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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 85

  1. Ian Charles Jones 2023–2024 Director View profile
  2. Dr Charlotte Venkatraman 2023–2024 Director View profile
  3. Marc Anthony Leppard 2023–2024 Director View profile
  4. Alwyn Li 2022–2024 Director View profile
  5. Punam Farmah 2021–2025 Director View profile
  6. Michael Adrian Golding 2020–2023 Director View profile
  7. Sekinat Adima 2020–2025 Director View profile
  8. Dr Kate Smith 2020–2023 Director View profile
  9. Neela Masani 2019–2021 Director View profile
  10. Heather Lesley Roberts 2019–2021 Director View profile
  11. Dr Julie May 2018–2022 Director View profile
  12. Moira Ramsay Sibbald 2018–2021 Director View profile
  13. Valerie Elliott 2018–2021 Director View profile
  14. Una Cavanagh 2017–2020 Director View profile
  15. Andrew John Kinder 2017–2020 Director View profile
  16. Natalie Fiona Bailey 2016–2025 Director View profile
  17. Myira Khan 2016–2019 Director View profile
  18. Vanessa Julia Stirum 2016–2022 Director View profile
  19. Revd Edwin William Carden 2015–2018 Director View profile
  20. Professor Christian Sophia Grace Chappell 2015–2018 Director View profile
  21. Dr Andrew Ronald Reeves 2013–2019 Director View profile
  22. David Oliver Weaver 2013–2016 Director View profile
  23. Dr Royston Alexander Flude 2013–2016 Director View profile
  24. Professor Richard Edmund Ashcroft 2013–2014 Director View profile
  25. Fiona Clare Ansell Ballantine Dykes 2012–2017 Director View profile
  26. Professor Michael Barry Cooper 2012–2012 Director View profile
  27. Dr Caryl Helen Sibbett 2011–2020 Director View profile
  28. Mhairi Thurston 2011–2020 Director View profile
  29. Dr Alan Derek Dunnett 2010–2016 Director View profile
  30. Professor Susan Joy Wheeler 2009–2010 Director View profile
  31. Mcquire, Alec John, Reverend Doctor 2009–2010 Director View profile
  32. Dr Carol Lynnette Gabriel 2008–2011 Director View profile
  33. Dr Elspeth May Schwenk 2008–2016 Director View profile
  34. Anna Alison Hamilton 2007–2013 Director View profile
  35. Dr Faith Caroline Stafford 2006–2015 Director View profile
  36. Amanda Hawkins 2006–2014 Director View profile
  37. Gail Margaret King 2006–2011 Director View profile
  38. Mary Berry 2005–2006 Director View profile
  39. John Henry Cowley 2004–2011 Director View profile
  40. Kathy Raffles 2004–2010 Director View profile
  41. Janet Elizabeth Tolan 2003–2010 Director View profile
  42. Ronald Edward Beasley 2003–2009 Director View profile
  43. John Freeman Briffitt 2003–2008 Director View profile
  44. Noreen Griffiths 2002–2009 Director View profile
  45. Linda Jane Aspey 2002–2009 Director View profile
  46. Nicola Barden 2002–2009 Director View profile
  47. Val Potter 2002–2005 Director View profile
  48. Julia Aline Samuel 2001–2004 Director View profile
  49. Judith Langdon 2000–2002 Director View profile
  50. Roger Brian Casemore 1999–2006 Director View profile
  51. Lynn Macwhinnie 1999–2001 Director View profile
  52. Linden Burdus 1999–2004 Director View profile
  53. Jane Chisholm 1998–2003 Director View profile
  54. Craig Mcdevitt 1998–2002 Director View profile
  55. Anthea Green 1997–2000 Director View profile
  56. Constance Ruth Archer 1997–2000 Director View profile
  57. Hannah Greenwood 1997–2002 Director View profile
  58. Dr Gabrielle Brooke Syme 1996–1999 Director View profile
  59. Arthur John Musgrave 1995–1999 Director View profile
  60. Barbara Ann Jackson 1995–1998 Director View profile
  61. George Buckton 1995–2001 Director View profile
  62. Bridget Ann Wright 1994–1995 Director View profile
  63. Ray Wolfe 1994–1996 Director View profile
  64. Roberta Elizabeth Margaret Campbell 1994–1998 Director View profile
  65. Derek Robin Hill 1994–1999 Director View profile
  66. Anne Lord 1994–2002 Director View profile
  67. Elizabeth Ann Lindsay 1993–1997 Director View profile
  68. Tim Bond 1996 Director View profile
  69. Maureen Tinsley 1994 Director View profile
  70. Alan Lilley 1994 Director View profile
  71. Catharina Duffels 1998 Director View profile
  72. Dr Derek Hope 1995 Director View profile
  73. Robert Timmerman 1992 Director View profile
  74. Elsa Bell 1994 Director View profile
  75. Eva Hewitt 1994 Director View profile
  76. Graham Ronald Pitts 1993 Director View profile
  77. Penny Susan Spearman 1995 Director View profile
  78. Barbara Jackson 1994 Director View profile
  79. Dr Iro Eweka 1995 Director View profile
  80. Ian Charles Jones 2024–2024 Secretary View profile
  81. Cristian Shaun Holmes 2016–2019 Secretary View profile
  82. Laurence William Clarke 2002–2014 Secretary View profile
  83. Alan Jamieson 2001–2002 Secretary View profile
  84. Kenneth John Lewis 1998–2001 Secretary View profile
  85. Judith Baron 1998 Secretary 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

1.6y median 1.2y
average tenure
3.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

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.

Tech and media 2Business services 1Education 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

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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