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Wells Festival of Literature Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 25

  1. Emma Louise Lefevre 2016-2018 Director View profile
  2. Toby Richard Coke 2015-2017 Director View profile
  3. Thelma Jeanette Fisher 2014-2017 Director View profile
  4. Hon Emma Beatrice Rees-Mogg Craigie 2012-2016 Director View profile
  5. Peter John Daughton Laws 2011-2015 Director View profile
  6. Simon Charles Hollier Loveday 2010-2014 Director View profile
  7. Kathryn Rosemary Hudson 2009-2015 Director View profile
  8. John Shaw 2008-2010 Director View profile
  9. Lois Margaret Harbinson 2004-2007 Director View profile
  10. Peter Bigham Crossley 2004-2011 Director View profile
  11. Joseph Coleby Morland 2004-2011 Director View profile
  12. John Newcomb Cryer 2003-2009 Director View profile
  13. Anna Knowles 2001-2008 Director View profile
  14. Hugh Michael Humphreys 2000-2008 Director View profile
  15. Mary Elizabeth Newcomb Cryer 2000-2012 Director View profile
  16. Jane Swinyard 1993-2003 Director View profile
  17. John William Gabriel Frith 1993-2004 Director View profile
  18. Judith Mary Thomas 1993-2003 Director View profile
  19. Peter Mountford 1993-2000 Director View profile
  20. Frank Thomasson 1993-1998 Director View profile
  21. Kathleen Shirley Toulson 1993-1995 Director View profile
  22. Katherine Margaret Langdon 1993-2003 Director View profile
  23. Eileen Mary Giles 1993-1998 Director View profile
  24. Pamela Grace Egan 1993-2012 Director View profile
  25. Richard Maurice Fountaine 1994-2013 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
16/06/1993
Also a registered charity
Wells Festival of Literature Limited

Financials

Net assets
£102,210
Total assets
£102,210
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Micro-entity accounts.

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-12-31Not reported£102,210
2024-12-31Not reported£82,970

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

5 directors on the board

10.1y median 8.4y
average tenure
16.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
left in the last 12 months

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
02827744
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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