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The Fairground Heritage Trust

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 29

  1. Elizabeth Plummer 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Helen Alison Overton 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Peter Charles Phillipps 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. Adam Martin Brown 2019-2025 Director View profile
  5. Mark Bryan 2019-2022 Director View profile
  6. Phil Wrixon 2012-2022 Director View profile
  7. Frank Charles John Edwards 2010-2021 Director View profile
  8. Mark Byran 2010-2018 Director View profile
  9. Leanne Alford 2010-2013 Director View profile
  10. Godfrey John Spargo 2010-2013 Director View profile
  11. Simon George De-Vey 2004-2013 Director View profile
  12. Richard John Sandercock 2003-2020 Director View profile
  13. Stephen Robert Smith 2003-2020 Director View profile
  14. Dr Anthony Frank Marchington 2002-2004 Director View profile
  15. Roger Austin 2001-2002 Director View profile
  16. Mackintosh of Halifax, Claire Jane Viscountess, Viscountess 2000-2001 Director View profile
  17. Rupert Nicholas Hambro 1997-1999 Director View profile
  18. William Geoffrey Thompson 1992-1997 Director View profile
  19. Stephen Keith Lawrence 1992-1993 Director View profile
  20. Sir William Hepburn Mcalpine 2007 Director View profile
  21. John Patrick Chamberlain Collins 2000 Director View profile
  22. Jane Patricia Morgan 1991 Director View profile
  23. Harry North 2004 Director View profile
  24. David Wallis 2018-2020 Secretary View profile
  25. Michael Andrew Smith 2010-2018 Secretary View profile
  26. Kevin Scrivens 2010-2020 Secretary View profile
  27. Michael Andrew Smith 2003-2010 Secretary View profile
  28. Geoffrey Herbert Weedon 1992-1993 Secretary View profile
  29. Andreanna Winifred Weedon 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities
Incorporated
16/01/1986
Registered office
Okehampton
Also a registered charity
The Fairground Heritage Trust

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Fairground Heritage Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

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

Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or 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.

Grants received

8 grants · £779,750 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £604,750 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £175,000 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £218,5802024-08-07
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £70,0002021-10-22
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £70,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £35,0002020-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,1002017-04-05
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

12.6y median 16y
average tenure
22.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

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 1Other services 1Property 1

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
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01978359
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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