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The Puppet Centre Trust

Company 03185339 Active

Registered charity: The Puppet Centre Trust

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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.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

6
directors on the board
7.1y median 5.9y
average tenure
15.6y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
5 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
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.

Business services 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 iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

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

Company details

Number03185339
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated12/04/1996
AddressTHE PUPPET CENTRE, BAC, LAVENDER HILL, LONDON, SW11 5TN
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

90020 - Support activities to performing arts

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (37)

  • Purves, Hugh James Kimm Director · appointed 2024
  • Britt, Alicia Director · appointed 2023
  • DE Vries, Ellen Director · appointed 2023
  • Nakamura, Aya Director · appointed 2017
  • Piris, Paul Charles Rene Ted Director · appointed 2015
  • Partridge, Caroline Director · appointed 2010
  • Haynes, Roxana Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
  • Bennett, Adam Charles Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
  • Anderson, Katherine Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
  • Mccann, Roger Anthony Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
  • Buckmaster, Susan Lyn Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2017
  • Millar, Mervyn Charles Hartley Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2024
  • Novy, Stephen Andre Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
  • Bowles, Jessica Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2014
  • Down, Mark William Fraser, Dr Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2003
  • Connolly, Catherine Jane Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2008
  • Richardson, Katie Former Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
  • Dean, Anthony Stephen, Professor Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2015
  • Alexander, Glen Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2001
  • Field, John Alan Alexander Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
  • Hibbitt, Brian Leslie Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2015
  • Goodman, Martin Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
  • Turner, Desmond Ian Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
  • Burnett, Roderick Marcus Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
  • Allen, Keith Granville Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2002
  • Charlton, Peter Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2012
  • Chandler, Clive, Mr. Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
  • Graham, Vanessa Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1999
  • Phillips, John Lawrence Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
  • Kirk, Allyson Jane Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
  • Edwards, Glyn William Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1996
  • Riggs, Rachel Anne Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
  • Francis, Penelope Ann Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2015
  • Edwards, Mary Frances Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1996
  • Webb, Timothy Gerald Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
  • Bennett, David Lewis Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
  • Rubinstein, Antonia Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999

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

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