Company
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Paul John TaylorDirector · since 2026
- Erin StevensDirector · since 2025
- Matthew William Brian CormackDirector · since 2025
- Olubumi AkinmutandeDirector · since 2025
- Emily GarvieDirector · since 2025
- William Llorel-AntoineDirector · since 2025
- David CheneryDirector · since 2024
- Josephine BeyDirector · since 2023
- Emma FarrellDirector · since 2023
- Ewan IrvineDirector · since 2022
Previous officers 85
- Ian Charles Jones 2023–2024 View profile
- Dr Charlotte Venkatraman 2023–2024 View profile
- Marc Anthony Leppard 2023–2024 View profile
- Alwyn Li 2022–2024 View profile
- Punam Farmah 2021–2025 View profile
- Michael Adrian Golding 2020–2023 View profile
- Sekinat Adima 2020–2025 View profile
- Dr Kate Smith 2020–2023 View profile
- Neela Masani 2019–2021 View profile
- Heather Lesley Roberts 2019–2021 View profile
- Dr Julie May 2018–2022 View profile
- Moira Ramsay Sibbald 2018–2021 View profile
- Valerie Elliott 2018–2021 View profile
- Una Cavanagh 2017–2020 View profile
- Andrew John Kinder 2017–2020 View profile
- Natalie Fiona Bailey 2016–2025 View profile
- Myira Khan 2016–2019 View profile
- Vanessa Julia Stirum 2016–2022 View profile
- Revd Edwin William Carden 2015–2018 View profile
- Professor Christian Sophia Grace Chappell 2015–2018 View profile
- Dr Andrew Ronald Reeves 2013–2019 View profile
- David Oliver Weaver 2013–2016 View profile
- Dr Royston Alexander Flude 2013–2016 View profile
- Professor Richard Edmund Ashcroft 2013–2014 View profile
- Fiona Clare Ansell Ballantine Dykes 2012–2017 View profile
- Professor Michael Barry Cooper 2012–2012 View profile
- Dr Caryl Helen Sibbett 2011–2020 View profile
- Mhairi Thurston 2011–2020 View profile
- Dr Alan Derek Dunnett 2010–2016 View profile
- Professor Susan Joy Wheeler 2009–2010 View profile
- Mcquire, Alec John, Reverend Doctor 2009–2010 View profile
- Dr Carol Lynnette Gabriel 2008–2011 View profile
- Dr Elspeth May Schwenk 2008–2016 View profile
- Anna Alison Hamilton 2007–2013 View profile
- Dr Faith Caroline Stafford 2006–2015 View profile
- Amanda Hawkins 2006–2014 View profile
- Gail Margaret King 2006–2011 View profile
- Mary Berry 2005–2006 View profile
- John Henry Cowley 2004–2011 View profile
- Kathy Raffles 2004–2010 View profile
- Janet Elizabeth Tolan 2003–2010 View profile
- Ronald Edward Beasley 2003–2009 View profile
- John Freeman Briffitt 2003–2008 View profile
- Noreen Griffiths 2002–2009 View profile
- Linda Jane Aspey 2002–2009 View profile
- Nicola Barden 2002–2009 View profile
- Val Potter 2002–2005 View profile
- Julia Aline Samuel 2001–2004 View profile
- Judith Langdon 2000–2002 View profile
- Roger Brian Casemore 1999–2006 View profile
- Lynn Macwhinnie 1999–2001 View profile
- Linden Burdus 1999–2004 View profile
- Jane Chisholm 1998–2003 View profile
- Craig Mcdevitt 1998–2002 View profile
- Anthea Green 1997–2000 View profile
- Constance Ruth Archer 1997–2000 View profile
- Hannah Greenwood 1997–2002 View profile
- Dr Gabrielle Brooke Syme 1996–1999 View profile
- Arthur John Musgrave 1995–1999 View profile
- Barbara Ann Jackson 1995–1998 View profile
- George Buckton 1995–2001 View profile
- Bridget Ann Wright 1994–1995 View profile
- Ray Wolfe 1994–1996 View profile
- Roberta Elizabeth Margaret Campbell 1994–1998 View profile
- Derek Robin Hill 1994–1999 View profile
- Anne Lord 1994–2002 View profile
- Elizabeth Ann Lindsay 1993–1997 View profile
- Tim Bond 1996 View profile
- Maureen Tinsley 1994 View profile
- Alan Lilley 1994 View profile
- Catharina Duffels 1998 View profile
- Dr Derek Hope 1995 View profile
- Robert Timmerman 1992 View profile
- Elsa Bell 1994 View profile
- Eva Hewitt 1994 View profile
- Graham Ronald Pitts 1993 View profile
- Penny Susan Spearman 1995 View profile
- Barbara Jackson 1994 View profile
- Dr Iro Eweka 1995 View profile
- Ian Charles Jones 2024–2024 View profile
- Cristian Shaun Holmes 2016–2019 View profile
- Laurence William Clarke 2002–2014 View profile
- Alan Jamieson 2001–2002 View profile
- Kenneth John Lewis 1998–2001 View profile
- Judith Baron 1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 08/10/1987
- Also a registered charity
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Erin Stevens Director · appointed 2025
- Ewan Irvine Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Paul John Taylor Director · appointed 2026
- Matthew William Brian Cormack Director · appointed 2025
- Josephine Bey Director · appointed 2023
- Emily Garvie Director · appointed 2025
- Emma Farrell Director · appointed 2023
- William Llorel-Antoine Director · appointed 2025
- David Chenery Director · appointed 2024
- Olubumi Akinmutande Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Erin Stevens Director · appointed 2025
- Ewan Irvine Director · appointed 2022
- Matthew William Brian Cormack Director · appointed 2025
- Josephine Bey Director · appointed 2023
- Emily Garvie Director · appointed 2025
- William Llorel-Antoine Director · appointed 2025
- David Chenery Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Paul John Taylor Director · appointed 2026
- Emma Farrell Director · appointed 2023
- Olubumi Akinmutande Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Sekinat Adima Director · appointed 2020 · 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.
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
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02175320
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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