The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

Company 03362107 Active

Registered charity: The Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

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11
directors on the board
2.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
5.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years
6 vs 2 portfolio
first-time directors
3
also govern a charity
3
left in the last 12 months

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Retail and trade 2Business services 1Education 1Health and social care 1

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Company details

Number03362107
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated29/04/1997
Address66 HIGH WEST STREET, DORCHESTER, DORSET, DT1 1XA
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

91020 - Museums activities

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (91)

  • Cotton, Jonathan Charles Director · appointed 2026
  • Gough, Paul James, Professor Director · appointed 2026
  • Abraham, Ann, Dr Director · appointed 2026
  • Martin, Laura Danielle Director · appointed 2025
  • Ormrod, Hazel Director · appointed 2025
  • Dixon, Claire Louise Director · appointed 2024
  • Southall, Laura Director · appointed 2023
  • Wood, Morag Director · appointed 2022
  • Chevalier, Tracy Rose Director · appointed 2021
  • French, David John Director · appointed 2021
  • Parsons, Tracey Marie Director · appointed 2021
  • Tucker, David Antony Former Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
  • Sharman, Peter Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
  • Smyllie, James Stuart Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2024
  • Lang, Jean Mary Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
  • James, Sarah Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
  • Merriott, Sian Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
  • Walters, Alexander Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
  • Welton, Sarah Ann Hatten Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
  • Pope, Jeremy James Richard Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
  • Vaughan, John Patrick, Professor Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
  • Norris, David John Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
  • James, David Charles Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
  • Fleet, Andrew James, Dr Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2021
  • Hebditch, Maxwell Graham Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
  • Minchin, Jill Margaret Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
  • Randall, Clare Elizabeth, Dr Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
  • Atterbury, Paul Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
  • Foster, Peter Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
  • Hilton, John Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
  • FOX, Katherine Mary Former Secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
  • Down, Peter Fraser, Dr Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2017
  • Lowther, Bridget Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Breward, Richard Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2017
  • Hanson, Evelyn Gladys Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Radcliffe, Francesca Maria Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2014
  • Arkell, Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
  • Murden, Jonathan Edward, Dr Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2022
  • Claridge, Anne Elizabeth Former Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Campbell, Carola Claire Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
  • Pomeroy, Thomas Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Woodward, John Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
  • Gordon, Marian Former Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2008
  • Hunt, Sam Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
  • Ashford, David Samuel Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
  • Sekers, David Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
  • Hart, Cynthia Jean Former Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Baldock, Belinda Mary Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
  • Gray, Alan John, Proffessor Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
  • Schwinge, Guy John Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2008
  • Foulser, Susan Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2011
  • Knowles, Loraine Elise Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2009
  • Sandwich, Susan Caroline, Countess Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
  • Cramb, Peter Alan Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2005
  • Martindale, Jennifer Reid Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2005
  • Hearing, Terence William Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
  • Hill, Robert John Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
  • Lindsay, Judy Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
  • Grantham, John Howard Former Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
  • FOX, David John, Councillor Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2012
  • Seaton, Pamela Dorothy Maud Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2010
  • Gundry, Walter George Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2003
  • Chedzoy, Alan Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
  • Pearman, David Anthony Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
  • Hawthorne, John Barrington Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2004
  • Tarraway, Mary Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2005
  • Collins, Anne Redfern Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Morris, Michael George, Dr Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2006
  • Peers, Roger Neville Russ Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2013
  • Bradshaw, John Rylance Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1997
  • Williams, Robert Philip Nathaniel, Sir Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1999
  • Bond, Henry Mark Garneys, Major General Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
  • Keen, Laurence John Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
  • Keats, Elizabeth Maureen Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2006
  • Lane-FOX Pitt-Rivers OBE DL, George Anthony Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2004
  • Cooke, Robert Patrick Gordon Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
  • Ross, Merelina Symonds Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2005
  • Brotherton, Helen Alice Jane Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1997
  • Yarker, Gwenyth Anne Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2012
  • Watkins, Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1997
  • Swindall, Alan Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2004
  • Lock, Peter William, Professor Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2003
  • LE BAS, Michael John, Dr Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2006
  • Clarke, George Barry Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Bailey, Cecil John Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1997
  • Jaques, Hugh Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2011
  • Matthews, Michael Charles, Major (Retired) Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1999
  • Goad, Rosemary Jane Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2006
  • DE Peyer, Richard Michael Former Secretary · appointed 1997 · resigned 2002
  • Jaggard, Anthony John Thorrold Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2006
  • DU Boulay, Anthony John Houssemayne Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2004

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