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

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Previous officers 20

  1. Professor Anne Mette Hjort 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Professor Dominic James Graham Symonds 2022-2022 Director View profile
  3. Dr Sarah Elizabeth Barrow 2016-2017 Director View profile
  4. Prof Krista Cowman 2014-2023 Director View profile
  5. Professor Paul Leslie Long 2014-2020 Director View profile
  6. Professor David Sleight 2013-2016 Director View profile
  7. John Buckby 2010-2020 Director View profile
  8. Michael Dolan 2008-2011 Director View profile
  9. Christine Fyfe 2007-2011 Director View profile
  10. Professor Richard Rodger 2007-2009 Director View profile
  11. Professor Roberta Ellen Pearson 2005-2006 Director View profile
  12. Carl William Harrison 2005-2008 Director View profile
  13. Brian Robert Gambles 2002-2008 Director View profile
  14. Dr Mark Jancovich 2002-2004 Director View profile
  15. David Keith Rose 2002-2012 Director View profile
  16. Laraine Dawn Porter 1998-2012 Director View profile
  17. Nicholas William Kingsley 1998-2004 Director View profile
  18. Peter Nicholls 1996-2006 Director View profile
  19. Laurence Marshall Upshon 1996-2006 Secretary View profile
  20. James Patterson 1996-2016 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
13/03/1996
Also a registered charity
Media Archive of Central England Limited

Financials

Net assets
£315,434
Total assets
£315,434
Cash
£181,478
Employees
5
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

8 grants · £948,850 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 · £915,850 (6 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £18,000
  • Architectural Heritage Fund · £15,000

Most recent

  • Architectural Heritage Fund £15,0002024-07-25
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £248,7502023-12-05
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £18,0002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £29,9002020-08-17
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £84,3002016-07-21
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.

5 directors on the board

15.3y median 15.7y
average tenure
19.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

0
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.

Tech and media 2

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
03172021
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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