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The Society of Ploughmen Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Martin Daniel KerswellDirector · since 2026
- Nigel Stuart VickersDirector · since 2026
- Stephen James CheesemanDirector · since 2021
- Robert William Firth LaybournDirector · since 2013
- David John ThomlinsonDirector · since 2008
- Charles William HallidayDirector · since 1998
- Graham Charles SuttonDirector · since 1998
- John Patrick HillDirector
- John David ChappellDirector
- Susan Mary FrithSecretary · since 2017
Previous officers 133
- Allan Merlyn Williams 2018-2019 View profile
- Judith Mary Marcham 2017-2019 View profile
- Terence John Stinson 2017-2019 View profile
- Edward Charles Wharton 2016-2019 View profile
- David John Kerry 2016-2019 View profile
- Leslie John Arnold 2016-2019 View profile
- Michael Harry James Snook 2014-2019 View profile
- Vivian Edward Samuel 2014-2021 View profile
- Michael John Hart 2013-2015 View profile
- Philip William Watkins 2013-2019 View profile
- Phillip Arthur Irish 2013-2019 View profile
- Michael John Watkins 2012-2019 View profile
- Peter Anthony Alderslade 2011-2019 View profile
- Ian Charles Brewer 2011-2019 View profile
- John Arthur Harris 2011-2021 View profile
- Kevin John Miles 2011-2019 View profile
- Robert Barbour Irving 2011-2016 View profile
- Harold Keith Giles 2010-2019 View profile
- Colin Robert Bowen 2010-2014 View profile
- Ashley Craig Boyles 2009-2016 View profile
- John Leslie Nixon 2007-2019 View profile
- John Robert Plowright 2007-2016 View profile
- Stewart William Bunting 2005-2019 View profile
- Timothy Hurley 2005-2019 View profile
- James Graeme Witty 2004-2019 View profile
- Kenneth Andrew Mcvittie 2004-2019 View profile
- Michael Terence Armitage 2004-2014 View profile
- Mark Leslie Turner 2003-2026 View profile
- David Michael Boyles 2003-2016 View profile
- William Desmond Jenkin 2002-2016 View profile
- John Roy Prescott 2002-2019 View profile
- Stuart William Rose 2002-2019 View profile
- Andrew Harvey Lewis 2001-2019 View profile
- Robert George Humphrey 2001-2004 View profile
- Clifford Malcolm Gilbert 2001-2019 View profile
- Stephen David Framingham 2000-2016 View profile
- James Ernest Elliott 2000-2019 View profile
- Colin Frederick Wakelin 2000-2010 View profile
- Anthony Gwyn Bradley 1999-2019 View profile
- Cedric Thomas Fawdrey 1999-2011 View profile
- William Anton Immink 1998-2016 View profile
- Philip Leonard Barriball 1998-2019 View profile
- John Daniel O`Leary 1997-2002 View profile
- Phillip Ross Mccallum 1997-1998 View profile
- Andrew Graham Carpenter 1997-2016 View profile
- Michael John Childerley 1997-2019 View profile
- Clive Hawkins 1997-1999 View profile
- Robert Copland 1997-2019 View profile
- Goodwin John Davies 1997-2000 View profile
- Derrick Edward Hockley 1997-2014 View profile
- Mark Broom 1996-1999 View profile
- Brian Matthew Curtis 1996-2019 View profile
- Roy Rust 1996-2000 View profile
- Geoffrey Smith 1996-2018 View profile
- George Richard Walton 1995-1997 View profile
- Duncan John Russell 1995-2000 View profile
- Charles Frederick Burbidge 1995-2019 View profile
- David Heminsley 1995-2008 View profile
- Norman Aldred Clarke 1995-2018 View profile
- Patrick John Froom 1995-2026 View profile
- Thomas Arthur Battelle 1995-2002 View profile
- Stephen Michael Cook 1994-2019 View profile
- Thomas Henry King 1994-2001 View profile
- Malcolm John Crawford 1993-2000 View profile
- Arthur Edward Mccoll 1993-1996 View profile
- Duncan Pearson 1993-2016 View profile
- Graham George Beard 1993-2019 View profile
- Dr Stephen Douglas Howe 1992-2005 View profile
- Anthony Alan Hird 1992-1998 View profile
- Peter Waters 1992-2000 View profile
- Richard John Barnes 1992-2019 View profile
- Kenneth Edward Watkins 2015 View profile
- Ian Ross Wilson 1991 View profile
- Michael Brian Francis Still 2018 View profile
- Robert Hull 1993 View profile
- Frank Ernest Elliott 2003 View profile
- David Edward Totty 2001 View profile
- John Bryan Smith 2014 View profile
- William James Yeandle 2008 View profile
- David Anthony Skepper 1996 View profile
- Adrian John Brewer 2019 View profile
- Peter Ernest Kidd 1992 View profile
- Michael Glyn Holloway 2019 View profile
- Terence Ewan Keegan 2012 View profile
- Estyn Thomas Meredith 2003 View profile
- Peter Morley Jones 1997 View profile
- George Frederick Allwood 1995 View profile
- Derek Alfred Stagg 2019 View profile
- Eric Thomas Middleton 1993 View profile
- Horace Edward Samuel 1991 View profile
- William Harold Bulled 2014 View profile
- Roy Edwin Hill 1992 View profile
- Eric William Roper 2010 View profile
- Martin Monk 2001 View profile
- William Edgar 1998 View profile
- Thomas Alwin Charlton 2019 View profile
- Harry Arch Skelton 1993 View profile
- Paul William Southwell 1991 View profile
- Brian Frank Claxton 2019 View profile
- Ellis Lloyd Jones 2013 View profile
- Alexander Grant Brough Greenhill 2016 View profile
- Richard Anthony Eden 2019 View profile
- Maurice Henry Richardson 2019 View profile
- Colin John Webb 1992 View profile
- Roger Kitchiner Bailey 2014 View profile
- Cyril Arthur Dyke 2014 View profile
- Douglas Stanley Brewis Read 2012 View profile
- Hubert Henry Robson 1996 View profile
- Raymond Grater 1996 View profile
- Barry Geoffrey Selwyn Mortimer 2007 View profile
- Thomas Alderslade 2015 View profile
- Herbert Evan Jones 2010 View profile
- Allan Richard Jones 2019 View profile
- John William Gaffet Peter Bryett 2016 View profile
- John Albert Gwilliam 1997 View profile
- John James Metcalfe 2016 View profile
- Robert Frank Craven 2001 View profile
- Frederick Norman John 1994 View profile
- Bernard Hodgson 2016 View profile
- Michael Edward Bowen 2011 View profile
- Raymond Henry Robson 2019 View profile
- John Mcfarlane 2001 View profile
- Ingram Victor Barrell 1999 View profile
- James Wilfred Needham 1998 View profile
- John Thomas Fawcett 2018 View profile
- Jake Vowles 2007 View profile
- Kenenth Maurice Holland 2002 View profile
- Harry Graeme Witty 2015 View profile
- Alan Derek George 1998 View profile
- Fred Roy Hill 2016 View profile
- Alfred John Mason 2015 View profile
- Thomas Raymond Goodwin 2015 View profile
- Kenneth Chappell 1993-2019 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 23/11/1972
- Also a registered charity
- Society of Ploughmen LTD
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
- Graham Charles Sutton Director · appointed 1998
- John Patrick Hill Director
- Charles William Halliday Director · appointed 1998
- John David Chappell Director
- David John Thomlinson Director · appointed 2008
- Martin Daniel Kerswell Director · appointed 2026
- Robert William Firth Laybourn Director · appointed 2013
- Stephen James Cheeseman Director · appointed 2021
- Nigel Stuart Vickers Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Graham Charles Sutton Director · appointed 1998
- Charles William Halliday Director · appointed 1998
- David John Thomlinson Director · appointed 2008
- Robert William Firth Laybourn Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- John David Chappell Director
- David John Thomlinson Director · appointed 2008
- Martin Daniel Kerswell Director · appointed 2026
- Robert William Firth Laybourn Director · appointed 2013
- Stephen James Cheeseman Director · appointed 2021
- Nigel Stuart Vickers Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Graham Charles Sutton Director · appointed 1998
- John Patrick Hill Director
- Charles William Halliday Director · appointed 1998
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Patrick John Froom Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2026
- Mark Leslie Turner Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2026
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.
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01083310
- 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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