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Wooden Spoon Society
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Victoria Marie Dayna SparkesDirector · since 2023
- Sarah Melinda WightDirector · since 2023
- Ali GilbertDirector · since 2023
- Adrian AlliDirector · since 2022
- Jane Margaret HarwoodDirector · since 2020
- Brett Scott BaderDirector · since 2020
- Christine Doris BraithwaiteDirector · since 2020
- Joanna Elizabeth CoombsDirector · since 2017
- Quentin Paul Graham SmithDirector · since 2017
- Mark MccaffertyDirector · since 2013
- John Mark GibsonDirector · since 2012
- Ben WaterhouseSecretary · since 2025
Previous officers 54
- Rufus James Hack 2023-2026 View profile
- Rebecca Blackwell-Slade 2023-2025 View profile
- Callum Whitton 2020-2022 View profile
- Graham Lockhart Allen 2020-2024 View profile
- Jorj Jarvie 2016-2017 View profile
- Robert John Wall 2014-2017 View profile
- Adam Jonathan Xavier Mack 2013-2017 View profile
- George Brian Whitefoot 2012-2022 View profile
- Keith Leslie Lambert 2012-2013 View profile
- Bellamy James, Stephen Howard George Thompson, Qc 2011-2016 View profile
- Ian Andrew Mcpherson 2011-2011 View profile
- Alison Natalie Kay Lowe 2011-2021 View profile
- Roger Malcolm Cooke 2010-2012 View profile
- Peter Currie Brown 2008-2010 View profile
- Bruce Robert James Priday 2008-2011 View profile
- Richard William Smith 2008-2020 View profile
- Christopher John Gill 2007-2007 View profile
- Alan Christopher Roberts 2006-2009 View profile
- David Eric Laing 2006-2012 View profile
- Fiona Clare Morris 2006-2015 View profile
- Cecil Duckworth 2005-2007 View profile
- Grant Stephen Watson 2005-2010 View profile
- Robert Steuart Howie 2004-2018 View profile
- Michael Leadbetter 2004-2009 View profile
- Martin Sanders 2004-2020 View profile
- Margaret Catherine Beringer 2003-2007 View profile
- Sheila Walker 2003-2005 View profile
- Philip Stephen Blunden 2002-2008 View profile
- Roger Guy Davies 2001-2010 View profile
- Frank Jeremy Rupert Horsell 2000-2003 View profile
- Lord Imbert of NEW Romney 1998-2000 View profile
- Michael Alan Wisdom 1998-2012 View profile
- David Nicholas Reilly 1998-2003 View profile
- Trevor Michael Abbott 1995-1997 View profile
- Bryan Marsh 1995-2008 View profile
- Nigel Giles Timson 1995-2020 View profile
- Dr David Bruce Hammond 1994-2011 View profile
- Cedric Stafford Taylor 1994-1998 View profile
- David Raymond Allen 1994-2020 View profile
- Smith, Patrick Richard Sinclair, Colonel 1994-2002 View profile
- Peter Trunkfield 1994-2002 View profile
- Ronald Frederick Sutton 1994-1996 View profile
- Leslie David Barnes 1994-2002 View profile
- Michael William Scott 1998 View profile
- Frederick Charles Hucker 2009 View profile
- Stephen George Scott 2013 View profile
- Brian Edwin Coombs 1998 View profile
- David John Roberts 1996 View profile
- Victor William Durling 1998 View profile
- Philip Lawless 2006 View profile
- Peter William Scott 2011 View profile
- Barry Monahan 2011-2025 View profile
- Alan Hill 1994-1997 View profile
- Julian Keith Darrall-Rew 1993 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 12/09/1984
- Also a registered charity
- Wooden Spoon Society
Grants received
5 grants · £181,000 total360Giving 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
- Sport England · £173,000 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £7,000
- Quartet Community Foundation · £1,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
11 directors on the board
- Victoria Marie Dayna Sparkes Director · appointed 2023
- Sarah Melinda Wight Director · appointed 2023
- John Mark Gibson Director · appointed 2012
- Quentin Paul Graham Smith Director · appointed 2017
- Jane Margaret Harwood Director · appointed 2020
- Mark Mccafferty Director · appointed 2013
- Brett Scott Bader Director · appointed 2020
- Christine Doris Braithwaite Director · appointed 2020
- Adrian Alli Director · appointed 2022
- Joanna Elizabeth Coombs Director · appointed 2017
- Ali Gilbert Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- John Mark Gibson Director · appointed 2012
- Quentin Paul Graham Smith Director · appointed 2017
- Jane Margaret Harwood Director · appointed 2020
- Mark Mccafferty Director · appointed 2013
- Brett Scott Bader Director · appointed 2020
- Christine Doris Braithwaite Director · appointed 2020
- Joanna Elizabeth Coombs Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Victoria Marie Dayna Sparkes Director · appointed 2023
- Sarah Melinda Wight Director · appointed 2023
- Quentin Paul Graham Smith Director · appointed 2017
- Joanna Elizabeth Coombs Director · appointed 2017
- Ali Gilbert Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (6)
- John Mark Gibson Director · appointed 2012
- Jane Margaret Harwood Director · appointed 2020
- Mark Mccafferty Director · appointed 2013
- Brett Scott Bader Director · appointed 2020
- Christine Doris Braithwaite Director · appointed 2020
- Adrian Alli Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Rufus James Hack Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01847860
- 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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