Company
British Dyslexia Association
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Susan Mary HowarthDirector · since 2025
- Marlon Carlos James-EdwardsDirector · since 2025
- Helen Elizabeth Ashley TaylorDirector · since 2023
- Shoshana Mary WhybrowDirector · since 2023
- Marcia Marie Brissett-BaileyDirector · since 2023
- Barry Mark Andrew StantonDirector · since 2022
- Enrico RivaDirector · since 2021
- Dr Georgia Zampia NiolakiDirector · since 2021
- Michelle CattersonDirector · since 2020
- Timothy David NealeDirector · since 2019
- Sasha Maree Arundel NewellSecretary · since 2023
Previous officers 91
- Nathan James Davies 2022–2024 View profile
- Fauzia Jan 2021–2024 View profile
- Dr Helen Louise Ross 2021–2024 View profile
- Suzanne Ruth Edmond 2021–2023 View profile
- Michelle May Catterson 2020–2021 View profile
- Colin David Gallick 2020–2022 View profile
- Delia Hazell 2019–2025 View profile
- Patrick Keaveney 2019–2021 View profile
- Liane Cox Cockram 2018–2021 View profile
- Pamela Frances Tomalin 2017–2021 View profile
- Hughes, Jeffrey Robert, Mt 2017–2021 View profile
- Gillian Jayne Audley 2017–2020 View profile
- Patrick Ian Elliot 2016–2021 View profile
- Lesley Anne Hill 2015–2019 View profile
- Mark Edward Sherin 2015–2022 View profile
- Carolyn Fay Dutton 2015–2021 View profile
- Michael Craig Johnson 2014–2020 View profile
- Lis Johnstone 2013–2015 View profile
- William Ford 2012–2015 View profile
- John Levell 2012–2020 View profile
- Linda Rae Austin 2011–2017 View profile
- Nicholas John Rees 2011–2012 View profile
- David George Philip Williams 2010–2020 View profile
- Hugh George Gilmour Payton 2010–2017 View profile
- Denise Taylor 2009–2012 View profile
- Arran Stephen Lee Smith 2008–2025 View profile
- Jennifer Lilian Parsonage 2008–2011 View profile
- Rosemary Ann Wood 2008–2014 View profile
- William John Plant 2008–2018 View profile
- Anthony Christopher Errington Hossack 2007–2013 View profile
- Dr Nicola Brunswick 2007–2012 View profile
- Margaret Delwyn Malpas 2007–2017 View profile
- John Kenneth Mackenzie 2007–2012 View profile
- Dr Ruth Catherine Gwernan-Jones 2007–2011 View profile
- John Paul Miles 2007–2017 View profile
- Professor Robert Lawrence Burden 2006–2014 View profile
- Dr Susan Mary Tresman 2006–2006 View profile
- Jack Haymer 2005–2009 View profile
- Trevor Edric Hobbs 2005–2009 View profile
- Louise Roberta Green 2004–2008 View profile
- Richard John Phillips 2003–2019 View profile
- Nigel Peter Gowing 2002–2007 View profile
- Rodney Jeremy Clark 2002–2005 View profile
- Elaine Morris 2002–2005 View profile
- Peter James Stanton 2001–2002 View profile
- Hilary Jean Doody 2001–2005 View profile
- Margaret Kirsteen Tait 2000–2001 View profile
- Thomas Alan Mcdowell 2000–2002 View profile
- William Anthony Somers 1998–2001 View profile
- Linden Elizabeth Springett 1996–2002 View profile
- Phyllis Ann Palmer 1995–1999 View profile
- William Arthur Spiers 1995–1998 View profile
- Sir Nicholas Jeremy Monck 1995–2000 View profile
- Elizabeth Diana Baring 1994–2002 View profile
- Vernon Fitzmaurice Sullivan 1994–1996 View profile
- Julia Anne Crisfield 1992–1994 View profile
- Lady Alexandra Patricia Addington 1992–1994 View profile
- John Alexander Dick Healey 1992–1994 View profile
- Peter George Jephson Widdowson 1992–1994 View profile
- Christina Margaret Pett 1991–2001 View profile
- Joyce Lilian Hargrave-Wright 1991–1994 View profile
- Patricia Ann Payne 1991–1995 View profile
- Dr Stephen John Chinn 1992 View profile
- Patricia Evans 1992 View profile
- Donald Alexander Barton-Wood 1992 View profile
- Ann Pauline Brereton 1995 View profile
- Sheila Salmon 1992 View profile
- Robert Somervell 1994 View profile
- David Charles Norton 1998 View profile
- Josephine Mary Matty 1995 View profile
- Joan Margaret Westwood 1992 View profile
- Joyce Gordon 1994 View profile
- Gerard Robin Salter 1994 View profile
- Jean Turnbull 1992 View profile
- Helen Louise Aitken 1994 View profile
- Ian William Hopkins 1993 View profile
- Sasse, Matthew, Brother 1994 View profile
- Beryl Wattles 1992 View profile
- Marion Welshman 1994 View profile
- Dorothy Elizabeth Ledamun 1992 View profile
- David Alexander Bleakney 2023–2023 View profile
- Ian Benjamin Anderson 2022–2023 View profile
- Angelique Lyon 2012–2020 View profile
- Beverley Ann Jones 2010–2012 View profile
- Paul William Barry Marsden 2010–2010 View profile
- Judith Elizabeth Stewart 2007–2010 View profile
- Nadine Rebecca Hill 2005–2007 View profile
- Steven Ernest Alexander 2002–2004 View profile
- David Richard Eley 2001–2002 View profile
- Joanne Catherine Rule 1999–2001 View profile
- George Sydney Yelland 1999 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 05/07/1984
- Also a registered charity
- The British Dyslexia Association
Board analysis for researchers
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.
10 directors on the board
- Helen Elizabeth Ashley Taylor Director · appointed 2023
- Shoshana Mary Whybrow Director · appointed 2023
- Marcia Marie Brissett-Bailey Director · appointed 2023
- Michelle Catterson Director · appointed 2020
- Barry Mark Andrew Stanton Director · appointed 2022
- Enrico Riva Director · appointed 2021
- Susan Mary Howarth Director · appointed 2025
- Timothy David Neale Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Georgia Zampia Niolaki Director · appointed 2021
- Marlon Carlos James-Edwards Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Michelle Catterson Director · appointed 2020
- Timothy David Neale Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Shoshana Mary Whybrow Director · appointed 2023
- Susan Mary Howarth Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Georgia Zampia Niolaki Director · appointed 2021
Portfolio (7)
- Helen Elizabeth Ashley Taylor Director · appointed 2023
- Marcia Marie Brissett-Bailey Director · appointed 2023
- Michelle Catterson Director · appointed 2020
- Barry Mark Andrew Stanton Director · appointed 2022
- Enrico Riva Director · appointed 2021
- Timothy David Neale Director · appointed 2019
- Marlon Carlos James-Edwards Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Delia Hazell Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
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
- 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
- 01830587
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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