The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Swans Trust (Shaftesbury)

Company 03321759 Active

Registered charity: Swans Trust (Shaftesbury)

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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.

5
directors on the board
5.3y median 5.2y
average tenure
12.7y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
5 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
3
left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Company details

Number03321759
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated20/02/1997
Address1/2 SWANS YARD SWANS YARD, HIGH STREET, SHAFTESBURY, DORSET, SP7 8JQ
Accounts next due30/11/2026
Accounts last made up28/02/2025

Industry (SIC)

94990 - Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (2)


  • ceased

Officers (47)

  • Parker, John Cyril Director · appointed 2026
  • Beattie, Jennifer Jane Belissa Director · appointed 2025
  • Mills, Peter Director · appointed 2021
  • Goodwin, John Leslie Director · appointed 2019
  • Tippins, Richard Stanley Director · appointed 2013
  • Chenery, Rachel Former Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
  • Cooper, Juliet Former Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
  • Wilkinson, John Francis Former Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
  • Clements, Trevor Former Secretary · appointed 2024 · resigned 2024
  • Dibben, Lester Mark Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2024
  • Clements, Trevor Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2024
  • Madgwick, Mike Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2024
  • Rutter, John Kingsley Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2021
  • Goodman, John Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2019
  • Mcdowell, Anna Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
  • Cuff, Anthony Edward Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2022
  • Cruickshank, Ross Denton Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2019
  • Cruickshank, Pamela Joyce Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2019
  • Longstaffe, Michael Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
  • Hughes, Ruth Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Mcqueen, Zara Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
  • Parker, Jennifer Christine Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2022
  • Martin, David Jeremy Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
  • Kirkpatrick, Ann Francis Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2011
  • Pestell, Joseph Peregrine Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2015
  • Preston, David Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
  • Essex, Tamara Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2012
  • Fitter, Julian Richmond Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
  • Palmer, Karen Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Prevett, Christopher Andrew David Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Swaby, Richard William Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
  • Caldwell, Rachel Stuart Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2017
  • Turner, Anthony Robin Fisher Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
  • England, Georgina Anne Ainsworth Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2004
  • Hencken, Francis Peter Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
  • Thomas, Helen Mary Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
  • Moore, Jane Kathryn Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
  • Schilling, Paul Robert Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2004
  • Macdowell, Anna Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
  • Pickard, Catherine Mary Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2002
  • Hutcherson, Peter Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
  • Myles, Elizabeth Lydia Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1999
  • Ripper, Richard Stirley Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1997
  • Jeffery, Mervyn Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2018
  • Rutter, Stephen Thomas Former Secretary · appointed 1997 · resigned 2011
  • Thomas, Richard Geoffrey Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1997
  • Alner, Desmond Charles Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2005

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

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