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The Association of British Dispensing Opticians

Technical and vocational secondary education

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

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Previous officers 79

  1. Steven Harding 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Andrew William Stewart Symons 2024-2024 Director View profile
  3. Kevin Andrew Gutsell 2022-2026 Director View profile
  4. Joshua Colin Smith 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Gillian Bickle 2021-2023 Director View profile
  6. Lorraine Bleasdale 2019-2025 Director View profile
  7. Gary Andrew Kousoulou 2018-2021 Director View profile
  8. Brenda Alexis Rennie 2018-2021 Director View profile
  9. Julie Anne Roberta Lees 2018-2024 Director View profile
  10. Saima Begum 2017-2025 Director View profile
  11. Rupesh Patel 2016-2017 Director View profile
  12. Daryl Vivian Ernest Newsome 2016-2024 Director View profile
  13. Gerardine Margaret Dynan 2015-2018 Director View profile
  14. Clive Rayner Marchant 2014-2020 Director View profile
  15. Joanne Teresa Holmes 2014-2022 Director View profile
  16. Anthony Blackman 2013-2016 Director View profile
  17. Kevin William Milsom 2011-2021 Director View profile
  18. Ashton Charles Thomas Galloway 2010-2014 Director View profile
  19. Fiona Elizabeth Anderson 2010-2018 Director View profile
  20. Angela Mcnamee 2009-2013 Director View profile
  21. Keith Stewart Cavaye 2008-2018 Director View profile
  22. Edwin Percy Moffatt 2007-2014 Director View profile
  23. Garry Andrew Kousoulou 2007-2010 Director View profile
  24. Peter Gavin Black 2007-2023 Director View profile
  25. Barry Thomas Duncan 2005-2010 Director View profile
  26. Nicholas Peter Atkins 2005-2011 Director View profile
  27. John Howard Coxon 2005-2007 Director View profile
  28. Jayshree Vasani 2004-2004 Director View profile
  29. Ravinder Kelly Plahay 2003-2009 Director View profile
  30. Catherine Clarke 2003-2004 Director View profile
  31. Timothy James Bowden 2003-2004 Director View profile
  32. Elizabeth Ann Stringer 2002-2004 Director View profile
  33. Susan Jane Southgate 2000-2004 Director View profile
  34. Colin Lee 2000-2002 Director View profile
  35. Michael Jude Cody 2000-2007 Director View profile
  36. Gillian Hamilton Stewart 1999-2004 Director View profile
  37. Abilene Macdonald-Grute 1998-2001 Director View profile
  38. Glenn Andrew Tomison 1998-2004 Director View profile
  39. James Gordon 1998-2009 Director View profile
  40. Paula Stevens 1998-2000 Director View profile
  41. Richard Noel Roberts 1998-2004 Director View profile
  42. Richard Crook 1997-2004 Director View profile
  43. Brian Jack Mitchell 1997-2004 Director View profile
  44. Jennifer Sally Brower 1997-2016 Director View profile
  45. Stephen James Harris 1997-1998 Director View profile
  46. David Charles Bridle 1996-2004 Director View profile
  47. Stephen William Golding 1996-2004 Director View profile
  48. Jeffery Bernard Loat 1995-1997 Director View profile
  49. Hunt, Malcolm Peter John, Major General 1995-2004 Director View profile
  50. Maureen Elizabeth Taylor 1995-1996 Director View profile
  51. Edward Watts 1994-2002 Director View profile
  52. Mark Quentin Offord 1994-1998 Director View profile
  53. Christopher John Packford 1993-2003 Director View profile
  54. Rosemary Eleanor Bailey 1993-1997 Director View profile
  55. Andrew William Keirl 1993-1994 Director View profile
  56. Michael John Stokes 1993-1995 Director View profile
  57. Anthony Ivor Griffiths 1993-1997 Director View profile
  58. Carol Mary James 1993-1999 Director View profile
  59. George William Derek Mclaren 1993-1997 Director View profile
  60. John Derek Pugh 1993-1998 Director View profile
  61. Joan Underwood 1993-2000 Director View profile
  62. Duncan Charles Counter 1993-1998 Director View profile
  63. Eric Hall 1993-2002 Director View profile
  64. Andrew John Cripps 1993-1994 Director View profile
  65. Michael Richard Moore Jaggs 1993-1993 Director View profile
  66. Nigel Homer Wingate 1993-1994 Director View profile
  67. Huntly James Russell Taylor 1993-2004 Director View profile
  68. Alan Sidney Parkhurst 1993-2004 Director View profile
  69. Kim Sally Devlin 1993-2004 Director View profile
  70. James Hanfield Russell 1993-2006 Director View profile
  71. Richard Harsant 1993-2003 Director View profile
  72. Thomas Glyn Davies 1993-1994 Director View profile
  73. Anthony Ronald Botten 1993 Director View profile
  74. John Roy Spencer Baker 2004 Director View profile
  75. Joram Jacques Fried 2004 Director View profile
  76. Rex Reiner 1993 Director View profile
  77. Sir Richard Meyjes 1996 Director View profile
  78. Sir Anthony Peter Garrett 1999-2022 Secretary View profile
  79. John Wentworth Roskill 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Technical and vocational secondary education; Activities of professional membership organizations
Incorporated
21/04/1986
Registered office
Canterbury

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Association of British Dispensing Opticians on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

3 other companies 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
£812,493
Total assets
£812,493
Cash
£453,352
Employees
28
Turnover
£3,959,814
Profit/loss
-£76,500

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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.

7 directors on the board

1.9y median 1.7y
average tenure
3.9y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Education 2Health and social care 1Other services 1Retail and trade 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02012484
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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