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The Open & Distance Learning Quality Council

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

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Previous officers 40

  1. Gordon Hurst 2013-2013 Director View profile
  2. Colin Max Faulkner 2010-2014 Director View profile
  3. William Barratt Gibbs 2009-2010 Director View profile
  4. Roderick James Tyrer 2007-2012 Director View profile
  5. David Patterson 2007-2013 Director View profile
  6. Anthony Thorpe Hopwood 2007-2015 Director View profile
  7. Eric Glover 2007-2012 Director View profile
  8. Dr Keith Williams 2002-2005 Director View profile
  9. Gillian Mary Evelyn Moore 2002-2007 Director View profile
  10. Jill Blake 2002-2009 Director View profile
  11. Gary John Fallaize 2002-2015 Director View profile
  12. Laurence Herbert 2001-2002 Director View profile
  13. Philip William Joseph Healy 2000-2002 Director View profile
  14. Peter Tavernor 1998-2007 Director View profile
  15. Patrick Kelly 1998-1999 Director View profile
  16. Gerard O'Donnell 1997-2001 Director View profile
  17. Frances Diana Nadin 1997-2010 Director View profile
  18. Richard Thomas Norrie 1997-1997 Director View profile
  19. Laurence William Herbert 1995-1997 Director View profile
  20. Mervyn John Ainsworth OBE 1994-2015 Director View profile
  21. Paul Learoyd Bradbury 1994-2005 Director View profile
  22. David Anthony Grugeon 1993-1998 Director View profile
  23. Glyn Aneurin Rowlands 1993-1997 Director View profile
  24. Robert Allan Newitt 1993-1995 Director View profile
  25. Michael Stephen Rigby 1992-2015 Director View profile
  26. Andrew David Young 1991-2002 Director View profile
  27. Roy Douglas Mercer 2001 Director View profile
  28. Janet Mary Elliott 1993 Director View profile
  29. Elias Van Den Akker 1995 Director View profile
  30. George Edwin Dawson 1991 Director View profile
  31. Lyndon Hamer Jones 1993 Director View profile
  32. Ernest Herbert Metcalfe 1997 Director View profile
  33. Alistair Mckenzie 1992 Director View profile
  34. Sara Regina Kibel 2015 Director View profile
  35. Thomas Bradford Degenhardt 1993 Director View profile
  36. Dr David Sewart 1993 Director View profile
  37. Julie Nicola Fox 2011-2013 Secretary View profile
  38. Dr David William Morley 1997-2010 Secretary View profile
  39. Margaret Mary Philpot 1994-1997 Secretary View profile
  40. Elisabeth Helene Ingham 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
17/09/1968
Also a registered charity
Open and Distance Learning Quality Council

Financials

Net assets
£393
Total assets
£393
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Micro-entity accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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.

3 directors on the board

16.4y median 12.8y
average tenure
26y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00938909
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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