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The World of Glass (ST Helens) Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 57

  1. Susan Elizabeth Murphy 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Tracy Mawson 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Rachel Louise Collins 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. John Francis Tabern 2020-2023 Director View profile
  5. Denise Mary Morgan 2020-2022 Director View profile
  6. Stephen Gareth Lingard 2020-2025 Director View profile
  7. Stephen Tracey 2019-2020 Director View profile
  8. Anthony Burns 2019-2023 Director View profile
  9. Victoria Margaret Roberts 2017-2019 Director View profile
  10. Gillian Neal 2017-2018 Director View profile
  11. Jeanie Bell 2015-2017 Director View profile
  12. Susan Lesley Williamson 2014-2023 Director View profile
  13. Andrew John Bowden 2014-2015 Director View profile
  14. Gareth William Cross 2013-2014 Director View profile
  15. Barrie Grunewald 2012-2013 Director View profile
  16. Eric Smith 2011-2012 Director View profile
  17. Clare Maria Gravener 2011-2021 Director View profile
  18. Grunewald, Barrie, Councillor 2010-2011 Director View profile
  19. Sara Louise Gilroy Williams 2009-2011 Director View profile
  20. Brian Dean 2008-2016 Director View profile
  21. Michael Simmons 2007-2009 Director View profile
  22. Brian Thomas Spencer 2006-2010 Director View profile
  23. David James Baybutt 2002-2008 Director View profile
  24. Michael Geoffrey Walker 2002-2008 Director View profile
  25. Michael Kingsley Stammers 2001-2002 Director View profile
  26. Kathleen Elizabeth Boullen 2000-2002 Director View profile
  27. Rimmer, Marie Elizabeth, Councillor 1999-2006 Director View profile
  28. Arthur Philip Thornton 1999-2000 Director View profile
  29. Dame Patricia Anne Bacon 1999-2004 Director View profile
  30. Alan Charles Smith 1999-2001 Director View profile
  31. John Charles Munnery 1998-1999 Director View profile
  32. Edmund Campion Southworth 1998-2009 Director View profile
  33. Derek Grimes 1998-2000 Director View profile
  34. Shirley Kathryn Leaver 1997-2000 Director View profile
  35. Simon Craig Green 1996-1998 Director View profile
  36. Robert Charles Hepworth 1996-2025 Director View profile
  37. Richard Ian Tully 1996-2024 Director View profile
  38. Michael Cairns Smith 1996-1997 Director View profile
  39. Sir Richard Anthony Foster 1996-1998 Director View profile
  40. Sir Anthony Richard Pilkington 1996-2000 Director View profile
  41. Professor Anthony Ledwith 1996-2002 Director View profile
  42. John Michael Greenwood 1993-1997 Director View profile
  43. Marchand Bernard 1993-1999 Director View profile
  44. Christopher Moore 1993-1997 Director View profile
  45. Doyle, Michael John, Cllr 1993-1999 Director View profile
  46. Joseph Wilmot West 1993-1999 Director View profile
  47. Professor Graham William Ashworth 1991-2010 Director View profile
  48. Norman Heaton 1999 Director View profile
  49. Stephen Philip Hardy 2001 Director View profile
  50. Christopher John Baybutt 2008 Director View profile
  51. Michael Hampson 1995 Director View profile
  52. Charles John Ellison 1996 Director View profile
  53. David Watts 1993 Director View profile
  54. David Barry Wood 1993 Director View profile
  55. Kevin Crooks 2022-2025 Secretary View profile
  56. Lesley Ann Blakemore 1995-2020 Secretary View profile
  57. Andrew Vaughan Hood Patterson 1991-1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities
Incorporated
18/03/1991
Also a registered charity
The World of Glass (ST Helens) Limited

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The World of Glass (ST Helens) Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

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
0.11
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

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.

Grants received

8 grants · £9,033,320 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 · £8,744,126 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £268,870 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £10,489
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,835

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £131,1262026-02-19
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £10,4892024-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £200,8082020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £68,0622020-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002008-03-26
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.

10 directors on the board

7y median 2.3y
average tenure
26.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Health and social care 4Arts and leisure 3Business services 2Other services 2Retail and trade 2Education 1Property 1Tech and media 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
02592450
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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