The Westmorland County Agricultural Society LTD

Company 03146325 Active

Registered charity: The Westmorland County Agricultural Society 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.

directors on the board

10.1y median 6.4y

average tenure

28.2y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

9 vs 0 portfolio

first-time directors

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Agriculture 1Education 1Public administration 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

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.

Related organisations

Geldard Farm Eggs Limited 1 shared director
Innovation for Agriculture 1 shared director
The Outdoor Adventure Company (Kendal) Limited 1 shared director

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number	03146325
Status	Active
Type	PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated	15/01/1996
Address	LANE FARM, CROOKLANDS, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA, LA7 7NH
Accounts next due	31/07/2027
Accounts last made up	31/10/2025

Industry (SIC)

01629 - Support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) n.e.c.82301 - Activities of exhibition and fair organisers82302 - Activities of conference organisers94990 - Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (7)

Mr Matthew Harold Robinson British
significant influence or control
Mr David Robert Martin British
significant influence or control as firm
Mrs Christine Anne Knipe ceased British
significant influence or control significant influence or control as trust significant influence or control as firm
Mr David Robert Galbraith ceased British
significant influence or control significant influence or control as trust significant influence or control as firm
Mr Stephen Procter ceased British
significant influence or control significant influence or control as trust significant influence or control as firm
Miss Lisa Dawn Bennett ceased British
significant influence or control
Mr Peter Cummings ceased British
significant influence or control significant influence or control as trust

Officers (54)

Carter, Anne Jane Director · appointed 2026
Barnes, Frederick John Director · appointed 2025
Procter, Stephen Director · appointed 2023
Park, Thomas Edward Director · appointed 2022
Holmes, Jacqueline Lesley Director · appointed 2021
Robinson, Matthew Harold Director · appointed 2021
Kelly, Margaret Director · appointed 2019
Martin, David Robert Director · appointed 2014
Duckett, Paul Anthony Director · appointed 2011
Geldard, Charles David Director · appointed 2008
Galbraith, David Robert Director · appointed 2007
Fell, David Hall Director · appointed 1998
Stott, Mark Former Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
Buckley, Judith Mary Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2024
Crayston, David Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
Grisedale, Ian Kenneth Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2024
Sowerby, Neil John Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
Cummings, Peter Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2022
Mason, Jonathan Charles Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2023
Lawrence, Peter David Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2020
Robinson, William Henry Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
Dowker, Bernard Neil Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2020
Davies, Christian John Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
Briggs, Christopher Ian Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2019
Bagot, Charles Henry Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2020
Hodgson, Carole Jane Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
Barnes, Karen Lesley Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2020
Bennett, Lisa Dawn Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2025
Barton, James Edgar Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2021
Gibson, Peter Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2013
Alexander, James Robin Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
Pratt, Andrew John Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2018
Lawrence, David Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
Sharp, Neil Albert Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2013
Waller, Robert Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2014
Knowles, David William Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
Read, Rodger Former Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2005
Knipe, Christine Anne Former Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2023
Capstick, Miles Gordon Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2020
Bland, James Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2011
Rayner, Samuel Alan Miles Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2008
Stott, John Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2009
Geldard, John Addison Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2012
Mason, Roger Henry Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2015
Park, John James Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2007
Ellis, Brian Edwin Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2010
Procter, George Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2005
Martin, Frederick George Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
Duckett, Anthony Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2019
Galbraith, Doreen Mabel Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2010
Dixon, James Anthony Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2022
Willison, James Henry Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2006
Lambert, Alfred Christopher James Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
Todd, James William Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2007

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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