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The Challenger Trust

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 24

  1. Nick Matterson 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Simon Norris Lee 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Shameem Richardson 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. David Rowe 2020-2022 Director View profile
  5. Mark Raymond Peter Henry Delano Wheatley 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Stephen Martyn Chamberlain 2018-2019 Director View profile
  7. Stephen Christopher Gough 2018-2019 Director View profile
  8. Alban Francis Xavier Green 2016-2025 Director View profile
  9. Lucy Rachel Rivers Bulkeley 2015-2019 Director View profile
  10. Jeremy Parrish 2015-2018 Director View profile
  11. Graeme Malcolm Guthrie 2011-2016 Director View profile
  12. Bilsborough, Max Peter, M 2010-2013 Director View profile
  13. Charles Richard Rigby 2008-2019 Director View profile
  14. Luke Burton 2006-2009 Director View profile
  15. Paul John Bedwell 2006-2009 Director View profile
  16. Timothy Morgan Hughes 2006-2011 Director View profile
  17. Robert Peach 2006-2006 Director View profile
  18. Dr Elizabeth Mary Sidwell 1998-2006 Director View profile
  19. Sir Richard John Peter Jenks 1998-2007 Director View profile
  20. Peter Trevor Fenwick 1998-2004 Director View profile
  21. Andrew Mactavish 1998-2011 Director View profile
  22. Jeremy Paul Witcher 2005-2012 Secretary View profile
  23. Penelope Ann Carol Payne 1998-2004 Secretary View profile
  24. Philip Julian Edward Tyson Woodcock 1998-1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
26/01/1998

Ownership

Owned by iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Challenger Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

5 grants · £65,950 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £57,400 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £8,550

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £8,5502020-08-05
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002018-07-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002016-06-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £32,4002007-10-05
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002006-06-14
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.

1 directors on the board

1.1y median 1.1y
average tenure
1.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

1
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.

Education 2Arts and leisure 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

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03498961
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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