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Weald and Downland Open AIR Museum Limited

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

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Previous officers 46

  1. David Bailey 2021-2023 Director View profile
  2. Matthew John Lewis 2016-2025 Director View profile
  3. Catherine Frances Hampson 2016-2018 Director View profile
  4. Garret Francis Turley 2016-2019 Director View profile
  5. Simon Fairfax Knight 2012-2021 Director View profile
  6. Christopher Joseph Dicks 2012-2015 Director View profile
  7. Noel Howard Osborne 2011-2012 Director View profile
  8. Jennifer Trudie Bloomfield-Peel 2011-2020 Director View profile
  9. Elaine Sansom 2011-2018 Director View profile
  10. Anthony Howes 2010-2020 Director View profile
  11. Katherine Louise Mosse 2008-2011 Director View profile
  12. Stephen Geoffrey Corbett 2008-2013 Director View profile
  13. Robert Back 2008-2010 Director View profile
  14. Deborah Anne Chiverton 2008-2020 Director View profile
  15. Dr John Herbert Jarvis 2008-2019 Director View profile
  16. Douglas Paul Rigg 2007-2018 Director View profile
  17. Edward Brinley Burch 2005-2010 Director View profile
  18. Martin Heymann 2003-2008 Director View profile
  19. Andrew Graham Campbell Ferrier 2000-2012 Director View profile
  20. Maurice Alexander Pollock 2000-2018 Director View profile
  21. Michael Henry Roberts 1997-2002 Director View profile
  22. Jeffrey Michael Houlton 1997-2012 Director View profile
  23. Lady Elizabeth Mary Benson 1997-2016 Director View profile
  24. John Douglas Godfrey 1997-2018 Director View profile
  25. Peter Jack Gray 1997-1999 Director View profile
  26. Martin Bragg Caroe 1997-1999 Director View profile
  27. Peter Walding Bryant 1997-2010 Director View profile
  28. Nigel Hugh Clutton 1997-2017 Director View profile
  29. David Thomas Streeter 1997-2016 Director View profile
  30. David Ferrior Tomlinson 1995-2017 Director View profile
  31. Geoffrey Michael Burton 1995-2017 Director View profile
  32. Martin Oliver Sharpe 1995-2000 Director View profile
  33. Eric Michael Garston 1994-2016 Director View profile
  34. Bryan Methvyn Smith 1992-1993 Director View profile
  35. Dr Alan Hayes 1992-1994 Director View profile
  36. Jack Roy Armstrong 1993 Director View profile
  37. Nigel Barry Buckingham Stephens 2000 Director View profile
  38. Jim Oliver 1992 Director View profile
  39. James Boyer Woollings 1991 Director View profile
  40. Kim Carruthers Leslie 1995 Director View profile
  41. Derek Charles Bandey 1998 Director View profile
  42. Virginia Elizabeth Lyon 1996 Director View profile
  43. David Oscar Russell 2007 Director View profile
  44. Neil Mc Gregor-Wood 2008 Director View profile
  45. Stephen Paul Loosemore 2018-2025 Secretary View profile
  46. John Neil Hart 1994-2018 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
20/01/1969
Also a registered charity
Weald and Downland Open AIR Museum Limited

Ownership

Owned by (15) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Jennifer Trudie Bloomfield-Peel ceased 2020-01-24
    75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • John Douglas Godfrey ceased 2018-11-26
    75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Anthony Howes ceased 2020-07-06
    75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Deborah Anne Chiverton ceased 2020-11-13
    75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Simon Fairfax Knight ceased 2021-07-09
    75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Matthew John Lewis ceased 2025-05-16
    75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-25 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Joanne Carol Pasricha ceased 2016-04-25
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-25
  • Catherine Frances Hampson ceased 2018-11-23
    75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-25
  • Stephen Paul Loosemore ceased 2025-05-16
    75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2018-05-14
  • Louise Fitton ceased 2018-09-24
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-09-24
  • Steven Labedz ceased 2020-05-15
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2020-05-15
  • Abbi Leigh Lee ceased 2020-05-15
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2020-05-15
  • Nicholas Sutherland ceased 2020-05-15
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2020-05-15 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Jane Elizabeth Jones-Warner ceased 2020-05-15
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2020-05-15
  • James Charles Frazer Harvey ceased 2024-07-12
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2024-07-12
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Weald and Downland Open AIR Museum Limited is controlled by Jennifer Trudie Bloomfield-Peel
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2020-01-24 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Jennifer Trudie Bloomfield-Peel.

2 other companies 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.

Financials

Employees
0.58
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full 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.

Grants received

10 grants · £6,369,955 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 · £6,338,355 (8 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £25,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £6,600

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £25,0002021-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £550,0002017-03-20
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £85,8002016-01-27
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,8002014-03-28
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,236,0002013-03-26
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.

9 directors on the board

6y median 6.2y
average tenure
10.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Retail and trade 5Finance 4Education 2Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Other services 1Property 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

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
00946307
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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