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The Wells Cathedral School Foundation
The Wells Cathedral School Foundation is an active UK company (number 02804495), incorporated 1993, with 9 current directors including Charlotte Ann Sheaf and Sophie Melissa Potter. Source: Companies House, updated 25th October 2026.
Pre-primary education
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Who leads it
- Charlotte Ann SheafDirector · since 2024
- Sophie Melissa PotterDirector · since 2024
- Alan Richard DurrantDirector · since 2019
- Alastair Geoffrey TigheDirector · since 2018
- David Alfred John Brown OBEDirector · since 2015
- Massimiliano CostantiniDirector · since 2013
- Christopher Shaun Tudor SeatonDirector · since 2009
- Timothy William Hunt LewisDirector · since 2008
- Philip Robert LemanskiDirector · since 2007
- Robert Denis MccartneySecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 21
- Very Revd Dr John Harverd Davies 2017-2017 View profile
- Jeremy James Brade 2014-2019 View profile
- Jennifer Mona Mackwood Kingston 2014-2021 View profile
- Ann Louise Gummer 2014-2024 View profile
- Christopher Iain Carlyle Jackson 2011-2025 View profile
- Patrick Donald Cook 2008-2014 View profile
- Dr Stella Rosemary Clarke 2008-2017 View profile
- Nicholas James Guttridge 2007-2011 View profile
- John Stephen Baxter 2007-2017 View profile
- Paul Gary Brown 2007-2014 View profile
- Lord Robert Temple Armstrong of Ilminster 2007-2012 View profile
- Elizabeth Caroline Cairncross 2006-2018 View profile
- Very Reverend John Martin Clarke 2004-2015 View profile
- Sir Roger William Young 1993-2004 View profile
- David Cuthbert Tudway Quilter 1993-2007 View profile
- Lord Marmaduke James Hussey of North Bradley 1993-2004 View profile
- Lord William Rees-Mogg 1993-2004 View profile
- Peter James Knell 2013-2022 View profile
- Steven John Anthony Maltravers Webber 2003-2013 View profile
- Stuart John Drabble 1997-2003 View profile
- Hick, Malcolm Richard, Group Captain 1993-1997 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Pre-primary education; Primary education; General secondary education; Cultural education
- Incorporated
- 29/03/1993
- Registered office
- Wells
- Also a registered charity
- The Wells Cathedral School Foundation
- Previous names
- Wells Cathedral School Development Trust (until 20/12/2006)
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.
9 directors on the board
- Sophie Melissa Potter Director · appointed 2024
- Christopher Shaun Tudor Seaton Director · appointed 2009
- Massimiliano Costantini Director · appointed 2013
- Alan Richard Durrant Director · appointed 2019
- Philip Robert Lemanski Director · appointed 2007
- Charlotte Ann Sheaf Director · appointed 2024
- Alastair Geoffrey Tighe Director · appointed 2018
- Timothy William Hunt Lewis Director · appointed 2008
- David Alfred John Brown OBE Director · appointed 2015
Directors past 6 years
- Christopher Shaun Tudor Seaton Director · appointed 2009
- Massimiliano Costantini Director · appointed 2013
- Alan Richard Durrant Director · appointed 2019
- Philip Robert Lemanski Director · appointed 2007
- Alastair Geoffrey Tighe Director · appointed 2018
- Timothy William Hunt Lewis Director · appointed 2008
- David Alfred John Brown OBE Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Sophie Melissa Potter Director · appointed 2024
- Philip Robert Lemanski Director · appointed 2007
Portfolio (7)
- Christopher Shaun Tudor Seaton Director · appointed 2009
- Massimiliano Costantini Director · appointed 2013
- Alan Richard Durrant Director · appointed 2019
- Charlotte Ann Sheaf Director · appointed 2024
- Alastair Geoffrey Tighe Director · appointed 2018
- Timothy William Hunt Lewis Director · appointed 2008
- David Alfred John Brown OBE Director · appointed 2015
Also govern a charity
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02804495
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 31/05/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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