Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books Limited
Company 03209411 Active
Registered charity: Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books
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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.
5 directors on the board
- Kim Louise Davis Director · appointed 2025
- Claire Riley Director · appointed 2021
- Stephen Terence Watson Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew Thomas Mcwhinnie Director · appointed 2016
- Rachel Mary Lippe Director · appointed 2019
4.9y median 4.7y
average tenure
9.6y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Matthew Thomas Mcwhinnie Director · appointed 2016
- Rachel Mary Lippe Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Stephen Terence Watson Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew Thomas Mcwhinnie Director · appointed 2016
Portfolio (3)
- Kim Louise Davis Director · appointed 2025
- Claire Riley Director · appointed 2021
- Rachel Mary Lippe Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
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
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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
- ST. Anthony of Padua Community Association 1 shared director
- Explain Market Research Limited 1 shared director
- Seven Stories Trading Limited 1 shared director
- WAG and Company North East Friendship Dogs 1 shared director
- Explain Holdings Limited 1 shared director
- Carents Room CIC 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 03209411 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) |
| Incorporated | 07/06/1996 |
| Address | 30 LIME STREET, OUSEBURN VALLEY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE & WEAR, NE1 2PQ |
| Accounts next due | 31/12/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/03/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
85520 - Cultural education91012 - Archives activities91020 - Museums activities
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Officers (71)
- Kim Louise Davis Director · appointed 2025
- Stephen Terence Watson Director · appointed 2025
- Claire Riley Director · appointed 2021
- Wendy Suzanne Elliott Secretary · appointed 2019
- Rachel Mary Lippe Director · appointed 2019
- Matthew Thomas Mcwhinnie Director · appointed 2016
Show 65 former officers
- Louise Claire Forster Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Emma Louise Layfield Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Annalei Bartlett Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Amy Sergison Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2022
- Ben Butler Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2024
- Jill Coleman Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
- Annie Ruth Rigby Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
- Sheena Ray Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
- Ella Ritchie Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
- Mauricio Armellini Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
- Jeremy Robert Cripps Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2021
- Edward Ripley Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
- Christopher Sidney Pywell Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2021
- Matthew Grenby Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
- Douglas Dodds Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2021
- Julia Dawn Morrison Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
- Manohari Saravanamuttu Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
- Irna Mumtaz Qureshi Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
- Nick Kemp Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
- Antony Lewis Pierce Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2021
- Butler, Stella Vera Frances, Dr Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
- Linda Moore Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
- Charles Wilson Hoult Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
- Watchorn, Caroline Jane, Doctor Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
- Andrew Mark Robinson Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2019
- John Richard Turner Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2016
- Caroline Mary Murphy Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
- Sarah Catherine Pelham Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2019
- Sara Marie Grady Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
- Deirdre Mcdermott Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2018
- George Charles Hepburn Obe Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
- Catriona Nicholson Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2018
- Gordon Francis Bates Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
- Kathryn Chaplin Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2019
- Gillian Tiplady Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
- Richard Peter Gregory Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
- Veronica Susan Colegate Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2008
- Harold Beverley Joicey Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
- Reynolds, Kimberley Kay, Professor Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2016
- John Flynn Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
- Lucy Mckeever Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2008
- Cuthbert Douglas Earl Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2012
- Caulton, Timothy James, Dr Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
- Kemp, Nicholas Charles, Councillor Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2004
- Sally Anne Young Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- David Kynaston Lloyd Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2007
- David Christopher John Fickling Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
- Linda Louise O'Hara Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
- John Joseph Brennan Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2007
- David Almond Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2006
- John Graham Clarke Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2009
- John Massey Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2009
- Taylor, Keith, Councillor Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
- Elizabeth Hannah Macrobert Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2007
- Mary Kinghorn Davies Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2006
- Laurence, Susan Juliet, Dr Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2005
- Peter Hunt Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1999
- Victor George Watson Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2009
- Sally Madeline Brown Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2005
- Kimberley Kay Reynolds Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
- Philip Nicholas Pullman Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
- Mary Rosamund Briggs Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2008
- Elizabeth Masten Hammill Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
- Valerie Bierman Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2009
- Janice Jane Clements Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2009
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