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Company · Watford

The Purcell School

General secondary education

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

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Previous officers 68

  1. Jeffrey Lindsey Hewitt 2020-2024 Director View profile
  2. Michele Burton 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. Lydia Connolly 2019-2020 Director View profile
  4. Kirsty Von Malaise 2017-2025 Director View profile
  5. Dr Rebecca Helen Mooney 2017-2023 Director View profile
  6. William Rufus Benjamin Mcdonnell 2017-2023 Director View profile
  7. Julia Mary Fownes Somerville 2016-2017 Director View profile
  8. Ian Hearle David Odgers 2015-2022 Director View profile
  9. Professor Timothy James Blinko 2014-2020 Director View profile
  10. Julie Carol Nicholls 2014-2017 Director View profile
  11. Professor Colin James Lawson 2014-2022 Director View profile
  12. Mark Edmund Racz 2014-2020 Director View profile
  13. Dr Xanthe Helen Cross 2013-2017 Director View profile
  14. Joanna Van Heyningen 2012-2023 Director View profile
  15. Stephen Benson 2012-2016 Director View profile
  16. Jonathan Edward Eley 2012-2021 Director View profile
  17. James Christopher Fowler 2011-2021 Director View profile
  18. Sir Roger Tustin Jackling 2011-2022 Director View profile
  19. Gerard Peter Van De Geest 2010-2017 Director View profile
  20. Brenda Hasler 2010-2012 Director View profile
  21. Andrew Gurdon Boggis 2008-2011 Director View profile
  22. Michael Anthony Robert Oakley 2007-2011 Director View profile
  23. Naima Browne 2007-2009 Director View profile
  24. Fiona Ballantine 2005-2007 Director View profile
  25. David James Woodhead 2004-2013 Director View profile
  26. Geoffrey Ernest Godbold 2003-2005 Director View profile
  27. Andrew Carter 2003-2014 Director View profile
  28. Professor Sylvia Richardson 2003-2005 Director View profile
  29. Simon Nicholas Channing 2001-2014 Director View profile
  30. Michael Thomas Dickson Squires 2001-2010 Director View profile
  31. Professor Sir Curtis Alexander Price 2001-2013 Director View profile
  32. Jennifer Ann Agutter 2001-2016 Director View profile
  33. Jean Mary Elizabeth Macgregor 2000-2016 Director View profile
  34. Lord Mark Thomas Bridges 2000-2012 Director View profile
  35. Thomas Vincent Mohan 2000-2003 Director View profile
  36. Professor John Andrew Hall Wass 2000-2012 Director View profile
  37. Hugh Martin Saunders 2000-2014 Director View profile
  38. John Marshall 1999-2000 Director View profile
  39. Janice Joanne Graham 1999-2021 Director View profile
  40. Michael Frederick Garner 1999-2012 Director View profile
  41. Elaine Sarah Rivett Headlam 1997-2003 Director View profile
  42. Dame Janet Elizabeth Ritterman 1996-2000 Director View profile
  43. Graham Smallbone 1996-2010 Director View profile
  44. Philip Newman 1996-2012 Director View profile
  45. Martin Graham Tuck 1996-2001 Director View profile
  46. Tao Soon Cham 1995-2000 Director View profile
  47. Peter John Macmahon 1994-1996 Director View profile
  48. Ian Robert Horsbrugh 1994-2000 Director View profile
  49. Alison Pryce 1992-1999 Director View profile
  50. Baroness Helen Mary Warnock 1992-1999 Director View profile
  51. Fowler, Michael Compton, Sol 1991-1995 Director View profile
  52. Jonathan Samuel Lavy 2002 Director View profile
  53. Ian William Reeves 2002 Director View profile
  54. John Alfred Stenhouse 2004 Director View profile
  55. Robert David Headlam 1992 Director View profile
  56. Geoffrey Roy Cervenka 2013 Director View profile
  57. Paul Strang 1993 Director View profile
  58. Lady Hilary Hermione Groves 1992 Director View profile
  59. Richard John Gould 1997 Director View profile
  60. Anthony Ronald Langan 1991 Director View profile
  61. Lord Claus Moser 1998 Director View profile
  62. Michael Bernard Rubinstein 1991 Director View profile
  63. Henry Maurice Solomon 1995 Director View profile
  64. Helen Conway 1993 Director View profile
  65. Charles Esmond Beer 2011-2021 Secretary View profile
  66. Aideen Catherine Mcnamara 2009-2018 Secretary View profile
  67. Nicholas James Rampley 1998-2009 Secretary View profile
  68. Ian Ralph Peedell 1991-1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
General secondary education
Incorporated
30/04/1963
Registered office
Watford
Also a registered charity
The Purcell School

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Purcell School 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.

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.

8 directors on the board

3.7y median 3.5y
average tenure
5.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

0
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.

Business services 2Education 2Property 2Arts and leisure 1Mining 1Tech and media 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
00759327
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/05/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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