Company
Vale and Downland Museum (Retail) Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Richard Charles TalbotDirector · since 2024
- Ronald Michael BatstoneDirector · since 2023
- Susan Jill SeymourDirector · since 2023
- Giles Vaughan DawsonDirector · since 2023
- Graham ParkerDirector · since 2021
- Julia ReynoldsDirector · since 2021
- Dr Iain Robertson CameronDirector · since 2021
- Jennifer Theresa HannabyDirector · since 2021
- John Henry SmytheDirector · since 2021
- Geoffrey Ronald RiceDirector · since 2019
Previous officers 9
- Elisabeth Rosemary Green 2021-2023 View profile
- James Mitchell 2021-2022 View profile
- William Paul Falkenau 2012-2021 View profile
- Charles St John Dickson 2012-2019 View profile
- Elizabeth Anne Sadler 2012-2015 View profile
- Terence Fraser 2008-2012 View profile
- Elizabeth Mary Humphries 2008 View profile
- Sheila West 2008 View profile
- John William Edward Humphries 2008 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 12/11/1985
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Vale and Downland Museum (Retail) Limited
is controlled by Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage).
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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £6,803
- Total assets
- £6,803
- Employees
- 10
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
10 directors on the board
- Ronald Michael Batstone Director · appointed 2023
- Geoffrey Ronald Rice Director · appointed 2019
- Graham Parker Director · appointed 2021
- Julia Reynolds Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Iain Robertson Cameron Director · appointed 2021
- Jennifer Theresa Hannaby Director · appointed 2021
- John Henry Smythe Director · appointed 2021
- Richard Charles Talbot Director · appointed 2024
- Susan Jill Seymour Director · appointed 2023
- Giles Vaughan Dawson Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Geoffrey Ronald Rice Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (10)
- Ronald Michael Batstone Director · appointed 2023
- Geoffrey Ronald Rice Director · appointed 2019
- Graham Parker Director · appointed 2021
- Julia Reynolds Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Iain Robertson Cameron Director · appointed 2021
- Jennifer Theresa Hannaby Director · appointed 2021
- John Henry Smythe Director · appointed 2021
- Richard Charles Talbot Director · appointed 2024
- Susan Jill Seymour Director · appointed 2023
- Giles Vaughan Dawson Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
- Ronald Michael Batstone Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage), Wantage Independent Advice Centre
- Geoffrey Ronald Rice Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
- Graham Parker Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage), The Friends of the Vale and Downland Museum, Wantage
- Julia Reynolds Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
- Dr Iain Robertson Cameron Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
- Jennifer Theresa Hannaby The October Club, Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
- John Henry Smythe Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
- Richard Charles Talbot Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
- Susan Jill Seymour Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
- Giles Vaughan Dawson Wren Foundation, Vale and Downland Museum (Wantage)
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
- 01957398
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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