Dudley and West Midlands Zoological Society Limited
Company 01350864 Active
Registered charity: Dudley and West Midlands Zoological Society Limited
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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.
10 directors on the board
- Andrew James Taylor Director · appointed 2017
- Philip James Tart Director · appointed 2016
- Kim Fuller Director · appointed 2007
- Philip Ian Loveday Director · appointed 2017
- Alan Taylor Director · appointed 2022
- David Hunter Sparks Director · appointed 2002
- Michael John Evans Director · appointed 2024
- Andrea Goddard Director · appointed 2024
- Pamela Ann Batson Director · appointed 2024
- Steven Keith Vincent Director · appointed 2017
9.1y median 9.3y
average tenure
24.3y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Andrew James Taylor Director · appointed 2017
- Philip James Tart Director · appointed 2016
- Kim Fuller Director · appointed 2007
- Philip Ian Loveday Director · appointed 2017
- David Hunter Sparks Director · appointed 2002
- Steven Keith Vincent Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Philip James Tart Director · appointed 2016
- Kim Fuller Director · appointed 2007
- Philip Ian Loveday Director · appointed 2017
- Alan Taylor Director · appointed 2022
- Michael John Evans Director · appointed 2024
- Pamela Ann Batson Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Andrew James Taylor Director · appointed 2017
- David Hunter Sparks Director · appointed 2002
- Andrea Goddard Director · appointed 2024
- Steven Keith Vincent Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Stephen Paul Woollard Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2026
- Gillian Mary Griffiths Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
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.
Other services 2Professional services 1Transport 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
- Dudley ZOO Services Limited 2 shared directors
Connected through a shared director
- West Midlands Rail Limited 1 shared director
- Taylor Business Consulting Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 01350864 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 31/01/1978 |
| Address | DUDLEY ZOO OFFICES, CASTLE HILL, DUDLEY, WEST MIDLANDS, DY1 4QF |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
91040 - Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities
Ownership - persons with significant control (1)
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
ownership of shares 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors
Owns 1 company iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Dudley ZOO Services Limited
75-100% shares, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Officers (50)
- Michael John Evans Director · appointed 2024
- Andrea Goddard Director · appointed 2024
- Pamela Ann Batson Director · appointed 2024
- Alan Taylor Director · appointed 2022
- Andrew James Taylor Director · appointed 2017
- Philip Ian Loveday Director · appointed 2017
- Steven Keith Vincent Director · appointed 2017
- Philip James Tart Director · appointed 2016
- Kim Fuller Director · appointed 2007
- Peter John Silver Secretary · appointed 2003
- David Hunter Sparks Director · appointed 2002
Show 39 former officers
- Gillian Mary Griffiths Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- Laura Taylor-Childs Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2022
- David Ian Anthony Vickers Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
- Justine Webb Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
- Stephen Paul Woollard Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2026
- Roger Desmond Scott-Dow Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
- Derrick Hemingsley Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
- William Alfred Williams Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2016
- Mike Holder Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
- Kenneth John Turner Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2012
- David Charles Lewis Condy Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2016
- Neil Alexander John Cutler Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2016
- Christopher Francis Phillips Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2010
- John Barry Woodall Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
- David Richard Tyler Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2015
- John Polychronakis Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
- Graham Leonard Debney Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
- Michael Edward Holder Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
- Rosemary Ada Tomkinson Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
- Douglas Winterborn Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
- Julian Ludford Cooper Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
- Mushtaq Hussain Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
- Powell, Terence Wilfred, Councillor Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
- Anthony Peter Morton Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
- Mary Whitehouse Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
- Harold Vincent Jackson Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- John Alfred Hugh Edmonds Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2002
- John Edward Watteson Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
- Albert Ronald Pearson Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- David Murray Caunt Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2003
- Timothy John Sunter Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1998
- Roy Neil Richardson Director · resigned 1998
- John Edward Simpson Director · resigned 2002
- Frederick Stuart Hunt Director · resigned 2002
- Gary Victor John Willets Director · resigned 2002
- John Stuart Baker Director · resigned 1993
- John Eric Davies Director · resigned 2002
- Peter Luckman Johnson Director · resigned 2002
- Sheelagh Douglas Secretary · resigned 1993
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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