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Previous officers 82

  1. Sarah Anne Morland 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Elaine Barbara Cook 2018-2023 Director View profile
  3. Helen Susan Dovey 2018-2026 Director View profile
  4. Ivan Peter Annibal 2018-2024 Director View profile
  5. Nigel Russell Curry 2018-2023 Director View profile
  6. Charles Coats 2017-2026 Director View profile
  7. Louise Olivia Beaton 2017-2024 Director View profile
  8. Janet Mary Thornton 2016-2023 Director View profile
  9. Dominic Kingsley Bernard Driver 2016-2023 Director View profile
  10. Dorothy Florence Pollard 2015-2023 Director View profile
  11. John David Emerson 2014-2022 Director View profile
  12. John Gore Hazelwood 2014-2015 Director View profile
  13. Jon Bright 2014-2015 Director View profile
  14. Professor David Mark Shucksmith 2014-2022 Director View profile
  15. Peter Mark Jefferson 2014-2016 Director View profile
  16. Jeremy John Leggett 2014-2018 Director View profile
  17. Trevor Edward Bevan 2012-2014 Director View profile
  18. Ralph Peter Cleasby 2011-2014 Director View profile
  19. John Desmond Martin Rose 2011-2018 Director View profile
  20. Ian David Soane 2010-2013 Director View profile
  21. Janice Margaret Worters 2010-2014 Director View profile
  22. David Voysey 2009-2014 Director View profile
  23. Norman Dunn 2009-2010 Director View profile
  24. Richard Priest 2009-2015 Director View profile
  25. Christopher Michael Shaw 2008-2010 Director View profile
  26. Elizabeth Jane Grant 2007-2011 Director View profile
  27. Susan Shaw 2007-2014 Director View profile
  28. Crispin Thomas Moor 2007-2010 Director View profile
  29. Keith Robin Harrison 2007-2013 Director View profile
  30. Norman Leonard Potter 2006-2009 Director View profile
  31. David Spreadbury 2006-2012 Director View profile
  32. Pearl Ann Anderson 2006-2009 Director View profile
  33. Kenneth Norman Grimes 2006-2006 Director View profile
  34. Richard John Quallington 2006-2012 Director View profile
  35. David Andrew Campbell 2005-2006 Director View profile
  36. John Maurice Cousins 2004-2007 Director View profile
  37. Alan Moore 2003-2005 Director View profile
  38. Burston, Robert Benjamin Stuart, Revd. Canon 2003-2009 Director View profile
  39. Bryan Davis 2003-2009 Director View profile
  40. Patricia Ruth Holtom 2003-2013 Director View profile
  41. John Milton Weedon 2003-2004 Director View profile
  42. Samuel Walter Hesketh 2003-2003 Director View profile
  43. Leigh Vallance 2003-2004 Director View profile
  44. Leonard Coulthard 2002-2008 Director View profile
  45. David John Buckton 2002-2003 Director View profile
  46. Wilmoth Langley Gibson 2002-2004 Director View profile
  47. David Maynard Scudamore 2002-2011 Director View profile
  48. Michael Law 2002-2006 Director View profile
  49. Brian John Challis 2001-2005 Director View profile
  50. Richard Benjamin Garwell 2000-2005 Director View profile
  51. Richard Charles Davey 2000-2001 Director View profile
  52. Philippa Mary Anne Hawks 1999-2004 Director View profile
  53. Roger Jolyon David Dodgson 1999-2002 Director View profile
  54. Ian Purdy 1999-2005 Director View profile
  55. Brown, John Duncan, Canon 1999-2008 Director View profile
  56. Wright, Stephen Wheldon, Mr. 1999-2002 Director View profile
  57. Anne Symons 1999-2001 Director View profile
  58. Philip John William Back 1998-1999 Director View profile
  59. Richard George Osmond 1998-2002 Director View profile
  60. Freda Gertrude Shaw 1997-2002 Director View profile
  61. Robin Barton Cooke 1997-1999 Director View profile
  62. Simon Maclachlan 1997-2000 Director View profile
  63. Diane Foster 1997-2000 Director View profile
  64. Richard Charles Woolley 1997-1999 Director View profile
  65. Christine Maude Gabriel 1997-1997 Director View profile
  66. Welch, Michael Robin, the Rev'D Cannon 1997-1997 Director View profile
  67. Alexina Gannon 1997-1997 Director View profile
  68. Oliver Humphrey Baines 1997-1997 Director View profile
  69. Helen Huish 1997-1999 Director View profile
  70. Ian Foreman Atkinson 1997-2005 Director View profile
  71. Peter Gavin Elliot Spencer 1997-2003 Director View profile
  72. Barclay George Humphreys 1997-2002 Director View profile
  73. Richard Quallington 2016-2024 Secretary View profile
  74. Colette Williams 2014-2015 Secretary View profile
  75. Susan Elizabeth Kirkman 2012-2014 Secretary View profile
  76. John Robert Buckley 2009-2012 Secretary View profile
  77. Julie Ann Soutter 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  78. Richard James Catherall 2007-2008 Secretary View profile
  79. Colette Williams 2003-2007 Secretary View profile
  80. Colette Williams 2000-2001 Secretary View profile
  81. Sylvia Brown 1997-2003 Secretary View profile
  82. Jane Irene Rowell 1997-2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
19/03/1997
Also a registered charity
Action With Communities in Rural England (Acre)

Grants received

12 grants · £13,979,142 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £9,510,480 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,441,793 (5 grants)
  • Power to Change Trust · £26,870

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £595,5962023-07-18
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £2,051,8842023-07-18
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,712,0002022-03-31
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,712,0002022-03-31
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,712,0002022-03-31
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.

10 directors on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
7.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Other services 4Arts and leisure 1Professional services 1Tech and media 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
03336101
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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