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Mary Rose Trust(the)

Company 01415654 Active

Registered charity: The Mary Rose Trust

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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.

14
directors on the board
4.6y median 2.7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
5 vs 4 portfolio
first-time directors
6
also govern a charity
3
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.

Professional services 5Retail and trade 3Education 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number01415654
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated19/02/1979
Address1/10 COLLEGE ROAD, H M NAVAL BASE, PORTSMOUTH, HANTS, PO1 3LX
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

85520 - Cultural education91020 - Museums activities91030 - Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (64)

  • Merriman, Nicholas John, Dr Director · appointed 2025
  • Craig, Flora Jane Director · appointed 2025
  • Mehta, Bobby Shailesh Director · appointed 2025
  • Grey, Rosemary Audrey Sinclair Director · appointed 2023
  • Suenson-Taylor, Kirsten Victoria Director · appointed 2023
  • Painting, Andrew David, Dr Director · appointed 2023
  • Keeble, Trevor William, Professor Director · appointed 2023
  • Peirce, Aileen Marion Director · appointed 2023
  • Stevens, Terence Richard, Professor Director · appointed 2022
  • Lipscomb, Suzannah Rebecca Gabriella, Professor Director · appointed 2020
  • Purse, Nigel Keith Director · appointed 2020
  • Rusby, Timothy Mark Director · appointed 2018
  • Wright, Susan Alison Secretary · appointed 2013
  • Brandon, Christopher John Director · appointed 2013
  • Humphryes, Adam Salusbury Director · appointed 2013
  • Jones, Dominic Edward Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
  • Weston, Sophia Mary Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
  • Hudson, Peter Derek Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2023
  • Bonser-Wilton, Helen Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2021
  • Lippiett, John, Rear Admiral Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2015
  • Bewley, Robert Howard, Dr Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2025
  • Gore, Van Jonathan, Professor Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2023
  • Owen, Janet Elizabeth, Dr Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2023
  • Grey, Rupert Christopher Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2023
  • Wright, Sue Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
  • Starkey, David Robert, Dr Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2020
  • Fisher, Lynda Rose Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
  • Dudley, Caroline Elisabeth Anne Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2019
  • Lovell, Alan Charles Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2021
  • Macmillan, John Eric Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
  • Csaky, Michael Sandor Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2009
  • Batchelor, Lance Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
  • Prior-Palmer, David Errol Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2021
  • Jackson, William Lamb Hamilton Former Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2013
  • Brookes, John Remfry Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2014
  • Aiken, Michael Patrick Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2015
  • Robinson, John Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2013
  • JAY, Martin Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
  • Langrishe, Richard Dingwall Former Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Spencer, Lesley Former Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
  • Dahl, Ian Xavier Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2005
  • Thornton, Richard Chicheley Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2002
  • Henshaw, Diane Margaret Felicity Former Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
  • Cooksey, David James Scott, Sir Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
  • Cunliffe, Barrington Windsor, Professor Sir Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2019
  • Eaton, Kenneth John, Admiral Sir Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2006
  • Williams, Derek Thomas Donald Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
  • Baileff, Thomas Gogar Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1993
  • Hardy, Robert, Dr Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1996
  • Thomas, Sally, Councillor Mrs Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1992
  • Kendall, Michael Philip Former Secretary · appointed 1991 · resigned 1998
  • Bentley, Alexander Michael, Councillor Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1992
  • Hardy, Maurice Graham Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Price, David Brian Former Director · resigned 2004
  • Warner, Fred Anthony Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Drummond, Maldwin Andrew Cyril Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Carbutt, Francis Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Mckee, Alexander Paul Charrier Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Mccarthy, Anthony Paul, Councillor Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Caldecote, Robert Andrew, Viscount Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Allery, Lionel Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Henderson, Terence Christopher William Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Tidbury, Charles Henderson, Sir Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Hearson, Norman Edwin Former Director · resigned 1998

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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