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Folkestone Bowls Association Limited

Folkestone Bowls Association Limited is an active UK company (number 00856909), incorporated 1965, with 8 current directors including Peter Foster and Samantha Ann Merrells. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 27

  1. David Joseph Potter 2021-2023 Director View profile
  2. Graeme Philip Poole 2019-2021 Director View profile
  3. Patricia Ann Develin 2017-2020 Director View profile
  4. Richard Anthony Pascoe 2014-2024 Director View profile
  5. David Johnson 2006-2015 Director View profile
  6. Adrian Phipps 2006-2016 Director View profile
  7. Christopher Julian Taylor 2003-2022 Director View profile
  8. Elizabeth Thomas 2001-2019 Director View profile
  9. Trevor Clifford Llewellyn 2001-2004 Director View profile
  10. Thomas Galloway Ferguson 2000-2003 Director View profile
  11. Robert James Stammers 1999-2008 Director View profile
  12. Roy Anthony Gannaway 1998-2007 Director View profile
  13. Audrey Jane Knott 1994-2007 Director View profile
  14. John Joseph Smith 2008 Director View profile
  15. Raymond William Greenstreet 2000 Director View profile
  16. Thomas Joseph Gillett 2004 Director View profile
  17. Alfred William Dray 2001 Director View profile
  18. John Fitch Ruffle 1994 Director View profile
  19. Gordon Raymond Hodges 2001 Director View profile
  20. Dennis George Mortimer 1999 Director View profile
  21. Daphne Tozer 1994 Director View profile
  22. Christopher Laurence Easton 2012 Director View profile
  23. Terence Snelling 2002 Director View profile
  24. Christopher Robert Sexton 2013-2020 Secretary View profile
  25. John Frank Grist 2005-2013 Secretary View profile
  26. Jeffries Barton 1998-2005 Secretary View profile
  27. Robert Williamson 1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
16/08/1965

Financials

Net assets
£202,801
Total assets
£202,801
Cash
£195,343
Employees
16
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-04-30. 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.

8 directors on the board

9.8y median 6.8y
average tenure
22y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
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.

Property 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
  • 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
00856909
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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