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The Anvil Trust LTD

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

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Previous officers 59

  1. Zoe Louise Seenan 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Grant David Brisland 2024-2026 Director View profile
  3. Heather Whittam 2024-2025 Director View profile
  4. John Richard Izett 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Christopher Paul Smith 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. David Roy Chatten-Smith 2018-2023 Director View profile
  7. David William Courtenay Whelton 2017-2021 Director View profile
  8. Abigail Helen Bowden 2017-2023 Director View profile
  9. Tucker, Marilyn Jane, Councillor 2016-2019 Director View profile
  10. Steven Hayward 2016-2025 Director View profile
  11. Dr Alei Duan 2016-2020 Director View profile
  12. Laura Bryony Bell 2016-2023 Director View profile
  13. Ilana Bennett 2016-2017 Director View profile
  14. Rina Radhia Tarafder 2013-2015 Director View profile
  15. Mary Cicely Florence Monfries 2012-2017 Director View profile
  16. John Anthony Leek 2012-2016 Director View profile
  17. Thomas Harvey Thorp 2012-2016 Director View profile
  18. Andrew John Finney 2012-2021 Director View profile
  19. Keith George Chapman 2010-2017 Director View profile
  20. Amanda Elizabeth Aldous 2010-2013 Director View profile
  21. Frances Tyrie Candler 2009-2016 Director View profile
  22. Dr Susan Patricia Bowen 2009-2015 Director View profile
  23. Clive Guy Sanders 2007-2012 Director View profile
  24. Kathryn Ann Hathaway 2007-2010 Director View profile
  25. Claire Coldwell 2007-2009 Director View profile
  26. David Michael Cochrane Elsworth Steen 2007-2013 Director View profile
  27. Roy Bonner Sands 2007-2008 Director View profile
  28. Terence Smith 2007-2013 Director View profile
  29. Olngbenga Olnsola Taiwo 2005-2011 Director View profile
  30. Frederick Anthony Michael Motture 2004-2007 Director View profile
  31. Jarold Jan Bowlus 2003-2013 Director View profile
  32. Ann Davies 2003-2009 Director View profile
  33. Keith Alan Worthy Fry 2002-2008 Director View profile
  34. Alexander John Richard Green 2001-2007 Director View profile
  35. Gillian Bartrip 2001-2007 Director View profile
  36. Anthony Norgrave Purslow 2001-2007 Director View profile
  37. Karen Lesley Dignan 2000-2008 Director View profile
  38. Paul Richard James 1999-2001 Director View profile
  39. Raymond Wallace Watson 1999-2002 Director View profile
  40. Peter Richard Bolton 1998-2000 Director View profile
  41. Portsmouth, Annabel, Countess of 1998-2004 Director View profile
  42. Elizabeth Warnes 1997-2000 Director View profile
  43. David Coggins 1997-2003 Director View profile
  44. Sally Sheila Anne Jones 1997-2002 Director View profile
  45. Professor John Michael Holden 1997-2005 Director View profile
  46. Monica Good 1997-2003 Director View profile
  47. Sheila Veronica Glyn -Owen 1997-2003 Director View profile
  48. Roger Vernon Charles Morris 1996-1997 Director View profile
  49. Derick Mirfin 1995-1998 Director View profile
  50. Edward Hilton Garside 1995-2000 Director View profile
  51. David Mark Norman 1995-2000 Director View profile
  52. Lady Sainsbury 1992-1998 Director View profile
  53. Stephen Henry Reid 1992-1996 Director View profile
  54. Leslie Frederick Carnell 1992-1997 Director View profile
  55. Richard Brian Gaiger 1992-1998 Director View profile
  56. James Alexander Tilston 2018-2020 Secretary View profile
  57. Christine Bradwell 1996-2018 Secretary View profile
  58. Margaret Newman 1993-1996 Secretary View profile
  59. Michael David Sullivan-Gould 1992-1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
03/06/1992
Also a registered charity
The Anvil Trust Limited

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Anvil Trust LTD 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.

Grants received

8 grants · £1,106,153 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £932,467 (6 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £173,686 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £141,5062021-12-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £141,5062020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £246,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £123,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £138,9492019-04-01
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.

8 directors on the board

3.2y median 2.1y
average tenure
8.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Arts and leisure 15Business services 1Construction 1Dormant 1Finance 1Hospitality 1Professional services 1Property 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
02720007
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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