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Who leads it
Previous officers 17
- Keith Leonard Hill 2024-2024 View profile
- Linda Hill 2024-2024 View profile
- Beverley Anne Hemingway 2016-2026 View profile
- Christine Mary Sykes 2015-2016 View profile
- Margaret Ann Bancroft 2010-2016 View profile
- Kathleen Beardshall 2006-2008 View profile
- Elaine Pollock 2006-2016 View profile
- Josephine Alwyn Cartwright 2003-2008 View profile
- Kenneth Chadwick 2002-2004 View profile
- Margaret Thickett 1992-2002 View profile
- Donald Teal 1992-2024 View profile
- Sylvia Rosemary Cockell 1992-2010 View profile
- Robert Cockell 1992-2018 View profile
- Mary Hick 1992-2003 View profile
- Fred Anthony Hick 1992-2003 View profile
- Denis John Howard Baker 1992-2003 View profile
- Barrie Robert Warner 1992-2025 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 07/05/1992
- Also a registered charity
- Horticare
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.
6 directors on the board
- Margaret Sylvia Warner Director · appointed 1992
- Susan Handforth Director · appointed 2005
- Irene Margret Jones Director · appointed 2016
- Grace Thresh Director · appointed 2018
- Michael Ross Thorpe Director · appointed 2024
- Richard Ian Shaw Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Margaret Sylvia Warner Director · appointed 1992
- Susan Handforth Director · appointed 2005
- Irene Margret Jones Director · appointed 2016
- Grace Thresh Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Margaret Sylvia Warner Director · appointed 1992
- Susan Handforth Director · appointed 2005
- Irene Margret Jones Director · appointed 2016
- Grace Thresh Director · appointed 2018
- Michael Ross Thorpe Director · appointed 2024
- Richard Ian Shaw Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- Beverley Anne Hemingway Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02712532
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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