Company · Sawbridgeworth
The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors
Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Helen Jean WathallDirector · since 2025
- Rebecca Charlotte HortonDirector · since 2025
- Oliver James TownerDirector · since 2024
- Daniel John GinderDirector · since 2024
- George William RobertsDirector · since 2023
- Gary Noel StakerDirector · since 2021
- Ross Whitmore HicktonDirector · since 2020
- Paul AllcockDirector · since 2020
Show all 10 current officers
- Simon Adrian Helliar-MooreDirector · since 2020
- Terry Ronald TennensSecretary · since 2019
Previous officers (30)
- David Benjamin MassamDirector · 2023–2024
- James Bertram MorrisDirector · 2022–2024
- Amanda Jane DalbyDirector · 2021–2023
- Declan Francis MaguireDirector · 2021–2026
- Liam John RobertsDirector · 2020–2022
- David GrestyDirector · 2020–2020
- James Melville CarcaryDirector · 2020–2022
- James AuldDirector · 2020–2022
- Paul SillettDirector · 2020–2025
- Gemma Elisabeth O'DriscollDirector · 2020–2024
- Joanne Parker PrescottDirector · 2020–2024
- Mark Andrew PorteousDirector · 2020–2023
- Mark David HortonDirector · 2020–2025
- Darren Charles CarpenterDirector · 2020–2021
- Christine Elizabeth Abigail ParkerDirector · 2018–2020
- Sean David MartinDirector · 2018–2022
- Arran James BrudenellDirector · 2010–2020
- Joel KerrDirector · 2007–2014
- Alan George SmithDirector · 2007–2010
- Ryan Peter SquiresDirector · 2006–2010
- Richard Bennett EdwardsDirector · 2006–2010
- Andrew Reginald HarveyDirector · 2006–2008
- Darren Charles CarpenterDirector · 2006–2009
- Christine Elizabeth ParkerDirector · 2006–2017
- Charles Peter NethercottDirector · 2006–2015
- Paul Kenneth CapperDirector · 2006–2008
- Patrick GallagherDirector · 2006–2017
- Edward Jeremy WestDirector · –2022
- Mervyn Howard PilleySecretary · 2006–2008
- Clive Anthony LevertonSecretary · –2019
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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How it connects
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Arthur C. Towner Limited 1 shared director
- G Wathall & SON Funeral Directors Limited 1 shared director
- ST. Peters Quarter Derby Limited 1 shared director
- M K Ginder Limited 1 shared director
- Hickton Dudley Limited 1 shared director
- Hickton (Bartley) LTD 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Shared officers are formal board links, not proof the organisations work together.
About
- What it does
- Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 26/10/1989
- Registered office
- Sawbridgeworth
- Previous names
- Society of Allied Independent Funeral Directors (until 21/12/2006)
Ownership
Owned by (5) 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.
- Clive Anthony Leverton ceased 2019-08-20
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Patrick Gallagher ceased 2017-03-25
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Christine Elizabeth Abigail Parker ceased 2020-08-19
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Edward Jeremy West ceased 2020-08-19
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Arran James Brudenell ceased 2020-08-19
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
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.
9 directors on the board
- Ross Whitmore Hickton Director · appointed 2020
- Gary Noel Staker Director · appointed 2021
- Oliver James Towner Director · appointed 2024
- George William Roberts Director · appointed 2023
- Helen Jean Wathall Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Allcock Director · appointed 2020
- Daniel John Ginder Director · appointed 2024
- Simon Adrian Helliar-Moore Director · appointed 2020
- Rebecca Charlotte Horton Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Ross Whitmore Hickton Director · appointed 2020
- Paul Allcock Director · appointed 2020
- Simon Adrian Helliar-Moore Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Gary Noel Staker Director · appointed 2021
- Paul Allcock Director · appointed 2020
- Rebecca Charlotte Horton Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (6)
- Ross Whitmore Hickton Director · appointed 2020
- Oliver James Towner Director · appointed 2024
- George William Roberts Director · appointed 2023
- Helen Jean Wathall Director · appointed 2025
- Daniel John Ginder Director · appointed 2024
- Simon Adrian Helliar-Moore Director · appointed 2020
Left in the last 12 months
- Paul Sillett Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
- Declan Francis Maguire Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02436831
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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