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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 53

  1. Margaret Clarissa Holland Prior 2017-2020 Director View profile
  2. Jeremy Lewis Simons 2016-2022 Director View profile
  3. Elizabeth Hiester 2016-2022 Director View profile
  4. Lucy Ellen Musgrave 2014-2016 Director View profile
  5. Douglas French 2014-2019 Director View profile
  6. Charles Mark Townshend Colville 2013-2018 Director View profile
  7. David John Vickers 2010-2016 Director View profile
  8. Matthew Steven Greenburgh 2010-2017 Director View profile
  9. Albert Scardino 2010-2017 Director View profile
  10. Alasdair Ferguson Douglas 2008-2014 Director View profile
  11. Marion Isobel Bowman 2008-2014 Director View profile
  12. Lord Richard Stuart Best 2006-2013 Director View profile
  13. Catherine Antoinette Bishop 2005-2009 Director View profile
  14. Simon Evans 2004-2007 Director View profile
  15. Dan Pearson 2004-2007 Director View profile
  16. Ray Hawes 2004-2007 Director View profile
  17. Richard Girling 2003-2009 Director View profile
  18. Anil Pillai 2003-2005 Director View profile
  19. Ellida Joan Dawes 2003-2010 Director View profile
  20. Roger De Freitas 2001-2008 Director View profile
  21. Susan Roe 2001-2009 Director View profile
  22. John Vallum Songhurst 2000-2004 Director View profile
  23. Michael Neil King 2000-2001 Director View profile
  24. Henriette Westergaard 2000-2002 Director View profile
  25. Maureen Pamela West 2000-2002 Director View profile
  26. Trevor Benton 1998-2002 Director View profile
  27. Caroline Lissa Angelo Davis 1998-2004 Director View profile
  28. Hilary Mary Allison 1997-2005 Director View profile
  29. John Edward James White 1996-1998 Director View profile
  30. John James Hughes 1996-2004 Director View profile
  31. George William Ford 1995-1998 Director View profile
  32. Derek Henry Andrews 1993-1996 Director View profile
  33. Russell Ball 1993-1997 Director View profile
  34. Nerys Mon Jones 1993-2003 Director View profile
  35. Peter Edward Waine 1992-2000 Director View profile
  36. Jackson, John Edward, Doctor 1992-2002 Director View profile
  37. Derek Alfred Walter Lovejoy 2000 Director View profile
  38. Timothy Joseph Gilligan 1995 Director View profile
  39. William Trevor Preston 2002 Director View profile
  40. Ian Henderson Branton 2001 Director View profile
  41. Michael Chandos Merrett Steele 2002 Director View profile
  42. John Frank Blundell 1992 Director View profile
  43. William Elson Matthews 2003 Director View profile
  44. Peter Norman Gerosa 2003 Director View profile
  45. David R Goode 1994 Director View profile
  46. James Donald Bush Kerby 2002 Director View profile
  47. Thomas Anthony Richardson 2002 Director View profile
  48. Thomas Flood 1998 Director View profile
  49. Rt Hon Lord George Willoughby Norrie 1993 Director View profile
  50. John Gifford Hillier 2002 Director View profile
  51. John Ernest Hancock 1997 Director View profile
  52. Pauline Buchanan Black 2001-2018 Secretary View profile
  53. Robert Osborne 2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
05/11/1979
Also a registered charity
The Tree Council

Grants received

4 grants · £2,545,960 total

360Giving 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,448,660 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £97,300

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £250,0002020-11-25
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £613,8602020-11-25
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,584,8002020-11-25
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £97,3002013-03-27
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.

5 directors on the board

5.8y median 6.6y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

1
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.

Business services 10Property 9Arts and leisure 1Construction 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

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
01459056
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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