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The National Forest Company

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

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Previous officers 46

  1. Lord Ian James Duncan of Springbank 2020-2023 Director View profile
  2. Arvind Michael Kapur 2018-2025 Director View profile
  3. Alison Blanche Field 2018-2025 Director View profile
  4. Patrick David Harrop 2018-2024 Director View profile
  5. Jack Richard Buckner 2016-2022 Director View profile
  6. Sir William Ralph Worsley 2016-2020 Director View profile
  7. Suzanne Margaret Carr 2016-2018 Director View profile
  8. Brian Mahony 2013-2018 Director View profile
  9. Christopher Peter Holmes 2013-2020 Director View profile
  10. Dr Roger Clarke 2011-2018 Director View profile
  11. Catherine Theodora Graham-Harrison 2011-2016 Director View profile
  12. David Webster Nicholls 2010-2015 Director View profile
  13. Anthony David Maurice Hams 2010-2016 Director View profile
  14. The National Forest Company 2010-2011 Corporate-director View profile
  15. Judith Webb 2007-2013 Director View profile
  16. Dr Susan Ann Warren 2007-2013 Director View profile
  17. Robin Anthony Pellew 2007-2014 Director View profile
  18. Sophie Churchill 2006-2014 Director View profile
  19. Valerie Ellen Le Vaillant 2005-2011 Director View profile
  20. Russell Jonathan Canning 2005-2011 Director View profile
  21. Dinah Alison Nichols 2005-2011 Director View profile
  22. Oliver William Johnson 2004-2010 Director View profile
  23. Martin Charles Glynn 2004-2010 Director View profile
  24. Tilley, Fiona Jane, Doctor 2004-2007 Director View profile
  25. Jean Tallantire 2001-2007 Director View profile
  26. John Trevor Perry 2001-2007 Director View profile
  27. Christine Margaret Hemming 1999-2005 Director View profile
  28. Patricia Richards 1999-2005 Director View profile
  29. Alistair Vivian Astling 1999-2005 Director View profile
  30. Hilary Jane Lade 1998-2002 Director View profile
  31. David R Goode 1998-2004 Director View profile
  32. Carol Anne Thompson 1998-2004 Director View profile
  33. Derrick Roch Penrose 1995-1999 Director View profile
  34. Susan Bell 1995-2006 Director View profile
  35. Dr Duncan John Jeffray 1995-1998 Director View profile
  36. Rupert Edward Wilkins 1995-2001 Director View profile
  37. Geoffrey Charles Steeley 1995-1999 Director View profile
  38. John Nicholas Thompson 1995-2001 Director View profile
  39. David William Grenville Taylor 1995-1998 Director View profile
  40. Rodney Newman Swarbrick 1994-1999 Director View profile
  41. Louise Insley 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  42. Amanda Jane Fletcher 2023-2024 Secretary View profile
  43. Louise Insley 2023-2023 Secretary View profile
  44. Angela Beech 2011-2022 Secretary View profile
  45. Michael Dewsnap 1995-2011 Secretary View profile
  46. Craig Vincent Jones 1994-1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
18/11/1994
Also a registered charity
The National Forest Company

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The National Forest Company on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 other companies 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 · £5,113,584 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £5,014,206 (5 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £99,378 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £248,8782025-02-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £224,2282022-07-21
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £52,0002021-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £11,2082021-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £36,1702020-04-01

Contracts awarded

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

Most recent

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.

10 directors on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
11.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

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 3Professional services 2Retail and trade 2Education 1Finance 1Hospitality 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
02991970
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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