Who leads it
- Jonathon Richard WolseyDirector · since 2025
- Evelyn BushellDirector · since 2025
- Marie Elizabeth HoughtonDirector · since 2025
- Chelsea Amber CarrDirector · since 2025
- Gail Thompson BowdenDirector · since 2024
- Maiken Lykke BagleyDirector · since 2022
- Catherine Minette MurphyDirector · since 2020
- Jon Finch FinchDirector · since 2015
- Gareth EvansDirector · since 2015
- Christine Elizabeth LinesDirector · since 2015
- John Allan Ishmael GendallDirector · since 2010
- Steven LinesDirector · since 2008
- Sandra Elizabeth OrchardDirector · since 1995
- Robert CleggDirector · since 1995
Previous officers 23
- Nigel Tate 2022–2025 View profile
- James Edward Hulme 2022–2025 View profile
- Mark Grayshon 2022–2024 View profile
- Jeppe Christensen 2020–2025 View profile
- Julie Anne Bailey 2019–2020 View profile
- Nigel Tate 2019–2020 View profile
- Benedict Peter Coffin 2014–2020 View profile
- Kendall William Kinrade 2014–2024 View profile
- Simon Henry Longlands 2012–2014 View profile
- Tony Thorpe 2011–2024 View profile
- Mark Andrew Talbot 2011–2020 View profile
- Christopher Abrams 2011–2012 View profile
- David Ian Hall 2011–2015 View profile
- Sandra Gillbanks 2011–2014 View profile
- Sarah Diana Deys Longlands 2010–2015 View profile
- Paul John Murphy 2002–2006 View profile
- Frances Maria Juchnowicz 2001–2011 View profile
- Peter John Carss 1996–2002 View profile
- Paul Vernon Lydiate 1995–2002 View profile
- Roger John Barry 1995–2022 View profile
- Russell Scott 1995–2014 View profile
- Anthony Sayer 1995–2011 View profile
- Charlotte Ann Sayer 1995–2011 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 07/09/1995
- Also a registered charity
- The Vikings
Ownership
Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Catherine Minette Murphy
appoints directors (trust) · notified 2022-03-26 - Roger John Barry ceased 2022-03-26
significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
Board analysis for researchers
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.
14 directors on the board
- Gail Thompson Bowden Director · appointed 2024
- Jon Finch Finch Director · appointed 2015
- Jonathon Richard Wolsey Director · appointed 2025
- Gareth Evans Director · appointed 2015
- John Allan Ishmael Gendall Director · appointed 2010
- Maiken Lykke Bagley Director · appointed 2022
- Christine Elizabeth Lines Director · appointed 2015
- Sandra Elizabeth Orchard Director · appointed 1995
- Robert Clegg Director · appointed 1995
- Catherine Minette Murphy Director · appointed 2020
- Steven Lines Director · appointed 2008
- Evelyn Bushell Director · appointed 2025
- Marie Elizabeth Houghton Director · appointed 2025
- Chelsea Amber Carr Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Jon Finch Finch Director · appointed 2015
- Gareth Evans Director · appointed 2015
- John Allan Ishmael Gendall Director · appointed 2010
- Christine Elizabeth Lines Director · appointed 2015
- Sandra Elizabeth Orchard Director · appointed 1995
- Robert Clegg Director · appointed 1995
- Catherine Minette Murphy Director · appointed 2020
- Steven Lines Director · appointed 2008
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (9)
- Jon Finch Finch Director · appointed 2015
- Jonathon Richard Wolsey Director · appointed 2025
- John Allan Ishmael Gendall Director · appointed 2010
- Sandra Elizabeth Orchard Director · appointed 1995
- Robert Clegg Director · appointed 1995
- Catherine Minette Murphy Director · appointed 2020
- Evelyn Bushell Director · appointed 2025
- Marie Elizabeth Houghton Director · appointed 2025
- Chelsea Amber Carr Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (5)
- Gail Thompson Bowden Director · appointed 2024
- Gareth Evans Director · appointed 2015
- Maiken Lykke Bagley Director · appointed 2022
- Christine Elizabeth Lines Director · appointed 2015
- Steven Lines Director · appointed 2008
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
- 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
- 03099224
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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