Company
The Standardbred and Trotting Horse Association of Great Britain and Ireland
The Standardbred and Trotting Horse Association of Great Britain and Ireland is an active UK company (number 03535857), incorporated 1998, with 9 current directors including Elizabeth Collingwood and Elsa Jane Mckechnie. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Elizabeth CollingwoodDirector · since 2024
- Elsa Jane MckechnieDirector · since 2024
- Sarah Anne ParkDirector · since 2023
- Richard Neil ParkDirector · since 2022
- Susan Denise YoungDirector · since 2017
- John Christopher ToweDirector · since 2017
- Ryan O'NeilDirector · since 2009
- John Stuart WrightDirector · since 2008
- Grethe WrightDirector · since 2002
Previous officers 19
- Amanda Josephine Stanley 2022-2023 View profile
- David Lowther 2017-2023 View profile
- Sandra Jane Weigel 2017-2023 View profile
- Lee Wayne Price 2016-2018 View profile
- Robert Howard 2011-2017 View profile
- Nicholas Hannon 2004-2023 View profile
- William Edward Howe 2002-2011 View profile
- James O'Sullivan 2002-2015 View profile
- Elizabeth Anne Towe 1999-2026 View profile
- Wendy Fairclough 1999-2001 View profile
- Thomas Bennett 1999-2000 View profile
- Colin James Dalby 1999-2004 View profile
- Marian Maureen Clara Lloyd 1999-2018 View profile
- Jack Dowie 1999-2002 View profile
- William Neville Lever 1999-2009 View profile
- David Lawrie 1998-2017 View profile
- Elizabeth Gwenan Thomas 2014-2021 View profile
- Brian Peachey 2003-2014 View profile
- Elizabeth Lesley Blazak 1998-2004 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 26/03/1998
Financials
- Net assets
- £166,640
- Total assets
- £166,640
- Employees
- 1
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
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.
9 directors on the board
- John Stuart Wright Director · appointed 2008
- Grethe Wright Director · appointed 2002
- John Christopher Towe Director · appointed 2017
- Susan Denise Young Director · appointed 2017
- Ryan O'Neil Director · appointed 2009
- Elizabeth Collingwood Director · appointed 2024
- Elsa Jane Mckechnie Director · appointed 2024
- Richard Neil Park Director · appointed 2022
- Sarah Anne Park Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- John Stuart Wright Director · appointed 2008
- Grethe Wright Director · appointed 2002
- John Christopher Towe Director · appointed 2017
- Susan Denise Young Director · appointed 2017
- Ryan O'Neil Director · appointed 2009
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- John Stuart Wright Director · appointed 2008
- Grethe Wright Director · appointed 2002
- John Christopher Towe Director · appointed 2017
- Susan Denise Young Director · appointed 2017
- Ryan O'Neil Director · appointed 2009
- Elsa Jane Mckechnie Director · appointed 2024
- Richard Neil Park Director · appointed 2022
- Sarah Anne Park Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Elizabeth Collingwood Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- Elizabeth Anne Towe Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2026
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
- 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
- 03535857
- 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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