Company · Ipswich
The Ipswich Historic Churches Trust
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
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Who leads it
- Valerie Anne BintDirector · since 2025
- Dr John Bowen WarrenDirector · since 2025
- Colin John KreidewolfDirector · since 2025
- Adam RaeDirector · since 2023
- David John VincentDirector · since 2022
- Richard William PopeDirector · since 2021
- Katharine Jane SalterDirector · since 2016
- Inga Elisabeth LockingtonDirector · since 2015
- Peter John BrooksDirector · since 2015
- Gail Frances BroomDirector · since 2012
- Robert William AllenDirector · since 2010
- Michael Alun EvansDirector · since 1997
- John Sidney FieldDirector · since 1997
- Robert Julian KindredDirector · since 1992
- Michael John SharmanDirector
Previous officers 43
- Lynne Julia Mortimer 2024-2025 View profile
- Ian Stuart Fisher 2016-2019 View profile
- Andrew John Cann 2013-2015 View profile
- Ken Michael Bates 2011-2013 View profile
- Christopher Gerard Stewart 2011-2016 View profile
- David Robin Bearcroft 2010-2022 View profile
- Richard William John Pope 2007-2011 View profile
- James Frederick Powell 2006-2007 View profile
- Robert Charles Hall 2006-2007 View profile
- John Robert Randall 2006-2018 View profile
- John Malcolm Cooper 2005-2011 View profile
- Paul Justin Carter 2005-2007 View profile
- Denise Julia Terry 2005-2006 View profile
- Roger David Wolfe 2004-2009 View profile
- Eileen Dorothy Smith 2003-2005 View profile
- David Anthony Hale 2003-2005 View profile
- Elizabeth Cooper 2002-2005 View profile
- Roger Edwin Fern 2002-2006 View profile
- Philip Smart 2001-2024 View profile
- Dianne Christine Hosking 1999-2002 View profile
- David William Brown 1998-2003 View profile
- George James Wilgress Pipe 1998-2016 View profile
- Richard Andrew Penn 1996-1999 View profile
- Marian Irene Ketteringham 1996-1999 View profile
- Ian Roderick Grimwood 1994-2006 View profile
- Colin Matthews 1994-2003 View profile
- LE Mare, John Sutton, Councellor 1994-1998 View profile
- Anne Patricia Thrussell 1993-1996 View profile
- Kenneth Wilson 1992-2018 View profile
- Ann Smith 1992-1995 View profile
- Henry George Davies 1992-1993 View profile
- Nicholas Adrian Ridley 1998 View profile
- Eric Grant 2002 View profile
- Birkin Haward 1997 View profile
- David John Wright 1994 View profile
- Geoffrey Ian Ramsdale 1994 View profile
- Dr John Marcus Blatchly 2015 View profile
- George Frederick Woodward 2010 View profile
- Brian Robert Jay 1992 View profile
- Peter Edward Underwood 2009 View profile
- John Latham Harding 2006 View profile
- John Robert Andreasen 2012 View profile
- James Stewart Hall 2020 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
- Incorporated
- 31/10/1979
- Registered office
- Ipswich
- Also a registered charity
- The Ipswich Historic Churches Trust
Grants received
1 grant · £2,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
Most recent
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.
15 directors on the board
- Michael Alun Evans Director · appointed 1997
- Valerie Anne Bint Director · appointed 2025
- Robert William Allen Director · appointed 2010
- Adam Rae Director · appointed 2023
- Colin John Kreidewolf Director · appointed 2025
- Gail Frances Broom Director · appointed 2012
- Peter John Brooks Director · appointed 2015
- Inga Elisabeth Lockington Director · appointed 2015
- Michael John Sharman Director
- Dr John Bowen Warren Director · appointed 2025
- Katharine Jane Salter Director · appointed 2016
- Richard William Pope Director · appointed 2021
- David John Vincent Director · appointed 2022
- Robert Julian Kindred Director · appointed 1992
- John Sidney Field Director · appointed 1997
Directors past 6 years
- Michael Alun Evans Director · appointed 1997
- Robert William Allen Director · appointed 2010
- Gail Frances Broom Director · appointed 2012
- Peter John Brooks Director · appointed 2015
- Inga Elisabeth Lockington Director · appointed 2015
- Katharine Jane Salter Director · appointed 2016
- Robert Julian Kindred Director · appointed 1992
- John Sidney Field Director · appointed 1997
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Michael Alun Evans Director · appointed 1997
- Gail Frances Broom Director · appointed 2012
- Richard William Pope Director · appointed 2021
- David John Vincent Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (11)
- Valerie Anne Bint Director · appointed 2025
- Robert William Allen Director · appointed 2010
- Adam Rae Director · appointed 2023
- Colin John Kreidewolf Director · appointed 2025
- Peter John Brooks Director · appointed 2015
- Inga Elisabeth Lockington Director · appointed 2015
- Michael John Sharman Director
- Dr John Bowen Warren Director · appointed 2025
- Katharine Jane Salter Director · appointed 2016
- Robert Julian Kindred Director · appointed 1992
- John Sidney Field Director · appointed 1997
Also govern a charity
- Robert William Allen Ipswich Building Preservation Trust Limited
- Adam Rae Association for Suffolk Museums, The Ipswich Society, Ipswich Maritime Trust Limited, ST Margaret's Charities for the Needy, Ipswich Building Preservation Trust Limited, Colchester and District Jewish Community
- Colin John Kreidewolf Ipswich Dementia Action Alliance
- Michael John Sharman Mayor of Felixstowe Charity Fund, Landguard Fort Trust
- Robert Julian Kindred The Ancient Monuments Society
- John Sidney Field Ipswich Building Preservation Trust Limited
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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01457990
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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