Company
The Abbeyfield Southport Society Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 37
- Sweet, Jonathan William Edward, Mr. 2017-2025 View profile
- Nigel Peter Hopkins 2017-2019 View profile
- Jacquelyne Anne Doughty 2015-2017 View profile
- George Neville Bentley 2014-2017 View profile
- Brian Stubbings 2006-2010 View profile
- Roger Timothy Lawton 2003-2010 View profile
- Dorothy Houghton Hughes 2003-2016 View profile
- Elizabeth Val Martyn Beck 2001-2017 View profile
- Gwendolene Wainwright 2000-2005 View profile
- Julia Bladen 1999-2017 View profile
- Grace Stringfellow 1999-2005 View profile
- Barbara Webster 1998-2003 View profile
- Joan Pyrke 1997-2008 View profile
- John David Giddens 1997-2003 View profile
- Josephine Cassidy 1996-2003 View profile
- Jean Margaret Mcewen 1995-1999 View profile
- Eileen Margaret Davies 1994-2000 View profile
- Sheila Margaret Birkby 1992-2017 View profile
- Jacqueline Helen Marjoribanks 1992-2000 View profile
- Vera Bailey 1992-1997 View profile
- Celia Evans 1997 View profile
- Elizabeth Collinge 1998 View profile
- Dr Isobel Catherine Allardyce 1998 View profile
- Brenda Armstrong 1996 View profile
- Margaret Valerie Watson 1998 View profile
- Evelyn May Coombes 1995 View profile
- Robert William Hayden 1997 View profile
- Donna Taylor 1992 View profile
- John Edward Totty 1997 View profile
- Joan Lambert Moore 1994 View profile
- Thomas Nelson Hall 1998 View profile
- Stavert Irving 1993 View profile
- Cathlyn Elizabeth Ainsworth 2013 View profile
- Mary Oulton Lee 2002 View profile
- Gareth Wynne Griffiths Jones 2005-2008 View profile
- Allan Peter Jamieson Smart 1993-2005 View profile
- Glyn Roberts 1993 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 08/11/1972
- Also a registered charity
- The Abbeyfield Southport Society Limited
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Sheila Margaret Birkby ceased 2017-03-31
significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-09-11 - The Abbeyfield Society
significant influence · notified 2018-07-23
Group
- The Abbeyfield Southport Society Limited
is controlled by Sheila Margaret Birkby
Evidence
ceased significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-09-11, ceased 2017-03-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Sheila Margaret Birkby.
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.
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
- Gail Marian Manley Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Tennant OBE Director · appointed 2025
- Tom Nisbet Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Gail Marian Manley Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Paul Tennant OBE Director · appointed 2025
- Tom Nisbet Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
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.
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01080835
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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