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The Open & Distance Learning Quality Council

Company 00938909 Active

Registered charity: Open and Distance Learning Quality Council

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Board DNA

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3
directors on the board
16.4y median 12.8y
average tenure
26y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
3 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Company details

Number00938909
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated17/09/1968
Address6 ORCHARD PLACE, BURY ROAD, KENTFORD, NEWMARKET, SUFFOLK, CB8 7FE
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

85310 - General secondary education

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (43)

  • Hopwood, Tony Director · appointed 2016
  • Clausen, Jorgen Director · appointed 2013
  • Endean, Mark Hamilton Director · appointed 2000
  • Hurst, Gordon Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2013
  • FOX, Julie Nicola, Mrs. Former Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
  • Faulkner, Colin Max Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2014
  • Gibbs, William Barratt Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2010
  • Tyrer, Roderick James Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
  • Patterson, David Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
  • Hopwood, Anthony Thorpe Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Glover, Eric Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
  • Williams, Keith, Dr Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2005
  • Moore, Gillian Mary Evelyn Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2007
  • Blake, Jill Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2009
  • Fallaize, Gary John Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2015
  • Herbert, Laurence Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
  • Healy, Philip William Joseph Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
  • Tavernor, Peter Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2007
  • Kelly, Patrick Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
  • O'Donnell, Gerard Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
  • Nadin, Frances Diana Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2010
  • Norrie, Richard Thomas Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1997
  • Morley, David William, Dr Former Secretary · appointed 1997 · resigned 2010
  • Herbert, Laurence William Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
  • Ainsworth OBE, Mervyn John Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2015
  • Philpot, Margaret Mary Former Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
  • Bradbury, Paul Learoyd Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2005
  • Grugeon, David Anthony Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
  • Rowlands, Glyn Aneurin Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
  • Newitt, Robert Allan Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
  • Rigby, Michael Stephen Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2015
  • Young, Andrew David Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2002
  • Mercer, Roy Douglas Former Director · resigned 2001
  • Elliott, Janet Mary Former Director · resigned 1993
  • VAN DEN Akker, Elias Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Ingham, Elisabeth Helene Former Secretary · resigned 1994
  • Dawson, George Edwin Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Jones, Lyndon Hamer Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Metcalfe, Ernest Herbert Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Mckenzie, Alistair Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Kibel, Sara Regina Former Director · resigned 2015
  • Degenhardt, Thomas Bradford Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Sewart, David, Dr Former Director · resigned 1993

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