The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Wells Festival of Literature Limited

Company 02827744 Active

Registered charity: Wells Festival of Literature Limited

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.

5
directors on the board
10.1y median 8.4y
average tenure
16.2y
longest tenure
5
directors past 6 years
4 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
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.

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Company details

Number02827744
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated16/06/1993
AddressTREGANTLE, MILTON LANE, WELLS, SOMERSET, BA5 2QT
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

90040 - Operation of arts facilities

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (31)

  • Rowe, Frances Mary Director · appointed 2018
  • Wright, Dorothy Director · appointed 2018
  • Decamp, Sian Elizabeth Director · appointed 2018
  • Kolombos, Alexander John, Dr Director · appointed 2017
  • Manning, Richard Denley John Secretary · appointed 2013
  • Cain, Hilary Thomasine Director · appointed 2010
  • Lefevre, Emma Louise Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
  • Coke, Toby Richard Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
  • Fisher, Thelma Jeanette Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2017
  • Rees-Mogg Craigie, Emma Beatrice, the Hon Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
  • Laws, Peter John Daughton Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
  • Loveday, Simon Charles Hollier Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2014
  • Hudson, Kathryn Rosemary Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
  • Shaw, John Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
  • Harbinson, Lois Margaret Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Crossley, Peter Bigham Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2011
  • Morland, Joseph Coleby Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2011
  • Cryer, John Newcomb Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
  • Knowles, Anna Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2008
  • Humphreys, Hugh Michael Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2008
  • Cryer, Mary Elizabeth Newcomb Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2012
  • Fountaine, Richard Maurice Former Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 2013
  • Swinyard, Jane Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2003
  • Frith, John William Gabriel Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2004
  • Thomas, Judith Mary Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2003
  • Mountford, Peter Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2000
  • Thomasson, Frank Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
  • Toulson, Kathleen Shirley Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
  • Langdon, Katherine Margaret Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2003
  • Giles, Eileen Mary Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
  • Egan, Pamela Grace Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2012

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