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Devon County Agricultural Association
Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
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Who leads it
- Michael Victor TownsendDirector · since 2025
- Melanie Grace SquiresDirector · since 2022
- Claire Louise Heaven-RobertsDirector · since 2018
- Sir Henry William StudholmeDirector · since 2017
- Andrew John GrayDirector · since 2010
- Mark Joseph WeekesDirector · since 2009
- Stewart Thomas Richard StevensDirector · since 1995
- Nicholas Andrew RockeySecretary · since 2024
Previous officers 221
- Tanner, Leslie John, Sqn Ldr 2023-2024 View profile
- Clare Campbell-Lamerton 2023-2024 View profile
- Marilyn Ellen Daw 2023-2024 View profile
- Emily Alice Knight 2023-2024 View profile
- William Desmond Jenkin 2022-2024 View profile
- Peter Morris 2022-2024 View profile
- Carol French 2019-2024 View profile
- Lady Carey Cave 2019-2024 View profile
- Charles Carless Wreford-Brown 2018-2023 View profile
- Jonathan Trefor Huw Williams 2018-2024 View profile
- Jerry Alford 2018-2024 View profile
- Jill Cecily Persey 2018-2024 View profile
- Fiona Catherine Howell 2017-2019 View profile
- Honourable Charles Patrick Rolle Fane Trefusis 2017-2024 View profile
- Jake Henson 2017-2019 View profile
- Paul Andrew Hatton 2017-2024 View profile
- David Edward Fursdon 2017-2024 View profile
- Timothy James Russ 2015-2015 View profile
- Lewis John Banfield 2015-2024 View profile
- Philip Graeme Wolfgang 2015-2024 View profile
- Paul Coates 2015-2019 View profile
- David Michael Perriment 2015-2024 View profile
- Rt Hon Hugo George William Swire 2014-2020 View profile
- Peter Thomas Reed 2014-2024 View profile
- Ralph Mark Rayner 2014-2024 View profile
- Felicity Sarah Maunder 2014-2024 View profile
- Henry Robert Parkin 2014-2023 View profile
- Carol May Plumstead 2014-2024 View profile
- Mary Eleanor Quicke 2014-2023 View profile
- Peter Joseph Endacott 2014-2019 View profile
- Hodder, Stephen Philip, Brigadier 2014-2024 View profile
- Mark James Gulley 2013-2015 View profile
- Sarah Michele Hammett 2013-2024 View profile
- Michael James Dymond 2013-2024 View profile
- June Louise Hallett 2012-2015 View profile
- Ian John Parish 2012-2024 View profile
- Peter Owen-Pawson 2012-2024 View profile
- Elizabeth Dorothy Roper 2011-2023 View profile
- Jacqueline Broad 2011-2016 View profile
- Richard David Shinner Darke 2011-2024 View profile
- Nicholas Charles Davey 2010-2014 View profile
- Hannah Margaret Foster 2010-2015 View profile
- Neil Quentin Gordon Parish 2010-2024 View profile
- Sir John Charles Cave 2010-2019 View profile
- Paul John Kingdon 2009-2024 View profile
- Anna Mary Woollard 2008-2020 View profile
- Grania Tiffany Phillips 2007-2024 View profile
- Humphrey Wyn Herbert Richards 2007-2011 View profile
- Christopher Gordon Webber 2007-2013 View profile
- John Richard Cummings 2006-2024 View profile
- Christopher Wise 2006-2024 View profile
- Sarah Jill Maunder 2006-2010 View profile
- Pape, Colin Lionel, Major 2006-2012 View profile
- Vyvian Frances Gundry 2006-2024 View profile
- Philip John Broom 2006-2022 View profile
- Sir Jeremy John Fortescue Boles 2006-2014 View profile
- Steven Turton 2006-2007 View profile
- Janet Mary Flinn 2006-2024 View profile
- John Parkin 2005-2013 View profile
- Robin Dennis Thomas 2005-2023 View profile
- Ben Michael Moore 2005-2024 View profile
- Gordon Leonard Newton 2005-2009 View profile
- Roger Edward Ellis 2004-2024 View profile
- Judith Mary Kauntze 2004-2022 View profile
- Deborah Custance Baker 2004-2025 View profile
- David Arthur Scoble 2004-2024 View profile
- Bernard Tom Stamp 2004-2024 View profile
- Graham Timothy Mark Cheriton 2003-2024 View profile
- Philip Owen Slade 2003-2009 View profile
- D'Erlanger, Mary Elizabeth Josephine, the Hon Mrs 2003-2021 View profile
- John Hunt 2002-2010 View profile
- Geoffrey Hubert Bush 2001-2024 View profile
- John Arthur Haddy 2000-2024 View profile
- Andrew Henry Richards 2000-2022 View profile
- William John Daw 2000-2020 View profile
- Alan Henry Palmer 1999-2017 View profile
- Richard Nicholas Stafford Charles 1999-2009 View profile
- Anthony John Bramble Mildmay White 1999-2000 View profile
- Michael Douglas Martin 1999-2000 View profile
- Rayner, Ranulf Courtauld, Major 1998-2021 View profile
- John Albert Sydney Brasier 1998-2019 View profile
- Sir Richard Peek 1998-2024 View profile
- Peter William Sheppard Campbell Brockman 1997-2021 View profile
- Brian Littlewood Peace 1997-2000 View profile
- Richard Roger Burnell Harvey 1997-2022 View profile
- Trevor Kenneth Larcombe 1997-2024 View profile
- Robert Stewart Tailyour 1997-2024 View profile
- Sir Ian Heathcoat Amory 1996-2023 View profile
- Norman George Langdon 1996-2002 View profile
- Nicholas John Burrington 1996-2023 View profile
- Peter Frank John Force 1996-2024 View profile
- John William May 1996-2024 View profile
- Jean Madeleine Kingdon 1996-2024 View profile
- John Rosewarne Trahair 1995-2004 View profile
- Hugh Llewellyn Salmon 1995-2004 View profile
- David John Neville Genet 1995-1996 View profile
- Herbert Owen Slade 1995-2011 View profile
- Peter Thomas Tucker 1993-1994 View profile
- Pounds, Edgar George Derek, Major General 1993-2002 View profile
- David Edmund Parish 1993-2024 View profile
- Gordon Herbert Tully 1993-2024 View profile
- Charles Christopher Gordon Trump 1993-2019 View profile
- Michael Richard Hawkins 1993-1996 View profile
- Susan Anne Easterbrook 1992-1994 View profile
- Mervyn James Lethbridge 1992-2001 View profile
- Arnold Lewis Sayers 1991-2003 View profile
- David Albert John Hodge 1982-1993 View profile
- Ian Francis Hardcastle 1992 View profile
- Philip Richard Greed 2011 View profile
- John William Carter 2004 View profile
- David Bassett 1999 View profile
- Benjamin Murray Wadsworth 2016 View profile
- Mark Goodman 2012 View profile
- John Albert Thomas Hodge 2024 View profile
- Frederick John Verney 2024 View profile
- Forrest, Ronald Stephen, Rear Admiral Sir 2005 View profile
- William John Jordan 1994 View profile
- Kenneth Edmund Holmes 1992 View profile
- Heleen Vanda Mary Lindsay-Fynn 2024 View profile
- Morley Arthur Joslin Sexton 2000 View profile
- Lewis John Taverner 2021 View profile
- John Robinson Dracup 2003 View profile
- Michael Thomas Huxtable 1992 View profile
- Nicholas Anthony Maxwell-Lawford 2018 View profile
- William Clifford May 1995 View profile
- William Edmund Treeby 2003 View profile
- Norman Henry Whidden 1992 View profile
- Lord Gerard Nevile Mark Clinton 2015 View profile
- John Lloyd Maunder 2021 View profile
- Bicton College of Agriculture (Nominee M Florey) 2003 View profile
- Andrew Henry Crang 1999 View profile
- Glanvill, Alfred Terry Heath, Doctor 1996 View profile
- Arthur John Hutchinson 2019 View profile
- Right Honourable Hugh The Earl of Devon 2015 View profile
- John Albert Thomas Lee 2025 View profile
- Acland, Peter Bevil Edward, Brigadier 1991 View profile
- Jennifer Denise Rabjohns 1992 View profile
- Thomas Bond Stevens 2002 View profile
- Ian Richard Cummings 1998 View profile
- Terence Hamlin 1992 View profile
- Robert Michael Harley 1995 View profile
- Eric Stuart Pook 2006 View profile
- Verona Margaret Short 2002 View profile
- Clive Charles Morgan 2024 View profile
- Henry John Lattaney 2000 View profile
- Owen Dilwyn Hughes 2011 View profile
- Brookman, Sir Ronald, Vice Admiral 1996 View profile
- Isobel Margaret Mortimer 2003 View profile
- Christopher Vosper Collings 1992 View profile
- David Chisholm Lee 2003 View profile
- Samuel Luxton 2002 View profile
- Charles Arthur Ansell 1997 View profile
- William Arthur Uglow 2024 View profile
- Corkery, Terence Rex, Major 2003 View profile
- Arthur Douglas Kingdon 2008 View profile
- Brian Drake 2024 View profile
- John David Yelland 1992 View profile
- John Hooper Thomas 2007 View profile
- Malcolm William Huxtable 2024 View profile
- Leonard Herbert Barker 1992 View profile
- George Carey Barclay 1995 View profile
- Edward Alfred Darke 2024 View profile
- Nigel Lindsay-Fynn 2024 View profile
- Richard William Darke 1998 View profile
- Frank Palk 2005 View profile
- Henry George Dart 2024 View profile
- Claude Drew Pike 2002 View profile
- Rt Hon Earl of Morley 2003 View profile
- Richard Mark Northcott 2024 View profile
- William John Pengelly 1994 View profile
- Timothy James Legood 2001 View profile
- Neil Plumstead 2011 View profile
- Desmond Moger Campbell 2004 View profile
- Reginald John Burrington 1997 View profile
- David Verney 2021 View profile
- Richard Frost 2005 View profile
- Thomas Leslie Hammett 2024 View profile
- Right Honourable Michael Knutsford 2008 View profile
- Jeremy Charles Nutter Robinson 2024 View profile
- Neville, Christopher Roger Gartside, Air Cdre 1998 View profile
- Richard Roy Skinner 2004 View profile
- John Isaac Reddaway 1994 View profile
- Michael Herbert Batting 2024 View profile
- Hugh Lancelot Evans 1994 View profile
- Thomas Michael John French 2008 View profile
- John Pickard Short 2024 View profile
- Roger John Prouse 1994 View profile
- Hermon Granger 1991 View profile
- Ernest Wreford Friend 2003 View profile
- William John Walter-Symons 2003 View profile
- Richard Reddaway 1992 View profile
- Nigel Paul Willmington 2004 View profile
- Peter Dunning 2020 View profile
- Lady Margaret Fortescue 1999 View profile
- Timothy Brooks 2000 View profile
- Albert Edwin Cook 2020 View profile
- Maurice Harold Retallick 2026 View profile
- Robert John Carr 2008 View profile
- Tom Elworthy Broom 2016 View profile
- Sir Simon James Day 2024 View profile
- Richard William Bovingdon Coley 2024 View profile
- Nicholas Godfrey Gilbert 2024 View profile
- Malcolm Florey 2003 View profile
- John Rossiter 1996 View profile
- Garfield Lee Collings 1997 View profile
- Devon Landowners Association (Nominee A L Thres) 1995 View profile
- Dennis William Bell 2001 View profile
- George Ernest Hillyer Creber 1996 View profile
- Derek Frederick Lamb 1992 View profile
- Francis Herbert Walters 1991 View profile
- National Farmers Union Devon County Branch (Nominee R A Macdonald) 1996 View profile
- Judith Ann Penny 2024 View profile
- Sir William Grenville Peek 2001 View profile
- Oliver Newton Wallop William-Powlett 2002 View profile
- Clive Maxwell Raymond Hopper 2003 View profile
- Jacqueline Cosgrove 2024-2024 View profile
- Christopher John Skelton 2022-2024 View profile
- Richard Lloyd Maunder 2012-2022 View profile
- Mervyn Kenneth Hosking 2000-2004 View profile
- Wilfrid John Sandford 1995-2000 View profile
- Christopher Lawrence Cullen 1995 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 28/06/1985
- Registered office
- Exeter
- Also a registered charity
- Devon County Agricultural Association
Ownership
Owned by (8) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Maurice Harold Retallick
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Stewart Thomas Richard Stevens
significant influence (trust) · notified 2019-08-13 - Andrew John Gray
significant influence · notified 2022-03-18 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Mary Eleanor Quicke ceased 2022-04-11
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Deborah Custance Baker ceased 2025-06-25
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - David Edmund Parish ceased 2019-08-13
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - John Albert Thomas Lee ceased 2025-06-25
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Nigel Lindsay-Fynn ceased 2023-07-10
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Group
- Devon County Agricultural Association
is controlled by Maurice Harold Retallick
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Maurice Harold Retallick.
1 other company 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.
7 directors on the board
- Claire Louise Heaven-Roberts Director · appointed 2018
- Andrew John Gray Director · appointed 2010
- Michael Victor Townsend Director · appointed 2025
- Melanie Grace Squires Director · appointed 2022
- Stewart Thomas Richard Stevens Director · appointed 1995
- Mark Joseph Weekes Director · appointed 2009
- Sir Henry William Studholme Director · appointed 2017
Directors past 6 years
- Claire Louise Heaven-Roberts Director · appointed 2018
- Andrew John Gray Director · appointed 2010
- Stewart Thomas Richard Stevens Director · appointed 1995
- Mark Joseph Weekes Director · appointed 2009
- Sir Henry William Studholme Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Michael Victor Townsend Director · appointed 2025
- Stewart Thomas Richard Stevens Director · appointed 1995
- Mark Joseph Weekes Director · appointed 2009
Portfolio (4)
- Claire Louise Heaven-Roberts Director · appointed 2018
- Andrew John Gray Director · appointed 2010
- Melanie Grace Squires Director · appointed 2022
- Sir Henry William Studholme Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Maurice Harold Retallick Director · 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01927330
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/06/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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