The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust(the)

Company 01804108 Active

Registered charity: The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust

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Board DNA

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9
directors on the board
6y median 6.4y
average tenure
10.1y
longest tenure
5
directors past 6 years
1 vs 7 portfolio
first-time directors
6
also govern a charity
2
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Professional services 5Arts and leisure 4Property 3Construction 2Education 2Health and social care 2Business services 1Finance 1

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  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

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Company details

Number01804108
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated28/03/1984
AddressTHE FITTED RIGGING HOUSE, THE HISTORIC DOCKYARD, CHATHAM, KENT, ME4 4TZ
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

91020 - Museums activities91030 - Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (61)

  • Kesbey, Jo Secretary · appointed 2025
  • Mahil, Harinder Singh Director · appointed 2024
  • Jones, Anthony David Director · appointed 2024
  • Lees, Diane Elizabeth Director · appointed 2024
  • Allison, Robert John, Professor Director · appointed 2021
  • Wilson OBE, Duncan Henry Director · appointed 2020
  • Roots, Sarah Elizabeth Director · appointed 2018
  • Corbett, William Anthony Director · appointed 2017
  • Hudson, Paul David Director · appointed 2017
  • Soar, Trevor Alan, Sir Director · appointed 2016
  • Wells, Deirdre Anne Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
  • Langridge, Christopher John Former Secretary · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
  • Jackson, Paul Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
  • Chambers, Rodney Brian Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2023
  • Hallam, Murray Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2021
  • Nesfield, Laura Cicely Alison Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2019
  • Matthews-Marsh, Sandra Marie Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2022
  • Carr, David John Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2018
  • Andrews, Ian Charles Franklin, Sir Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2024
  • Fermor, Andrew Patrick Lionel Former Secretary · appointed 2009 · resigned 2021
  • Crawford, Robert William Kenneth, Sir Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2018
  • Harper, Paul Former Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
  • Mackinlay, Craig Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Goulden, Anthony Ronald Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
  • Storey, Maurice Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2017
  • Sarwal, Pommy Prodaman Kumar Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2024
  • Garnett, Ian David Graham, Sir Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2016
  • Magee, John Albert, Councillor Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Palmer OBE, Susan Lesley Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
  • Keanney, Stephen Thomas James, Councillor Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
  • Stevens, Brian Turnbull Julius Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2013
  • Macdonald, Alastair John Peter Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2009
  • Haydock, Susan Jennifer Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2004
  • Armitt, Judith Jane Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
  • Dyer, Stephen Paul Former Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2008
  • Mason, Thomas George Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2004
  • Adcock, Robert Maurice Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2002
  • Hunt, Nicholas, Sir Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2005
  • Godwin, Paul Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
  • Gregory, Ronald Ian Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
  • Sofat, Janardan Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
  • Sharman, Evelyn Janet Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2008
  • Bassett, John Anthony Seward Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2013
  • Shaw, John Christopher Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2006
  • Reffell, Derek (Roy), Sir Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
  • Wilson, Alastair James Wallace, Commander Royal Navy Former Secretary · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
  • Robertson, Bruce Former Secretary · appointed 1993 · resigned 1993
  • Esteve Coll, Elizabeth Anne Loosemore, Dame Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1997
  • Devas, Michael Campbell Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1997
  • Lord Lane of Horsell Former Corporate-director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2005
  • Robinson, Michael Cradock Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1997
  • Macdonald, Kenneth Carmichael, Sir Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2000
  • Levene, Wendy Ann, Lady Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1997
  • Huskisson, Robert Andrews Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Staveley, William, Sir Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Mimpriss, Peter Hugh Trevor Former Director · resigned 2000
  • Pringle, Steuart Robert, Lieutenant General Sir Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Allsopp, Charles Henry, the Right Hon the Lord Hindlip Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Dare, Peter Kenneth, Major Former Secretary · resigned 1993
  • Spence, John Alexander Former Director · resigned 2017
  • Manasseh, Leonard Sulla Former Director · resigned 1997

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