The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Johnson Trust Limited

Company 01475319 Active

Registered charity: The Johnson Trust Limited

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Board DNA

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14
directors on the board
7.6y median 5.5y
average tenure
25.6y
longest tenure
7
directors past 6 years
7 vs 6 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Property 6Arts and leisure 4Professional services 3Utilities 3Business services 2Construction 2Other services 2Dormant 1

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Company details

Number01475319
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated25/01/1980
AddressSEAFORD COLLEGE,, PETWORTH,, W.SUSSEX., GU28 0NB
Accounts next due31/05/2027
Accounts last made up31/08/2025

Industry (SIC)

85310 - General secondary education

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (54)

  • Pailthorpe, Nicholas Richard Bruce Director · appointed 2026
  • Bell, Catherine Director · appointed 2024
  • Staniforth, Matthew, Dr Director · appointed 2024
  • Dowlen, Mitch Director · appointed 2024
  • Gordon-Thomson, Genevieve Matilda Director · appointed 2023
  • Tilley, Charles Basil Director · appointed 2023
  • Hall, Jennifer Director · appointed 2022
  • Padgham, Victoria Director · appointed 2019
  • Scrase, Jonathan Michael Director · appointed 2017
  • Hayes, Andrew Philip Director · appointed 2016
  • Cooper, James Edwin Tilney Director · appointed 2014
  • Norton, Robert Paul Director · appointed 2014
  • Karonias, Nicolas Peter Director · appointed 2012
  • Golding, Andrew Peter Secretary · appointed 2011
  • Venables Kyrke, Richard Henry Julian Director · appointed 2000
  • Slater, Jonathan Charles, Dr Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
  • Kowszun, Susan Ann Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
  • Phillips, Hugh Alexander Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2024
  • Hall, John Roderick Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2022
  • Baldwin, Samuel Balthazar Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
  • Mullins, Toby Jonathan Former Secretary · appointed 2010 · resigned 2011
  • Gilroy, Sarah Isobel, Dr Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2014
  • Lawrence, Elizabeth Ann Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2022
  • Sayer, Susan Jocelyn Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2022
  • Kittermaster, John Harold Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2011
  • KYD, Andrew John Caldwell Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
  • Harris-Shaw, Anne May Verrill Former Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
  • Bevan, Nicholas Vaughan Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2009
  • Mason, Anthony Graham Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2017
  • Crosland, John, Colonel Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2016
  • Cowell, Andrew Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
  • Smith, Charlotte Former Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2009
  • Davies, Jonathan Charles Former Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
  • Peel, Jennie Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2010
  • Avery, David Allan Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2008
  • Langmead, Keith William Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Sinclair, Graeme Fram Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2013
  • Nunn, Antony Stuart Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
  • Gainer, David St Clair Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2001
  • Avon, Humphrey Ernest Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2001
  • Wellings, Jack Alfred, Sir Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
  • Wilson, Roger John Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2001
  • Hadley, Penelope Anne Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2013
  • Allen, Isobel Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
  • Balaam, Ronald Douglas Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2004
  • Harris, John Clement Former Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
  • Johnson, Charles Edmund, Rev Canon Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Ivory, Christopher Richard Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Evans, Handel Erfyl Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Wadey, Alan Nigel Charles Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Cowper, Ian Rutherford Former Secretary · resigned 1995
  • Sayer, Richard John Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Klinge, Erwin Ludwig Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Hetherington, Peter Andrew Former Director · resigned 1993

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