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Design and Artists Copyright Society

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

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Previous officers 43

  1. Jennifer May Holdsworth 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Nick Whitaker 2020-2021 Director View profile
  3. Niru Ratnam 2018-2021 Director View profile
  4. Michelangelo Bendandi 2018-2020 Director View profile
  5. Rut Blees Luxemburg 2017-2025 Director View profile
  6. Frederique Pierre-Pierre 2017-2025 Director View profile
  7. Chloe Jessica Kinsman 2017-2018 Director View profile
  8. Neil Jonathan Burgess 2017-2025 Director View profile
  9. Julia Eloise Crabtree 2016-2025 Director View profile
  10. Mary Moore 2014-2022 Director View profile
  11. Sarah Taylor Silverwood 2014-2021 Director View profile
  12. Jane Beverley Wilson 2014-2022 Director View profile
  13. Cortina Maxine Ann Cotterell Butler 2013-2021 Director View profile
  14. Ian Coleman 2012-2020 Director View profile
  15. Mark Stephens 2012-2020 Director View profile
  16. Klaus Thymann 2010-2019 Director View profile
  17. Brendan Godfrey Eamonn Finucane 2010-2016 Director View profile
  18. Emily Catrin Thomas 2010-2015 Director View profile
  19. An Vrombaut 2009-2012 Director View profile
  20. Herman Lelie 2009-2021 Director View profile
  21. Matthew Dominic Flowers 2008-2020 Director View profile
  22. Conor Kelly 2007-2015 Director View profile
  23. Andrew John Potter 2005-2011 Director View profile
  24. Elaine Kowalsky 2004-2005 Director View profile
  25. Antony Mark Gostyn 2004-2009 Director View profile
  26. Peter William Henry Lydiate 2000-2009 Director View profile
  27. Sue Gollifer 2000-2010 Director View profile
  28. Rosemary Anne Russon 2000-2008 Director View profile
  29. Gwendoline Marian Thomas 2000-2011 Director View profile
  30. Daniel Houghton Hodson 2000-2005 Director View profile
  31. Geoffrey Alan Frosh 1996-1998 Director View profile
  32. Noreen Elizabeth Grant 1994-2004 Director View profile
  33. Melvyn Lawrence Petterson 1994-1999 Director View profile
  34. Simon Francis Stern 1992-2008 Director View profile
  35. Adam Woolfitt 1992-1996 Director View profile
  36. Simon Henry Black 1992-2008 Director View profile
  37. Peter Bird 1994 Director View profile
  38. Stephen Cox 1992 Director View profile
  39. Tomas Norman Wilcox 2014-2015 Secretary View profile
  40. Tania Jane Spriggens 2013-2014 Secretary View profile
  41. John Charles Robinson 2006-2013 Secretary View profile
  42. David William Remington 2000-2006 Secretary View profile
  43. Adrian Barr-Smith 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
22/12/1983

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Design and Artists Copyright Society on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

3 other companies 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.

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.

13 directors on the board

3.7y median 3.8y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Arts and leisure 4Professional services 2Business services 1Education 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01780482
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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