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Alive Publishing Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 17

  1. Luke Michael Conway 2018-2023 Director View profile
  2. Susan Lesley Conway 2018-2023 Director View profile
  3. Joanna Mary Moorhead 2018-2026 Director View profile
  4. Jamus Jabez Kessack Smith 2000-2006 Director View profile
  5. Geoffrey Vincent Poulter 1998-2018 Director View profile
  6. Anthony Regan 1998-2003 Director View profile
  7. Rev Seamus Heaney 1996-2022 Director View profile
  8. Watson, Paul Joseph, the Rt Rev Monsignor 1995-2018 Director View profile
  9. Richard Peter Burnford 1993-1999 Director View profile
  10. Roger Evans 1998 Director View profile
  11. Reverend James Overton 2000 Director View profile
  12. Thomas Robert Di Ienno 1995 Director View profile
  13. Peter Dudley Hocken 2005 Director View profile
  14. Joseph Charles Difato 1995 Director View profile
  15. Emma Elizabeth Marshall-Birks 2007-2011 Secretary View profile
  16. Howard Malcolm Somerset 2003-2007 Secretary View profile
  17. Leslie Francis Thomas 1998-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
09/02/1988
Also a registered charity
Alive Publishing Limited

Ownership

Owned by (4) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Alive Publishing Limited is controlled by Matthew Michael Conway
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2017-11-03 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Matthew Michael Conway.

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.

Financials

Employees
0.05
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

3 directors on the board

5.8y median 5.6y
average tenure
8.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

0
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.

Business services 1Professional services 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
02218996
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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