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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.
8 directors on the board
- Frank Newton Director · appointed 2013
- Ian Francis Trumper Director · appointed 2015
- Gary Terence Merrick Director · appointed 2021
- Sarah Povey Director · appointed 2025
- Keith Minear Director · appointed 2021
- Richard Paul Bateman Director · appointed 2018
- Richard Mark Bedford Oakes Director · appointed 2022
- Jackie Mary Sanders Director · appointed 2007
8.3y median 6.5y
average tenure
18.7y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Frank Newton Director · appointed 2013
- Ian Francis Trumper Director · appointed 2015
- Richard Paul Bateman Director · appointed 2018
- Jackie Mary Sanders Director · appointed 2007
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Gary Terence Merrick Director · appointed 2021
- Sarah Povey Director · appointed 2025
- Keith Minear Director · appointed 2021
- Jackie Mary Sanders Director · appointed 2007
Portfolio (4)
- Frank Newton Director · appointed 2013
- Ian Francis Trumper Director · appointed 2015
- Richard Paul Bateman Director · appointed 2018
- Richard Mark Bedford Oakes Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
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 2Arts and leisure 1Other services 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
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Related organisations
- Croydon CP Trading Limited 2 shared directors
Connected through a shared director
- Beer and Sunshine Boys Limited 1 shared director
- Whitgiftian Association Trust 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 01285858 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) |
| Incorporated | 10/11/1976 |
| Address | 1A MELVILLE AVENUE, SOUTH CROYDON, SURREY, CR2 7HZ |
| Accounts next due | 31/05/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/08/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
85590 - Other education n.e.c.87300 - Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Owns 1 company iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Croydon CP Trading Limited
significant influence · notified 2016-06-21
Officers (42)
- Sarah Povey Director · appointed 2025
- Richard Mark Bedford Oakes Director · appointed 2022
- Gary Terence Merrick Director · appointed 2021
- Keith Minear Director · appointed 2021
- Vicki Sandlan Secretary · appointed 2021
- Richard Paul Bateman Director · appointed 2018
- Ian Francis Trumper Director · appointed 2015
- Frank Newton Director · appointed 2013
- Jackie Mary Sanders Director · appointed 2007
Show 33 former officers
- Mumta Thapar Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2023
- Mum Th Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2022
- Charlotte Anne Louise Cooper Secretary · appointed 2016 · resigned 2022
- Elizabeth Thomas Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
- Richard Jeffries Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2020
- Tania Weithers Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
- Paul Julian Squires Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2015
- Garnet Denis Malone Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
- Robert Damian Adams Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2021
- Alida Howes Secretary · appointed 2006 · resigned 2018
- Rose Marie Pearl Rosier Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2014
- Edwin Fraser Buddle Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Angela Poole Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2009
- Andrew Jeremy Stranack Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
- Allan Morriss Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
- William James Giles Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
- John Charles Norris Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2009
- John Harry Bowers Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2018
- Valentine Wilfred Knights Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2006
- John Newton Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2022
- Sidney Andrew Ellis Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2002
- Brian Ernest Brabham Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
- Joyce Barbara Martin Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2005
- Sylvia Winifred Dudley Director · resigned 1997
- Derek William Poulton Director · resigned 1994
- John Stuart Director · resigned 1993
- Grace Hilda Jennings Director · resigned 1993
- William Kenneth Capon Director · resigned 1997
- Mary Hodgson Secretary · resigned 2008
- Alex Watson Tran Director · resigned 1996
- Jean Marion Yates Director · resigned 1993
- Dudley Sharratt Mead Director · resigned 2014
- Rigby Wason Director · resigned 1998
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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