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Newark & Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society

Company 01716766 Active

Registered charity: Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society

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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.

31
directors on the board
14.1y median 12.6y
average tenure
34.6y
longest tenure
24
directors past 6 years
11 vs 10 portfolio
first-time directors
5
also govern a charity
2
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.

Agriculture 12Professional services 8Arts and leisure 4Hospitality 4Business services 3Property 3Retail and trade 3Dormant 2

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

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Company details

Number01716766
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated20/04/1983
AddressTHE SHOWGROUND, WINTHORPE NEWARK, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NG24 2NY
Accounts next due31/03/2027
Accounts last made up30/06/2025

Industry (SIC)

94990 - Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (18)

  • Mr Clive Ian Applewhite English
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Roger James Jackson British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Robert Hugh Sheldon British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Richard Alvey Sheldon British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Simon John Eccleston British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Antony Aspbury British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Arthur Desmond Allen English
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Timothy Hordern Farr British
    significant influence or control
  • Lady Helen Fiona Nall British
    significant influence or control
  • Mrs Ann Rachel Gascoine British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr John Paul Brydon ceased British
    significant influence or control as firm
  • Mr William Ford Whysall ceased British
    significant influence or control as firm
  • Lady Helen Fiona Nall ceased British
    significant influence or control as firm
  • Mr Charles Clifford Seager Lawrence ceased British
    significant influence or control as firm
  • Mrs Angela Mary Hardstaff ceased British
    significant influence or control as firm
  • Mr Adrian Michael Alexander Johnston ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr David Pick ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Charles Clifford Seager Lawrence ceased British
    significant influence or control

Officers (90)

  • Richmond, Timothy Stewart Director · appointed 2026
  • Leggott, Clare Ann Director · appointed 2024
  • Sheldon, Ian Maurice Director · appointed 2024
  • White, Patrick William Director · appointed 2024
  • Harbottle, David Angus Director · appointed 2023
  • Brown, Clarice Mary Director · appointed 2020
  • Davies, Julia Helen Director · appointed 2020
  • Eccleston, Simon John Secretary · appointed 2019
  • Farr, Timothy Hordern Director · appointed 2019
  • Hallam, Susan Ruth Director · appointed 2018
  • Knowles, Benjamin Edwin Harrison Director · appointed 2017
  • Pick, David Director · appointed 2016
  • Merryweather, Roger Director · appointed 2014
  • Aspbury, Antony Peter Director · appointed 2013
  • Lambert, Elizabeth Ann Director · appointed 2013
  • Clarke, Jonathan Neil Director · appointed 2013
  • Nall, Helen Fiona, Lady Director · appointed 2012
  • Thomas, Catherine Director · appointed 2012
  • Strawson, Charles Anthony Director · appointed 2012
  • Rhodes, David John Director · appointed 2010
  • Saint, Jennifer Ann, Professor Director · appointed 2010
  • Allen, Arthur Desmond Director · appointed 2009
  • Lambert, David Michael Director · appointed 2009
  • Hardstaff, Angela Mary Director · appointed 2003
  • White, Charles Edward Director · appointed 2003
  • Jackson, Roger James Director · appointed 2000
  • Pykett, Roger Edward Director · appointed 1999
  • Gascoine, Ann Rachel Director · appointed 1997
  • Sheldon, Robert Hugh Director · appointed 1991
  • Sheldon, Richard Alvey Director · appointed 1991
  • Hall, Charles Robin Director
  • Applewhite, Clive Ian Director
  • Wright, Charles Edward Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
  • Crowe, Rita Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
  • Ellison, Edmund Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2022
  • Cree, Carolyne Jane Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2022
  • Hounsfield, Thomas William Fillingham Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
  • Forshaw, Frederick Richard Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
  • Thomas, Richard Gretton Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
  • Crockford, Nigel Leslie Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2021
  • Staniforth, Phillip Guy Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2019
  • Reid, James Basil Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
  • Brydon, John Paul Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2025
  • Dunning, Robert Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
  • Lawrence, Charles Clifford Seager Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2025
  • Hawthorne, Emma Jane Harriett Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2019
  • Walker, Stephen Michael Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2015
  • Parlby, Roger William Kew Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2011
  • Sercombe, Keith Edward Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Whysall, William Ford Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2021
  • Johnston, Adrian Michael Alexander Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2019
  • Hounsfield, Thomas Andrew Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2001
  • Saxby, Michael John Former Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 2005
  • Lewis, Gillian Mary Former Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 2018
  • Ford, Cedric Dennis Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2013
  • Barton, Angela Margaret Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2013
  • Ellison, Malcolm Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2000
  • Michael, Ronald Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1996
  • Walker, John Stephen Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2013
  • Palmer, Gordon Frank Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2002
  • Nullis, John Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1993
  • Reynolds, Frank Abbot Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2025
  • Stephenson, Ralph Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2005
  • Twidale, Matthew Edward Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2006
  • Pykett, John Thomas Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1995
  • Spence, Geoffrey Oliver Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2006
  • Watson, Charles Anthony Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2014
  • Squires, James Wilhelmus Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2017
  • Waddington, Christopher Peter Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2008
  • Nall, Michael Joseph, Sir Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1991
  • Staniforth, Richard Guy Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1999
  • Sheldon, Michael Bradley Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2021
  • Seal, Thomas Eric Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2011
  • Tivey, Alan Edward Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2010
  • Lockwood, Frank Michael Former Director · appointed 1983 · resigned 1999
  • Hounsfield, John Michael Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Cressey, John David Frank Former Director · resigned 2004
  • Edgar, David Former Director · resigned 2005
  • Frost, Philip William Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Hanson, Terence Desmond Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Hallam, Joseph Former Director · resigned 2009
  • Croft, Peter Former Director · resigned 2021
  • Armitage, John Neville Former Secretary · resigned 1996
  • Collingham, Robert Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Horner, Colin Former Director · resigned 2007
  • Coulter, Roger Frederick Former Director · resigned 2016
  • Dunn, Brian Russell Former Director · resigned 2015
  • Hallam, Robert Cecil Former Director · resigned 2021
  • Hollingworth, John Desmond Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Crane, William David Former Director · resigned 1991

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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