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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 64

  1. Deborah Jane Jones 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Michael John Ward 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Julie Ann Griffiths 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Lesley Smetham 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Dr Anthony John Davison 2019-2020 Director View profile
  6. David Trevor Shatwell 2019-2022 Director View profile
  7. Grace Nadin-Salter 2018-2019 Director View profile
  8. Dominique Roberts 2018-2020 Director View profile
  9. Alexander Mark Adamski 2016-2019 Director View profile
  10. Catherine Mary Dewar 2016-2022 Director View profile
  11. John Charles Varney 2016-2025 Director View profile
  12. David Thomas Brown 2016-2019 Director View profile
  13. Nicholas Hynes 2016-2023 Director View profile
  14. Alan Lindsay Scott 2016-2016 Director View profile
  15. Chris Andrew 2015-2016 Director View profile
  16. Nigel Bennett 2014-2017 Director View profile
  17. Beryl Kay Footman 2013-2016 Director View profile
  18. Victor Crawford 2013-2014 Director View profile
  19. Dr Martin Howdle Todd 2013-2017 Director View profile
  20. Stephen Mark Roxborough 2012-2016 Director View profile
  21. David Patrick Gooda 2012-2018 Director View profile
  22. Graham Christopher Barrow 2012-2015 Director View profile
  23. Wesley Fitzgerald 2012-2016 Director View profile
  24. Kenneth John Edwards 2011-2015 Director View profile
  25. Jason Hedley Patrick 2011-2012 Director View profile
  26. Ann Margaret Waring 2010-2012 Director View profile
  27. Eric Charles Frederick Rogers 2010-2013 Director View profile
  28. Valerie June Lloyd 2010-2013 Director View profile
  29. William Harold Livesley 2010-2012 Director View profile
  30. Beard, Christopher John, Councillor 2009-2010 Director View profile
  31. Jean Margaret Evans 2008-2010 Director View profile
  32. Susan Leigh Hardern 2008-2012 Director View profile
  33. Stephen John Goodwin 2008-2010 Director View profile
  34. Burton, Alan, Cllr 2007-2008 Director View profile
  35. Megan Codling 2005-2011 Director View profile
  36. John Glynn Heselwood 2005-2008 Director View profile
  37. Ranfield, Anthony David, Councillor 2005-2011 Director View profile
  38. Eleanor Carter 2005-2008 Director View profile
  39. Melanie Sandra Venables 2003-2005 Director View profile
  40. David Nelson 2003-2010 Director View profile
  41. Gilliland, Elizabeth Nora, Councillor 2003-2005 Director View profile
  42. Basil Simon Jeuda 2002-2005 Director View profile
  43. Greenwood, Sheila Mary, Councillor 2002-2003 Director View profile
  44. John Paul Findlow 2001-2009 Director View profile
  45. Brendan Patrick Murphy 2000-2002 Director View profile
  46. Arnold, William John Ainsley, Councillor 1999-2007 Director View profile
  47. Alan Claro 1997-2005 Director View profile
  48. Flynn, Francis Michael, Councillor 1996-1999 Director View profile
  49. Sir Francis Graham-Smith 1995-2013 Director View profile
  50. Lynette Grace Cookson 1994-2008 Director View profile
  51. Edward Russell Cutler 1994-2000 Director View profile
  52. Michael James Copple 1993-1997 Director View profile
  53. Kenneth Loran 1992-1993 Director View profile
  54. John David Paul Hughes 1992-2002 Director View profile
  55. George William Driver 1992 Director View profile
  56. June Cynthia Plymen 1993 Director View profile
  57. Charles Hedley Tittenson Cleaver 1996 Director View profile
  58. Colin Jackson 1995 Director View profile
  59. David John Palmer 2001 Director View profile
  60. Denzil Brynmore Kingston 1994 Director View profile
  61. Penelope Jane Asquith-Evans 2012-2017 Secretary View profile
  62. Michael Francis Flynn 1997-2011 Secretary View profile
  63. Frank Ian Dunn 1996-1997 Secretary View profile
  64. Graham David Gordon 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
23/10/1987
Also a registered charity
The Silk Heritage Trust

Grants received

21 grants · £1,989,718 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,311,623 (9 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £424,411 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £183,728 (5 grants)
  • Architectural Heritage Fund · £63,706 (2 grants)
  • Cheshire Community Foundation · £6,250 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £227,2232025-03-18
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £165,0002024-02-09
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £215,4512022-06-29
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £43,9602022-06-29
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £49,8302022-03-01
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.

16 directors on the board

3.3y median 1.3y
average tenure
15.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (13)

Portfolio (3)

1
also govern a charity

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.

Retail and trade 2Tech and media 2Business services 1Finance 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02182687
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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