade 3Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00710129
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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