Company
The Society of Model and Experimental Engineers
The Society of Model and Experimental Engineers is an active UK company (number 03478047), incorporated 1997, with 8 current directors including Richard William Taylor and Stephen Bil. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Richard William TaylorDirector · since 2026
- Stephen BilDirector · since 2025
- Andrew David TidmanDirector · since 2025
- Keith Michael FoxDirector · since 2025
- Charles Douglas Alexander HirstDirector · since 2024
- Jonathan Harold TicknerDirector · since 2023
- Elliot HirstDirector · since 2022
- Matthew William BarnesDirector · since 2003
- Dr Richard William Patrick StonorSecretary · since 2020
Previous officers 45
- Martin Paul Kyte 2025-2025 View profile
- Stephen James Beswick 2023-2025 View profile
- Dr John Bertram Reid 2020-2023 View profile
- Peter Frederick Wardropper 2020-2025 View profile
- David Charles Taylor 2018-2025 View profile
- Dean Rowland Forbes 2017-2018 View profile
- Richard Dedman 2016-2019 View profile
- Dr Brian Michael Neale 2015-2022 View profile
- Kimberley Peter Fisher 2015-2016 View profile
- Alan John Wragg 2015-2025 View profile
- Peter Michael Edwards 2015-2015 View profile
- Dr Edwin Turner 2015-2018 View profile
- Richard John Holt 2014-2016 View profile
- Michael Francis Hall 2014-2020 View profile
- Ralph Baillie Thompson 2013-2014 View profile
- Martin John Cook 2013-2019 View profile
- Alan Kiff 2012-2015 View profile
- Alan Martin 2009-2012 View profile
- John Hocking 2008-2011 View profile
- John Lawrence Littler 2008-2014 View profile
- Michael Hendrik Kapp 2007-2013 View profile
- Michael Hillary Chrisp 2007-2013 View profile
- Professor Norman Charles Billingham 2007-2022 View profile
- Stuart Henry Walker 2006-2007 View profile
- Roger Thomas John Woollett 2005-2008 View profile
- Peter John Haycock 2005-2017 View profile
- Maurice Norman Fagg 2005-2008 View profile
- Gerard Frank Collins 2004-2006 View profile
- Andrew William Entwistle Mawson 2004-2007 View profile
- Ann Cawdron Hatherill 2004-2010 View profile
- Susan Jeryldine Lois Parker 2003-2006 View profile
- Peter Rodney Dennis 2001-2004 View profile
- Ronald James Mason 2001-2004 View profile
- David William Hatherill 2001-2004 View profile
- Colin Gordon Ager 1999-2001 View profile
- Dr Edgar Horne 1999-1999 View profile
- George Jesse Evans 1999-2001 View profile
- David Boote 1999-2005 View profile
- Stothard, Grahame Gordon, Doctor 1998-1999 View profile
- John Derrick Bowley 1998-1999 View profile
- Wilfred Stanley Wilkinson 1998-2001 View profile
- Ronald Hough 1998-2006 View profile
- Martin David Frost 2017-2020 View profile
- Allen Berman 2012-2025 View profile
- Adrian Stapleton Garner 2011-2016 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 09/12/1997
Financials
- Net assets
- £542,880
- Total assets
- £542,880
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-10-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
8 directors on the board
- Elliot Hirst Director · appointed 2022
- Stephen Bil Director · appointed 2025
- Andrew David Tidman Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew William Barnes Director · appointed 2003
- Charles Douglas Alexander Hirst Director · appointed 2024
- Jonathan Harold Tickner Director · appointed 2023
- Richard William Taylor Director · appointed 2026
- Keith Michael Fox Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Matthew William Barnes Director · appointed 2003
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Elliot Hirst Director · appointed 2022
- Andrew David Tidman Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew William Barnes Director · appointed 2003
- Charles Douglas Alexander Hirst Director · appointed 2024
- Jonathan Harold Tickner Director · appointed 2023
- Richard William Taylor Director · appointed 2026
- Keith Michael Fox Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Stephen Bil Director · appointed 2025
Left in the last 12 months
- Peter Frederick Wardropper Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
- Martin Paul Kyte Director · appointed 2025 · 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.
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
- 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03478047
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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