The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Friends of Whitby Abbey

Company 02374902 Active

Registered charity: Friends of Whitby Abbey

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.

5
directors on the board
5.8y median 6.7y
average tenure
8.7y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
4 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
5
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Transport 1

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Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Related organisations

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Company details

Number02374902
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated24/04/1989
Address29 ANCHORAGE WAY, WHITBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE, YO21 1NU
Accounts next due31/03/2027
Accounts last made up30/06/2025

Industry (SIC)

63990 - Other information service activities n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (46)

  • Douglas, Sarah Leanne Director · appointed 2025
  • Hornigold, Anne Director · appointed 2022
  • Swannick, Neil Russell Director · appointed 2019
  • Coulter, Ann Lesley Director · appointed 2017
  • Gobbett, Michael George, Reverend Director · appointed 2017
  • Tonnar, Charles Stuart Secretary · appointed 2006
  • Williamson, Mark Lewis Former Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
  • Laurence, Alastair Douglas, Dr Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
  • Farrell, Robert James Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
  • Coulter, David Thomas Wilfrid Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
  • Eaves, John David Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2022
  • Morris, Philip Anthony Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
  • Williams, Barrie, Reverend Dr. Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2021
  • Pickles, Roger Lawrence Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2026
  • Smith, David William, Canon Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2020
  • Edwards, Mark Trevor Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2017
  • Kroebel, Christiane Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2019
  • Green, Michael John Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
  • Bush, Pam None, Sister Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2016
  • Mcnicholas, Neil, Father Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
  • Dean, Dorothy Maureen, Sister Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
  • Crouch, David, Professor Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2008
  • Hunter, David Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2025
  • Loughlin, John, Reverend Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
  • Green, Janet Ray Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2010
  • Ladds, Robert Sidney, Venerable Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2008
  • Dean, Judith Ellen, Dr Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2005
  • Barker, Robina Rosalin Former Secretary · appointed 1997 · resigned 2007
  • Yeates, Gillian Margaret, Sister Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
  • Stopford, Jenny, Doctor Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2002
  • Aisbitt, Michael, Reverend Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Dennier, Anne Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2012
  • Atherton, Richard Howard Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2012
  • Newlyn, Nova Former Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
  • Crowley, John, the Right Reverend Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
  • Bates, Gordon, Rt Reverend Former Director · resigned 2000
  • Hemson, John Henry Former Director · resigned 2008
  • Kenyon, Jane Margaret Former Director · resigned 2010
  • Cramp, Rosemary Jean, Professor Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Prince, Alison Hilton, Sister Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Harris, Augustine, Bishop Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Oversby, June Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Strickland-Constable, Frederic, Sir Former Director · resigned 2026
  • Ohara, Garven Clement Alphonsus, Very Reverend Former Director · resigned 2000
  • Hopkinson, Benjamin Alaric, Rev Former Director · resigned 2000
  • DON, Mavis Former Director · resigned 2001

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