Company
Gloucestershire Animal Welfare Association and Cheltenham Animal Shelter
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michelle Lesley AbbottDirector · since 2025
- Claire Tekla BarnesDirector · since 2024
- Aleksandra KapustynskaDirector · since 2024
- Stephen Leonard WhitemanDirector · since 2024
- Claire HowardDirector · since 2016
- Ann WilliamsDirector · since 2008
- Peggy DyerDirector · since 2006
- Barnes, Garth Wallington, CouncillorDirector · since 2003
- Jane Ann StewartDirector · since 1999
- Peter Andrew NewcombeSecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 18
- Anna Lawrence 2018-2021 View profile
- Phillipa Sheerin 2013-2014 View profile
- Beth Stannard 2012-2014 View profile
- Alistair Hession 2011-2018 View profile
- Nicholas Peter Ebdon 2009-2011 View profile
- Gawa&CAS 2009-2009 View profile
- Norma Ann Ayrton 2008-2022 View profile
- Barry Stinchcombe 2008-2019 View profile
- William Lyle Stewart 2006-2008 View profile
- Richard Llewellyn Jefferies 2006-2008 View profile
- Alison Sara Jones 2004-2006 View profile
- Adrian Hilton Foley 1999-2005 View profile
- Ian Graham Handel 1999-2004 View profile
- Benney, Christina Anne, Doctor 1999-2013 View profile
- Jennifer Jackson 1999-2008 View profile
- John Humphries 2010-2013 View profile
- Anthony John Gensler 2009-2010 View profile
- Angela Thurle Walker 1999-2008 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 29/10/1999
- Also a registered charity
- Gloucestershire Animal Welfare Association and Cheltenham Animal Shelter
Financials
- Net assets
- £3,005,040
- Total assets
- £3,005,040
- Cash
- £271,581
- Employees
- 45
- Turnover
- £1,810,507
- Profit/loss
- £155,805
Filed as Full 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
- Claire Howard Director · appointed 2016
- Barnes, Garth Wallington, Councillor Director · appointed 2003
- Claire Tekla Barnes Director · appointed 2024
- Aleksandra Kapustynska Director · appointed 2024
- Stephen Leonard Whiteman Director · appointed 2024
- Peggy Dyer Director · appointed 2006
- Ann Williams Director · appointed 2008
- Michelle Lesley Abbott Director · appointed 2025
- Jane Ann Stewart Director · appointed 1999
Directors past 6 years
- Claire Howard Director · appointed 2016
- Barnes, Garth Wallington, Councillor Director · appointed 2003
- Peggy Dyer Director · appointed 2006
- Ann Williams Director · appointed 2008
- Jane Ann Stewart Director · appointed 1999
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Aleksandra Kapustynska Director · appointed 2024
- Peggy Dyer Director · appointed 2006
Portfolio (7)
- Claire Howard Director · appointed 2016
- Barnes, Garth Wallington, Councillor Director · appointed 2003
- Claire Tekla Barnes Director · appointed 2024
- Stephen Leonard Whiteman Director · appointed 2024
- Ann Williams Director · appointed 2008
- Michelle Lesley Abbott Director · appointed 2025
- Jane Ann Stewart Director · appointed 1999
Also govern a charity
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03868428
- 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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