Company
The Puppet Centre Trust
The Puppet Centre Trust is an active UK company (number 03185339), incorporated 1996, with 6 current directors including Hugh James Kimm Purves and Alicia Britt. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 31
- Roxana Haynes 2017-2018 View profile
- Adam Charles Bennett 2015-2017 View profile
- Katherine Elizabeth Anderson 2013-2017 View profile
- Roger Anthony Mccann 2012-2013 View profile
- Susan Lyn Buckmaster 2012-2017 View profile
- Mervyn Charles Hartley Millar 2010-2024 View profile
- Stephen Andre Novy 2006-2010 View profile
- Jessica Bowles 2003-2014 View profile
- Dr Mark William Fraser Down 2003-2003 View profile
- Catherine Jane Connolly 2002-2008 View profile
- Professor Anthony Stephen Dean 2001-2015 View profile
- Glen Alexander 2001-2001 View profile
- John Alan Alexander Field 2001-2002 View profile
- Brian Leslie Hibbitt 1999-2015 View profile
- Martin Goodman 1999-2001 View profile
- Desmond Ian Turner 1999-2001 View profile
- Roderick Marcus Burnett 1999-2001 View profile
- Keith Granville Allen 1997-2002 View profile
- Peter Charlton 1997-2012 View profile
- Clive Chandler 1997-2001 View profile
- Vanessa Graham 1997-1999 View profile
- John Lawrence Phillips 1996-1998 View profile
- Glyn William Edwards 1996-1996 View profile
- Rachel Anne Riggs 1996-2001 View profile
- Penelope Ann Francis 1996-2015 View profile
- Mary Frances Edwards 1996-1996 View profile
- Timothy Gerald Webb 1996-1997 View profile
- David Lewis Bennett 1996-1998 View profile
- Antonia Rubinstein 1996-1999 View profile
- Katie Richardson 2001-2002 View profile
- Allyson Jane Kirk 1996-2001 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 12/04/1996
- Also a registered charity
- The Puppet Centre Trust
Financials
- Net assets
- £6,941
- Total assets
- £7,241
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
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.
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
- Aya Nakamura Director · appointed 2017
- Paul Charles Rene Ted Piris Director · appointed 2015
- Ellen De Vries Director · appointed 2023
- Hugh James Kimm Purves Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Partridge Director · appointed 2010
- Alicia Britt Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Aya Nakamura Director · appointed 2017
- Paul Charles Rene Ted Piris Director · appointed 2015
- Caroline Partridge Director · appointed 2010
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Aya Nakamura Director · appointed 2017
- Paul Charles Rene Ted Piris Director · appointed 2015
- Ellen De Vries Director · appointed 2023
- Caroline Partridge Director · appointed 2010
- Alicia Britt Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Hugh James Kimm Purves Director · appointed 2024
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.
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
- 03185339
- 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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