The Veterinary Defence Society Limited
Company 02159441 Active
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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
- Andrew Richard John Davies Director · appointed 2020
- Richard Coates Director · appointed 2019
- Mary Ann Stewart Director · appointed 2022
- Elizabeth Jane Thorne Director · appointed 2023
- Heather Louise Jackson Director · appointed 2024
- Raman Sankaran Director · appointed 2019
- Gudrun Nathania Ravetz Director · appointed 2020
- Peter Doyle Director · appointed 2026
- David Brown Director · appointed 2023
4.2y median 3.6y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Richard Coates Director · appointed 2019
- Raman Sankaran Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Andrew Richard John Davies Director · appointed 2020
- Richard Coates Director · appointed 2019
- Gudrun Nathania Ravetz Director · appointed 2020
- David Brown Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (5)
- Mary Ann Stewart Director · appointed 2022
- Elizabeth Jane Thorne Director · appointed 2023
- Heather Louise Jackson Director · appointed 2024
- Raman Sankaran Director · appointed 2019
- Peter Doyle Director · appointed 2026
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Alan Ford Kirkwood Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
- Gavin James Lawrie Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
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.
Finance 3Professional services 3Education 2Health and social care 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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Related organisations
- VDS Training Services Limited 2 shared directors
- VDS Support Limited 2 shared directors
Connected through a shared director
- Yorkshire Cancer Research 1 shared director
- Millpause Limited 1 shared director
- Skipton Group Holdings Limited 1 shared director
- Rothesay Life PLC 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 02159441 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) |
| Incorporated | 31/08/1987 |
| Address | 4 HAIG COURT, PARKGATE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE, WA16 8XZ |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
65120 - Non-life insurance
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Owns 2 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- VDS Training Services Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2017-04-18 - VDS Support Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-10-08
Officers (78)
- Reeshi Harania Secretary · appointed 2026
- Peter Doyle Director · appointed 2026
- Heather Louise Jackson Director · appointed 2024
- Elizabeth Jane Thorne Director · appointed 2023
- David Brown Director · appointed 2023
- Mary Ann Stewart Director · appointed 2022
- Gudrun Nathania Ravetz Director · appointed 2020
- Andrew Richard John Davies Director · appointed 2020
- Raman Sankaran Director · appointed 2019
- Richard Coates Director · appointed 2019
Show 68 former officers
- Carolyn Sheila Davidson Secretary · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Alan Ford Kirkwood Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
- Richard Malcolm Clapham Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2023
- Jones, Howard Jeffrey, Director Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
- Gavin James Lawrie Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Brian Malcolm Hamilton Bussell Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2023
- David Gareth Lloyd Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
- David Scrymgeour Green Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2021
- Anthony Lewis Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
- Colin William Thomson Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2020
- Sarah Elizabeth Wolfensohn Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2020
- Graham Michael Berville Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
- Julian Andrew Wells Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
- Black, David Hugh, Dr Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2023
- Nichola Jane Paull Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2020
- Cecilia Mary Gannon Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2023
- Trevor Alan Clegg Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2020
- Heather Irene Thomas Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
- Michael John Pratt Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2019
- Linda Clarke Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
- Paschal Gibbons Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2012
- Anthony Martin Grundy Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
- Norman Allan Macfarlane Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2019
- David Raymond Franklin Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2009
- MAY, Christopher, Dr Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2016
- Alan Leyland Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2010
- Brown, Richard Hamilton, Dr Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2012
- John Edwin Freeman Houlton Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2009
- David John Sutton Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2009
- John Ewan Griffiths Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2009
- Andrew Wilson Miller Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2009
- Rhisiart Ap Rhys Owen Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2004
- David Richard Ellis Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2009
- John Francis Rostron Hird Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2009
- Francis James Ottavio Anthony Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1997
- Kenneth Charles Barrie Cook Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2008
- Gillian Frances Simpson Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2009
- Henry Simon Orr Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2013
- William Tempest Nutter Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
- MAY, Christopher, Doctor Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
- Mark Howard Guy Winwood Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
- Frederick James Mckeating Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2015
- William Beaty Mavir Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2015
- Christine May Magrath Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2009
- Gerring, Edward Lawrence, Dr Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2002
- Michael Kelsey Director · resigned 1993
- Jack Brian Walsby Director · resigned 1995
- Barrug Desmond Walker Hardy Director · resigned 2001
- Colin Michael Gould Director · resigned 1998
- Derek Carter Director · resigned 1995
- Alexander Cameron Taylor Secretary · resigned 2003
- Harry Cowan Wilson Director · resigned 2000
- Derek Brian Edwards Director · resigned 1999
- Bernard Thomas Wells Director · resigned 1995
- Cooper, Michael Jack, Dr Director · resigned 2003
- John Richardson Director · resigned 1996
- Charles Frank Director · resigned 1996
- Ian Bradshaw Hughes Director · resigned 1996
- Michael John Robertson Stockman Director · resigned 1996
- John Richard Tindall Director · resigned 1997
- David Skilton Director · resigned 2012
- Michael Alan Wright Director · resigned 1998
- Ernest Victor Fawell Director · resigned 1996
- David Barton Pepper Director · resigned 2009
- Helen Rowe Director · resigned 2003
- John David Mckeown Director · resigned 2015
- Richard Keith Ward Director · resigned 2000
- Fintan Joseph Edward Cooney Director · resigned 2003
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