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Vale and Downland Museum (Retail) Limited

Company 01957398 Active

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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
4.2y median 4.6y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
1
directors past 6 years
0 vs 4 portfolio
first-time directors
10
also govern a charity
0
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 10Transport 2Health and social care 1Professional services 1

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Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

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Company details

Number01957398
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated12/11/1985
Address19 CHURCH STREET, WANTAGE, OX12 8BL
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

47610 - Retail sale of books in specialised stores56102 - Unlicensed restaurants and cafes

Ownership - persons with significant control (2)

  • Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
    ownership of shares 75-100%
  • ceased

Officers (19)

  • Talbot, Richard Charles Director · appointed 2024
  • Batstone, Ronald Michael Director · appointed 2023
  • Seymour, Susan Jill Director · appointed 2023
  • Dawson, Giles Vaughan Director · appointed 2023
  • Parker, Graham Director · appointed 2021
  • Reynolds, Julia Director · appointed 2021
  • Cameron, Iain Robertson, Dr Director · appointed 2021
  • Hannaby, Jennifer Theresa Director · appointed 2021
  • Smythe, John Henry Director · appointed 2021
  • Rice, Geoffrey Ronald Director · appointed 2019
  • Green, Elisabeth Rosemary Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
  • Mitchell, James Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
  • Falkenau, William Paul Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2021
  • Dickson, Charles St John Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2019
  • Sadler, Elizabeth Anne Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
  • Fraser, Terence Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Humphries, John William Edward Former Secretary · resigned 2008
  • Humphries, Elizabeth Mary Former Director · resigned 2008
  • West, Sheila Former Director · resigned 2008

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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