Armitt Library and Museum Centre
Company 03153895 Active
Registered charity: Armitt Library and Museum Centre
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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
- Bradshaw, Penelope Joyce Elizabeth, Dr Director · appointed 2023
- Peter Robert Lansberry Director · appointed 2012
- Christopher Charles Blackhurst Director · appointed 2022
- Timothy Robert William Cowen Director · appointed 2019
- Anthony Paul Lonton Director · appointed 2011
- Scott, Christopher James, Sir Director · appointed 2014
9.4y median 9.9y
average tenure
15.3y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Peter Robert Lansberry Director · appointed 2012
- Timothy Robert William Cowen Director · appointed 2019
- Anthony Paul Lonton Director · appointed 2011
- Scott, Christopher James, Sir Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Peter Robert Lansberry Director · appointed 2012
- Timothy Robert William Cowen Director · appointed 2019
- Anthony Paul Lonton Director · appointed 2011
Portfolio (3)
- Bradshaw, Penelope Joyce Elizabeth, Dr Director · appointed 2023
- Christopher Charles Blackhurst Director · appointed 2022
- Scott, Christopher James, Sir Director · appointed 2014
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Poulter, Clare Elizabeth, Dr Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Lake District Music Limited 1 shared director
- Lindeth Tarn Limited 1 shared director
- Applerigg Limited 1 shared director
- Norman Nicholson House CIC 1 shared director
- Chris Blackhurst Limited 1 shared director
- Applerigg 2022 Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 03153895 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 01/02/1996 |
| Address | ARMITT LIBRARY & MUSEUM CENTRE, RYDAL ROAD, AMBLESIDE, CUMBRIA, LA22 9BL |
| Accounts next due | 31/12/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/03/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
91020 - Museums activities
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Officers (47)
- Bradshaw, Penelope Joyce Elizabeth, Dr Director · appointed 2023
- Christopher Charles Blackhurst Director · appointed 2022
- Timothy Robert William Cowen Director · appointed 2019
- Scott, Christopher James, Sir Director · appointed 2014
- Peter Robert Lansberry Director · appointed 2012
- Anthony Paul Lonton Director · appointed 2011
Show 41 former officers
- Poulter, Clare Elizabeth, Dr Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Mansfield, Lois Therese, Professor Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
- Sanderson, Christopher, Colonel (Retired) Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
- Hardy, Patricia Jane, Dr Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2020
- Sanderson OBE,JP, Christopher, Colonel(Retd) Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
- Timothy Vernon Sykes Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2021
- John David Stuart Brown Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2020
- Clare Elizabeth Brockbank Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
- Charles Nugent Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2023
- Mary Burkitt Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
- Catherine Mary Walsh Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2019
- Robert Graham Kilner Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2019
- John Anthony O'Hara Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2019
- Gillian Denise Stubbs Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
- David Jackman Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
- Timothy Crispin Stoddard Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
- Susan Jackson Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2019
- Brian Barton Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
- Gordon Baddeley Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2011
- Fredericka Johns Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
- Karan Mary Herrington Howell Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Kenneth James Clarke Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
- John Outram Halstead Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2010
- Oliver Calley Maurice Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
- John Walmsley Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
- Jane Renouf Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
- Ian Maurice Rollins Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
- Andrew Wilson Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2000
- Elizabeth Margaret Battrick Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2007
- Nigel Alexander Crook Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
- Vivienne June Cassandra Rees Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2023
- Elizabeth Gabb Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2002
- Francis James Grant Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
- Claire Holmes Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
- Godfrey Stansfield Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
- David Edward Glyn Roberts Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
- James Allan Nightingale Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- John Richard Mark Crompton Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- David Peter James Browning Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
- Peter Jackson Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2017
- Michael Robert William Berry Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2003
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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