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Society for Storytelling

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 80

  1. Shane Lewis Ibbs 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Mark Richard Goldspink 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Zoe Francine Oliver 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Alastair Kevin Daniel 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Robin Eric Mogg 2022-2023 Director View profile
  6. George Bassett 2022-2023 Director View profile
  7. Zoe Francine Oliver 2022-2023 Director View profile
  8. Merrick Durling 2021-2022 Director View profile
  9. Emma Louise Middlemiss 2021-2022 Director View profile
  10. Sayara Firdaus Beg 2021-2025 Director View profile
  11. James Lyell Munro 2021-2022 Director View profile
  12. Leslie Griffiths 2021-2022 Director View profile
  13. Nicky Rafferty 2017-2017 Director View profile
  14. Nicky Rafferty 2017-2022 Director View profile
  15. Cindylou Turner-Taylor 2017-2017 Director View profile
  16. Cindylou Turner-Taylor 2017-2019 Director View profile
  17. Tony Cooper 2015-2021 Director View profile
  18. Paul David Jackson 2015-2022 Director View profile
  19. Liz Berg 2014-2015 Director View profile
  20. Michael Forbes 2014-2016 Director View profile
  21. Christine Willison 2013-2019 Director View profile
  22. Tom Robert Goodale 2013-2014 Director View profile
  23. David Harry 2011-2014 Director View profile
  24. Adrian Mark Johnson 2011-2012 Director View profile
  25. Honor Mary Phyllis Giles 2010-2014 Director View profile
  26. Thomas Alexander` Bland 2010-2010 Director View profile
  27. Christopher Paul Colquhoun 2010-2015 Director View profile
  28. Ruth Boycott-Garner 2010-2012 Director View profile
  29. Susan Chand 2009-2011 Director View profile
  30. Clive Hopwood 2009-2010 Director View profile
  31. Martha Clare Yulan Rafferty 2008-2008 Director View profile
  32. Marian Kathryn Sudbury 2007-2008 Director View profile
  33. Alan Woollard 2006-2009 Director View profile
  34. Ingrid Barton 2006-2009 Director View profile
  35. Rona Barbour 2005-2010 Director View profile
  36. Antony Roy Cooper 2005-2006 Director View profile
  37. Wendy Anne Eades 2004-2006 Director View profile
  38. Heather Edwards 2004-2004 Director View profile
  39. Lesley Margaret Hughes 2004-2006 Director View profile
  40. Martin Manasse 2004-2010 Director View profile
  41. Peter Kevin Dicken 2002-2004 Director View profile
  42. Janet Dowling 2002-2004 Director View profile
  43. Carl Merry 2002-2004 Director View profile
  44. Michael John White 2002-2004 Director View profile
  45. Pascale Konyn 2001-2002 Director View profile
  46. Maureen James 2001-2004 Director View profile
  47. Diana Juliet Humphrey 2001-2004 Director View profile
  48. Suzie Doncaster 2000-2001 Director View profile
  49. Allan Richard Davies 2000-2002 Director View profile
  50. Derek Roger Reid 2000-2007 Director View profile
  51. Elizabeth Anne Porter 2000-2001 Director View profile
  52. Carole Frances Mason 2000-2002 Director View profile
  53. Sarah Jane Race 1999-2000 Director View profile
  54. Amoafi Kwapong 1999-2000 Director View profile
  55. Ibukun Olatunde Olatunji 1998-1999 Director View profile
  56. Amy Douglas 1998-2001 Director View profile
  57. June Peters 1998-2001 Director View profile
  58. Dave Arthur 1998-2001 Director View profile
  59. Benjamin James Haggarty 1998-1999 Director View profile
  60. Philippa Josephine Margaret Tipper 1998-1998 Director View profile
  61. Michael Harvey 1997-1999 Director View profile
  62. Lynne Kirk 1997-2001 Director View profile
  63. Richard Walker 1996-1999 Director View profile
  64. Christina Margaret Bilbe 1996-2010 Director View profile
  65. Mary Steele 1996-1998 Director View profile
  66. Christopher John Bostock 1996-1997 Director View profile
  67. Fiona Moore 1996-1998 Director View profile
  68. Alexander Mackenzie 1996-1998 Director View profile
  69. Jean Edmiston 1996-1998 Director View profile
  70. Mary Medlicott 1996-1997 Director View profile
  71. Patrick Francis Ryan 1995-1996 Director View profile
  72. Robert William Parkinson 1995-1996 Director View profile
  73. Wendy Angela Darce 1995-1996 Director View profile
  74. Sauy Elizabeth Tonge 1995-1996 Director View profile
  75. Roy Stewart Dyson 1995-1996 Director View profile
  76. Sayara Beg 2021-2025 Secretary View profile
  77. Ruth Boycott-Garnett 2011-2012 Secretary View profile
  78. Roisin Theresa Murray 2009-2011 Secretary View profile
  79. David Maudsley England 2005-2009 Secretary View profile
  80. Miranda Hillary Perry 1995-1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
19/12/1995
Also a registered charity
Society for Storytelling

Ownership

Owned by (10) 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.

  • Andrew Ronald Coppin
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-02-22
  • Wendy Candace Shearer
    25-50% voting (trust), appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-09-23
  • Matthew Vaughan
    25-50% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2024-12-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Christine Willison ceased 2019-12-01
    appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Tony Cooper ceased 2021-04-23
    appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Zoe Francine Oliver ceased 2023-03-15
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-02-22 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Alastair Kevin Daniel ceased 2025-09-21
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-02-22
  • Sayara Firdaus Beg ceased 2025-03-21
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-02-22
  • Zoe Francine Oliver ceased 2024-10-16
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-03-16 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Shane Lewis Ibbs ceased 2025-07-01
    25-50% voting (trust), appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2024-04-26
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Society for Storytelling is controlled by Andrew Ronald Coppin
    Evidence
    active significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-02-22 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Andrew Ronald Coppin.

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.

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.

8 directors on the board

1.5y median 0.8y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

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 1Education 1Professional services 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03139120
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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