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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 54

  1. Melanie Anne Potts 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Marguerite Ann Wilson 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Peter Martin 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Elizabeth Parckar 2020-2022 Director View profile
  5. Pauline Ann Wallis 2019-2022 Director View profile
  6. Nolan, Elaine Zoë, Councillor 2018-2020 Director View profile
  7. Carola Marie-Theres Evelyn Holz 2013-2014 Director View profile
  8. Noel Parsons 2013-2020 Director View profile
  9. Jennifer Margaret Patricia Ferrans 2012-2020 Director View profile
  10. Catherine Jane Sirett 2012-2018 Director View profile
  11. Norman Miles 2012-2015 Director View profile
  12. Dr Wei Yang 2010-2022 Director View profile
  13. Linda Hazel Inoki 2010-2012 Director View profile
  14. James Michael Williamson 2010-2020 Director View profile
  15. Paula Clarendon 2010-2012 Director View profile
  16. Rory Kearns 2006-2010 Director View profile
  17. Alan James Prockter 2002-2018 Director View profile
  18. Paul John Stanyer 2002-2006 Director View profile
  19. Brinley Richard Carstens 2002-2009 Director View profile
  20. Michael John Bensley 2001-2004 Director View profile
  21. Elizabeth Enid Pym 2000-2007 Director View profile
  22. Geoffrey Robert Long 1999-2018 Director View profile
  23. Janet Irons 1998-2001 Director View profile
  24. Harry Francis Cole 1998-1999 Director View profile
  25. Colin Mansell Brown 1998-2007 Director View profile
  26. Gerard Francis English 1997-1999 Director View profile
  27. Susan Jane Holdridge 1997-1998 Director View profile
  28. John Edward Shipley Ellis 1996-1998 Director View profile
  29. Jane Margaret Maynard 1996-1999 Director View profile
  30. Peter Meadows 1996-2013 Director View profile
  31. Dr Stephen Potter 1992-1996 Director View profile
  32. Elsie Betty Piggott 1992-2001 Director View profile
  33. Nicholas Mark Cooke 1992-2000 Director View profile
  34. Raymond George Bellchambers 1992-1998 Director View profile
  35. William Wood Jones 1992-2005 Director View profile
  36. Bettine Christabel Hanks 1992-1995 Director View profile
  37. Anne Amelia Waterman 1992-1993 Director View profile
  38. Cheryl Lynn Montgomery 1992-1994 Director View profile
  39. Gordon John Harold Vincent 1992-1997 Director View profile
  40. Allan Mark Yoxon 1992-2006 Director View profile
  41. Rosalind Tyrrell 1992-1994 Director View profile
  42. Dr Richard Morris 1994 Director View profile
  43. Sir Philip Digby Pauncefoot Duncombe 1997 Director View profile
  44. Andrew Peter Dransfield 1997 Director View profile
  45. Barbara Brown 1997 Director View profile
  46. John Platt 1992 Director View profile
  47. Patrick Hugh Stewart Crawley 1999 Director View profile
  48. David Peter Lock 2026 Director View profile
  49. Dennis Frank Clarke 2006 Director View profile
  50. Wayland Tunley 1997 Director View profile
  51. Hendrik Andries Adolf Van Aswegen 2008-2017 Secretary View profile
  52. Christine Tucker 2006-2010 Secretary View profile
  53. Dr Michael Frederick Synnott 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
  54. John Charles Wickham 2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
09/03/1987
Also a registered charity
City Discovery Centre

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above City Discovery Centre 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.

Grants received

9 grants · £338,285 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £204,328 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £103,957 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £30,000 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £58,7572023-02-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002022-08-05
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002021-05-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £145,9002020-10-14
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £10,0002020-09-22
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.

9 directors on the board

7.3y median 6.6y
average tenure
24.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

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 1Health and social care 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
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02108180
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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