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Company · Ambleside

Armitt Library and Museum Centre

Museums activities

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

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Previous officers 41

  1. Dr Clare Elizabeth Poulter 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Professor Lois Therese Mansfield 2021-2023 Director View profile
  3. Sanderson, Christopher, Colonel (Retired) 2019-2023 Director View profile
  4. Dr Patricia Jane Hardy 2017-2020 Director View profile
  5. Sanderson OBE,JP, Christopher, Colonel(Retd) 2017-2019 Director View profile
  6. Timothy Vernon Sykes 2015-2021 Director View profile
  7. John David Stuart Brown 2015-2020 Director View profile
  8. Clare Elizabeth Brockbank 2013-2015 Director View profile
  9. Charles Nugent 2012-2023 Director View profile
  10. Mary Burkitt 2011-2012 Director View profile
  11. Catherine Mary Walsh 2011-2019 Director View profile
  12. Robert Graham Kilner 2011-2019 Director View profile
  13. John Anthony O'Hara 2008-2019 Director View profile
  14. David Jackman 2007-2010 Director View profile
  15. Timothy Crispin Stoddard 2007-2010 Director View profile
  16. Susan Jackson 2007-2019 Director View profile
  17. Brian Barton 2007-2010 Director View profile
  18. Gordon Baddeley 2005-2011 Director View profile
  19. Fredericka Johns 2005-2006 Director View profile
  20. Kenneth James Clarke 2005-2006 Director View profile
  21. John Outram Halstead 2003-2010 Director View profile
  22. Oliver Calley Maurice 2002-2006 Director View profile
  23. John Walmsley 2001-2005 Director View profile
  24. Jane Renouf 2001-2005 Director View profile
  25. Andrew Wilson 2000-2000 Director View profile
  26. Elizabeth Margaret Battrick 1999-2007 Director View profile
  27. Vivienne June Cassandra Rees 1998-2023 Director View profile
  28. Elizabeth Gabb 1998-2002 Director View profile
  29. Francis James Grant 1998-1999 Director View profile
  30. Claire Holmes 1998-1999 Director View profile
  31. Godfrey Stansfield 1997-1998 Director View profile
  32. David Edward Glyn Roberts 1996-1997 Director View profile
  33. James Allan Nightingale 1996-1999 Director View profile
  34. David Peter James Browning 1996-2001 Director View profile
  35. Peter Jackson 1996-2017 Director View profile
  36. Michael Robert William Berry 1996-2003 Director View profile
  37. Gillian Denise Stubbs 2007-2012 Secretary View profile
  38. Karan Mary Herrington Howell 2005-2007 Secretary View profile
  39. Ian Maurice Rollins 2000-2005 Secretary View profile
  40. Nigel Alexander Crook 1999-2000 Secretary View profile
  41. John Richard Mark Crompton 1996-1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities
Incorporated
01/02/1996
Registered office
Ambleside
Also a registered charity
Armitt Library and Museum Centre

Grants received

4 grants · £47,713 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 · £40,000 (2 grants)
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £7,713 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Work and Pensions £2,1702022-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £5,5432021-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £5,0002003-07-17
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £35,0001999-02-09
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.

6 directors on the board

9.4y median 9.9y
average tenure
15.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

1
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 1Finance 1Hospitality 1Professional services 1Property 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

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03153895
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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