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The Grand Western Canal Association Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 21
- Bruce Payne 2019-2023 View profile
- Denis Grattan Dodd 2019-2022 View profile
- Helen Elizabeth Bennett 2018-2022 View profile
- Brian Reginald John Ayres 2015-2017 View profile
- Andrew Charles Grace 2014-2015 View profile
- David John Slack 2012-2017 View profile
- Anthony William White 2012-2014 View profile
- Pauline Rose White 2012-2014 View profile
- Denis Dodd 2004-2014 View profile
- Chris Blaxland 2004-2010 View profile
- Gerald Victor Moore 2002-2008 View profile
- Graham Charles Bendell 2001-2003 View profile
- Hugh Anthony Dalzell 1999-2019 View profile
- Robert Lovelace Penrose Hodgson 1998-2023 View profile
- James Ellis Flury 1998-1999 View profile
- Neil Eric Dalgreen 1998-2000 View profile
- Julie-Ann Flory 1998-2000 View profile
- Jeremy Michael Lenton 1998-2009 View profile
- Francis Anthony Rymell 1997-2004 View profile
- Maurice Arthur Storr 1997-2001 View profile
- Thomas Gillard Penny 1997-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 31/12/1997
- Also a registered charity
- Grand Western Canal Association Limited
Financials
- Net assets
- £16,433
- Total assets
- £16,433
- Cash
- £1,296
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.
4 directors on the board
- Christopher David Whitcombe Director · appointed 1999
- Valerie Helen Whitcombe Director · appointed 2010
- Ivan John Bush Director · appointed 2024
- Trevor White Director · appointed 1997
Directors past 6 years
- Christopher David Whitcombe Director · appointed 1999
- Valerie Helen Whitcombe Director · appointed 2010
- Trevor White Director · appointed 1997
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Christopher David Whitcombe Director · appointed 1999
- Valerie Helen Whitcombe Director · appointed 2010
- Ivan John Bush Director · appointed 2024
- Trevor White Director · appointed 1997
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03487632
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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