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Colchester Archaeological Trust Limited
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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Emma Jane ArnoldaDirector · since 2026
- Geoffrey LunnDirector · since 2025
- Neal David BenjaminDirector · since 2025
- Paul Anthony KnappettDirector · since 2023
- Linda Christine GreenDirector · since 2023
- William Edward Richard LawranceDirector · since 2020
- Jonathan Charles PearsallDirector · since 2013
- Nigel CochraneDirector · since 2013
- Neil Clifford StaffDirector · since 2013
- William John MallinsonDirector · since 2006
- Elisabeth Anne BourtonDirector · since 2002
Previous officers 25
- Donald James Goodman 2018-2026 View profile
- Philip Mark Cunningham 2013-2017 View profile
- Cyril Patrick Liddy 2013-2020 View profile
- Stephen Christopher Lansley 2013-2024 View profile
- Professor James E Doran 2009-2010 View profile
- Geraldine Jane Meech 2007-2011 View profile
- Ambrose James Fawn 2002-2008 View profile
- Frank Cecil Cardinal Wilkin 2001-2013 View profile
- Barbara Williamson 2001-2015 View profile
- Dr Adrian Francis Clark 2001-2025 View profile
- Ernest Walter Black 2000-2010 View profile
- Davies, George Mark Renshaw, Hon 1999-2023 View profile
- Honor Lucinda Chamberlain 1997-2013 View profile
- Janet Irene Fulford 1996-2020 View profile
- Mark William Cory Hassall 2013 View profile
- Frank Cheyney 1996 View profile
- Alice Patricia Brown 2014 View profile
- Ronald William Ivor Bourton 2002 View profile
- Andrew Benjamin Phillips 2024 View profile
- Colin Ellison Bellows 1999 View profile
- John Michael Burton 2001 View profile
- Jeffrey Alan Greenwood 1993 View profile
- Gabrielle Anne Peta Chadwick 2025 View profile
- Victor Maurice Scott 2003 View profile
- Nicholas Paul Wickenden 2013-2026 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 05/08/1981
- Registered office
- Colchester
- Also a registered charity
- Colchester Archaeological Trust Limited
Financials
- Net assets
- £1,207,221
- Total assets
- £1,296,359
- Cash
- £514,266
- Employees
- 31
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
1 grant · £14,850 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £14,850
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
11 directors on the board
- William John Mallinson Director · appointed 2006
- Nigel Cochrane Director · appointed 2013
- Jonathan Charles Pearsall Director · appointed 2013
- William Edward Richard Lawrance Director · appointed 2020
- Elisabeth Anne Bourton Director · appointed 2002
- Linda Christine Green Director · appointed 2023
- Emma Jane Arnolda Director · appointed 2026
- Paul Anthony Knappett Director · appointed 2023
- Neil Clifford Staff Director · appointed 2013
- Geoffrey Lunn Director · appointed 2025
- Neal David Benjamin Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- William John Mallinson Director · appointed 2006
- Nigel Cochrane Director · appointed 2013
- Jonathan Charles Pearsall Director · appointed 2013
- William Edward Richard Lawrance Director · appointed 2020
- Elisabeth Anne Bourton Director · appointed 2002
- Neil Clifford Staff Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- William John Mallinson Director · appointed 2006
- Nigel Cochrane Director · appointed 2013
- Jonathan Charles Pearsall Director · appointed 2013
- William Edward Richard Lawrance Director · appointed 2020
- Elisabeth Anne Bourton Director · appointed 2002
- Paul Anthony Knappett Director · appointed 2023
- Neil Clifford Staff Director · appointed 2013
- Neal David Benjamin Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Linda Christine Green Director · appointed 2023
- Emma Jane Arnolda Director · appointed 2026
- Geoffrey Lunn Director · appointed 2025
Left in the last 12 months
- Donald James Goodman Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
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
- 01578133
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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