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Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books Limited

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

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Previous officers 65

  1. Louise Claire Forster 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Emma Louise Layfield 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Annalei Bartlett 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Amy Sergison 2019-2022 Director View profile
  5. Ben Butler 2018-2024 Director View profile
  6. Jill Coleman 2018-2022 Director View profile
  7. Annie Ruth Rigby 2018-2022 Director View profile
  8. Sheena Ray 2018-2022 Director View profile
  9. Ella Ritchie 2018-2022 Director View profile
  10. Mauricio Armellini 2018-2022 Director View profile
  11. Jeremy Robert Cripps 2018-2021 Director View profile
  12. Edward Ripley 2018-2022 Director View profile
  13. Christopher Sidney Pywell 2018-2021 Director View profile
  14. Matthew Grenby 2017-2023 Director View profile
  15. Douglas Dodds 2015-2021 Director View profile
  16. Julia Dawn Morrison 2015-2018 Director View profile
  17. Manohari Saravanamuttu 2015-2019 Director View profile
  18. Irna Mumtaz Qureshi 2015-2017 Director View profile
  19. Nick Kemp 2015-2025 Director View profile
  20. Antony Lewis Pierce 2015-2021 Director View profile
  21. Dr Stella Vera Frances Butler 2012-2016 Director View profile
  22. Linda Moore 2012-2018 Director View profile
  23. Charles Wilson Hoult 2012-2015 Director View profile
  24. Watchorn, Caroline Jane, Doctor 2011-2014 Director View profile
  25. Andrew Mark Robinson 2010-2019 Director View profile
  26. John Richard Turner 2009-2016 Director View profile
  27. Caroline Mary Murphy 2009-2013 Director View profile
  28. Sarah Catherine Pelham 2009-2019 Director View profile
  29. Sara Marie Grady 2009-2013 Director View profile
  30. Deirdre Mcdermott 2009-2018 Director View profile
  31. George Charles Hepburn OBE 2009-2013 Director View profile
  32. Catriona Nicholson 2009-2018 Director View profile
  33. Gordon Francis Bates 2009-2013 Director View profile
  34. Gillian Tiplady 2007-2012 Director View profile
  35. Richard Peter Gregory 2007-2011 Director View profile
  36. Veronica Susan Colegate 2007-2008 Director View profile
  37. Harold Beverley Joicey 2007-2013 Director View profile
  38. Professor Kimberley Kay Reynolds 2006-2016 Director View profile
  39. John Flynn 2006-2010 Director View profile
  40. Lucy Mckeever 2004-2008 Director View profile
  41. Cuthbert Douglas Earl 2003-2012 Director View profile
  42. Dr Timothy James Caulton 2003-2008 Director View profile
  43. Kemp, Nicholas Charles, Councillor 2003-2004 Director View profile
  44. Sally Anne Young 2001-2003 Director View profile
  45. David Kynaston Lloyd 2001-2007 Director View profile
  46. David Christopher John Fickling 2001-2005 Director View profile
  47. Linda Louise O'Hara 2001-2002 Director View profile
  48. John Joseph Brennan 2001-2007 Director View profile
  49. David Almond 2000-2006 Director View profile
  50. John Graham Clarke 1999-2009 Director View profile
  51. John Massey 1999-2009 Director View profile
  52. Taylor, Keith, Councillor 1998-2001 Director View profile
  53. Elizabeth Hannah Macrobert 1998-2007 Director View profile
  54. Mary Kinghorn Davies 1998-2006 Director View profile
  55. Dr Susan Juliet Laurence 1997-2005 Director View profile
  56. Peter Hunt 1997-1999 Director View profile
  57. Victor George Watson 1997-2009 Director View profile
  58. Sally Madeline Brown 1997-2005 Director View profile
  59. Kimberley Kay Reynolds 1996-1997 Director View profile
  60. Philip Nicholas Pullman 1996-2000 Director View profile
  61. Valerie Bierman 1996-2009 Director View profile
  62. Kathryn Chaplin 2008-2019 Secretary View profile
  63. Mary Rosamund Briggs 1996-2008 Secretary View profile
  64. Elizabeth Masten Hammill 1996-2001 Secretary View profile
  65. Janice Jane Clements 1996-2009 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
07/06/1996
Also a registered charity
Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books

Grants received

61 grants · £3,579,416 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,971,469 (5 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £952,400 (9 grants)
  • Community Foundation North East · £633,019 (45 grants)
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £14,594
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £7,935

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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

4.9y median 4.7y
average tenure
9.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

Left in the last 12 months

  • Nick Kemp Director · appointed 2015 · 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.

Health and social care 2Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Hospitality 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

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03209411
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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