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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 87

  1. Victoria Louise Dawson 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jonathan Phipps 2023-2026 Director View profile
  3. Laura Jean Summers 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Amanda May Rawlings 2021-2024 Director View profile
  5. Helen Iranette Bishop 2021-2025 Director View profile
  6. Emma Elizabeth Pope 2018-2021 Director View profile
  7. Heather Margaret Redmond 2018-2021 Director View profile
  8. Dr Richard Arthur Gaunt 2018-2022 Director View profile
  9. Wendy Jane Tracey 2018-2023 Director View profile
  10. Tanya Louise Shaw 2016-2017 Director View profile
  11. Geoff Duncan Lewins 2016-2025 Director View profile
  12. Greg David Pickup 2015-2023 Director View profile
  13. Denise Marie Taylor 2014-2015 Director View profile
  14. Michael Atkinson 2013-2023 Director View profile
  15. Dr Sarah Rawlinson 2013-2021 Director View profile
  16. Stuart Gillis 2013-2015 Director View profile
  17. Dina Holland 2013-2014 Director View profile
  18. Michael Bernard Riley 2012-2016 Director View profile
  19. Christopher John Wrigley 2012-2017 Director View profile
  20. David Henry Williams 2012-2021 Director View profile
  21. James Oribine 2010-2015 Director View profile
  22. Michael Robert Hall 2008-2012 Director View profile
  23. John Richard Rivers 2008-2016 Director View profile
  24. Cutting, Charles, Councillor 2007-2010 Director View profile
  25. Mike Kaye 2006-2010 Director View profile
  26. Ian Patrick Samways 2005-2010 Director View profile
  27. William Frederick Taggart 2005-2010 Director View profile
  28. Sir Richard Morris 2005-2007 Director View profile
  29. Dennis John Morrison 2005-2013 Director View profile
  30. Ratcliffe, Irene, Councillor 2005-2010 Director View profile
  31. Timothy Rogers 2004-2018 Director View profile
  32. Mary Smedley 2002-2010 Director View profile
  33. Peter Ronald Binks 2002-2010 Director View profile
  34. Peter John Gillatt 2001-2003 Director View profile
  35. David Smith 2001-2010 Director View profile
  36. Trevor Southerd 2001-2004 Director View profile
  37. Sanders, Joyce Margaret, Councillor 2001-2007 Director View profile
  38. Michael John Saunders 1999-2000 Director View profile
  39. Dr Ian David Sutton 1999-2005 Director View profile
  40. Charles Cedric Hollinsworth 1999-1999 Director View profile
  41. Julian Arthur Burgess 1998-2019 Director View profile
  42. George Alfred Jones 1998-2003 Director View profile
  43. Burrows, Walter, Councillor 1997-2001 Director View profile
  44. John Sanders March 1997-2007 Director View profile
  45. Michael Stanley Thornton 1996-2000 Director View profile
  46. Alan Arthur Woods 1996-2004 Director View profile
  47. Anthony Simon Daniel Key 1996-2010 Director View profile
  48. Philip Michael Rose 1996-2002 Director View profile
  49. Eileen Thorpe 1995-2010 Director View profile
  50. Doreen Georgina Buxton 1995-1998 Director View profile
  51. Donald Frawn Whitaker 1995-1997 Director View profile
  52. Ormond Kenneth Smyth 1994-2008 Director View profile
  53. Brian William Evans 1994-2005 Director View profile
  54. Carol Anne Alcorn 1994-1998 Director View profile
  55. Bernard Holden 1994-2010 Director View profile
  56. Robert Michael Faithorn 1994-2013 Director View profile
  57. Cavendish, Andrew Robert Buxton, the Duke of Devonshire 1994-1998 Director View profile
  58. Thomas Brian Graham 1992-1997 Director View profile
  59. June Margaret Lait 1992-1994 Director View profile
  60. Nancy Rodgers Wawman 1992-1997 Director View profile
  61. Dinah Dorrell 1992 Director View profile
  62. Rex Arthur Winfield 1994 Director View profile
  63. Doreen Smith Holden 1994 Director View profile
  64. Lowe, Harry, Councillor 2000 Director View profile
  65. Martin Scobell Boissier 2005 Director View profile
  66. Christopher Royston Whittall 1996 Director View profile
  67. Michael Arthur Higginbottom 1996 Director View profile
  68. Gwyn Stirland Stevenson 2010 Director View profile
  69. Joseph Graeme Walker 2010 Director View profile
  70. Professor Michael Dawson Stephens 1994 Director View profile
  71. Cyril Maskery 2002 Director View profile
  72. Angus Forman Watson 2011 Director View profile
  73. David William Chapman 1994 Director View profile
  74. Peter William Ballard 1994 Director View profile
  75. Ian Ashley Thomas 2010 Director View profile
  76. Arnold Simpson Crosby 2010 Director View profile
  77. Frank Edward Holland 1994 Director View profile
  78. Robert David Hool 2010 Director View profile
  79. Richard Charles Andrew Eastwood 2012 Director View profile
  80. Donald Henry Newing 2003 Director View profile
  81. Sir Hugh Ridley Sykes 2005 Director View profile
  82. Mungo James Robertson 1994 Director View profile
  83. Anthony Laurence Margree 2014 Director View profile
  84. Sir George Harry Kenyon 2005 Director View profile
  85. Stoker, Arthur Desmond, Doctor 1993 Director View profile
  86. Michael John Harris 2008-2010 Secretary View profile
  87. Dr Christopher Charlton 2008 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
20/04/1982
Also a registered charity
The Arkwright Society Limited

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Arkwright Society Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

22 grants · £9,759,561 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £8,275,197 (11 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,057,913 (6 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £406,451 (4 grants)
  • Architectural Heritage Fund · £20,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,369,4182025-06-26
  • Architectural Heritage Fund £20,0002025-03-19
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £348,5032024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £46,8242024-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £249,8792023-09-25
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.

9 directors on the board

2.5y median 1.8y
average tenure
4.9y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (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.

Property 3Professional services 2Public administration 2Hospitality 1Retail and trade 1Tech and media 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01630237
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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