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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 45

  1. Emma Jane Scott 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Sandeep Kaur Mahal 2021-2026 Director View profile
  3. Cressida Cowell 2020-2020 Director View profile
  4. Meryl Jane Halls 2019-2025 Director View profile
  5. Hazel Broadfoot 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Jonathan David Douglas 2018-2024 Director View profile
  7. David Julian Brian Prescott 2018-2023 Director View profile
  8. Cressida Cowell 2017-2023 Director View profile
  9. Steven Keith Thompson 2017-2023 Director View profile
  10. Stephen Andrew Lotinga 2016-2022 Director View profile
  11. Francesca Dow 2013-2020 Director View profile
  12. Rachel Elizabeth Russell 2012-2018 Director View profile
  13. Richard James Mollet 2012-2016 Director View profile
  14. Achilles James Daunt 2012-2018 Director View profile
  15. Joanna Melancy Lyndon Prior 2011-2012 Director View profile
  16. Alan Hurcombe 2010-2017 Director View profile
  17. Francesca Isabella Simon 2010-2017 Director View profile
  18. Thomas Daryl Weldon 2009-2013 Director View profile
  19. Victoria Barnsley 2009-2010 Director View profile
  20. Neil James William Jewsbury 2008-2009 Director View profile
  21. Elaine Yvonne Mcquade 2007-2010 Director View profile
  22. Philippa Lucy Ann Dickinson 2007-2008 Director View profile
  23. John Crowther Makinson 2007-2009 Director View profile
  24. Philip John Downer 2006-2007 Director View profile
  25. Toby William Bonrne 2006-2011 Director View profile
  26. Jacqueline Wilson 2006-2010 Director View profile
  27. John Cowie Clement 2005-2007 Director View profile
  28. John Nigel Newton 2004-2006 Director View profile
  29. Josephine Mary Howard 2004-2005 Director View profile
  30. Colin James Marshall 2004-2005 Director View profile
  31. Timothy Mark Hely Hutchinson 2003-2007 Director View profile
  32. David John Young 2003-2004 Director View profile
  33. Paul Malcolm Henderson 2002-2003 Director View profile
  34. Mark Baxter Barty-King 2001-2002 Director View profile
  35. Humphrey Simon Harcourt Master 2000-2003 Director View profile
  36. Trevor Robert Ogilvie Goul-Wheeker 2000-2001 Director View profile
  37. Jonathan Charles Pakenham Chowen 1999-2003 Director View profile
  38. Adrian Richard Soar 1999-2000 Director View profile
  39. David Malcolm Riou Kewley 1999-2004 Director View profile
  40. Edward Bell 1999-2000 Director View profile
  41. Timothy Edmund Godfray 1999-2019 Director View profile
  42. Cassie Chadderton 2020-2025 Secretary View profile
  43. Alan Richard Staton 2003-2020 Secretary View profile
  44. Nicola Frances Mary Tarling 2002-2003 Secretary View profile
  45. Gillian Ann Cronin 1999-2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
07/06/1999
Also a registered charity
World Book DAY Limited

Grants received

2 grants · £235,000 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.

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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.

11 directors on the board

2.6y median 2.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (8)

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.

Retail and trade 6Other services 4Property 4Business services 3Construction 2Arts and leisure 1Education 1Professional services 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03783095
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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