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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 38

  1. Leanne Alice Walsham 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Kirsty Lorraine Mitchell 2021-2021 Director View profile
  3. Emma Jhita 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. Rosemary Anne Walker-Jones 2019-2024 Director View profile
  5. Timothy James Pocock 2018-2019 Director View profile
  6. Anthony James Keys 2018-2026 Director View profile
  7. Professor Geoffrey Charles Lloyd 2018-2019 Director View profile
  8. Jon Lennard Barlow 2018-2022 Director View profile
  9. Roger William Orchard 2016-2019 Director View profile
  10. Adrian Jocelyn Knowles 2015-2018 Director View profile
  11. Charles Martin Thompson 2015-2023 Director View profile
  12. Peter Anthony Rance 2014-2019 Director View profile
  13. David Bradshaw 2013-2016 Director View profile
  14. Richard John Gregory Antliff 2013-2019 Director View profile
  15. Robert Wilson Fry 2012-2015 Director View profile
  16. Graham Colin Drew 2008-2012 Director View profile
  17. Frank Cooper 2007-2017 Director View profile
  18. Michael Clifford Forman Bodsworth 2004-2019 Director View profile
  19. John Everidge Benedict Minchin 2004-2009 Director View profile
  20. David John Hurd 2003-2010 Director View profile
  21. Dennis Brynley Howells 1999-2012 Director View profile
  22. Brian Percy Hugh Scutt 1997-2003 Director View profile
  23. Grahame Dryden 1997-1998 Director View profile
  24. Martin Frederick William Breakspear 1996-2003 Director View profile
  25. John Gilbert Hosegood 1996-1998 Director View profile
  26. Christopher William Herridge 1993-1998 Director View profile
  27. Richard Bullock 1993-1999 Director View profile
  28. Anthony Richard Croucher 2019 Director View profile
  29. Charles Frederick Whetmath 2008 Director View profile
  30. Briane Hammond Davies 1994 Director View profile
  31. Christopher Jones Williams 1996 Director View profile
  32. Graham Alan Perry 2002 Director View profile
  33. Richard John Beacham 1995 Director View profile
  34. Roger James Horwood 2018 Director View profile
  35. Roy Stannett 2008 Director View profile
  36. Richard John Varley 2016-2025 Secretary View profile
  37. Baker, James Edward, Squadron Leader 2006-2007 Secretary View profile
  38. Dr John Bernard O'Hagan 2025 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
27/02/1967
Also a registered charity
Great Western Society Limited

Grants received

13 grants · £1,763,093 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 Heritage Fund · £1,457,279 (9 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £298,954 (2 grants)
  • Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £5,500
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,360

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £245,3262025-03-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £6,1332022-06-08
  • Oxfordshire Community Foundation £5,5002022-04-12
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £16,9002020-05-26
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £184,9392020-04-01
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

5y median 4.8y
average tenure
10.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (5)

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.

Arts and leisure 11Professional services 3Business services 2

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

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00899248
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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