Company
The Heart of England Forest
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Jonathan Paul SmithDirector · since 2025
- David Ian SpruceDirector · since 2025
- Professor Angus Robert MackenzieDirector · since 2024
- Neil Stewart DarlisonDirector · since 2024
- Heather Jane ActonDirector · since 2024
- David John ThroupDirector · since 2023
- Asa GurdenDirector · since 2020
- Anthony Steven PriceDirector · since 2018
- Alison Clare HunterDirector · since 2014
Previous officers 13
- Dr Sharon Patricia Redrobe 2023-2024 View profile
- Rebecca Margaret Donnelly 2023-2025 View profile
- Doreen Elizabeth Massey 2020-2024 View profile
- Nicola Mary Corbishley 2018-2026 View profile
- Dr Desmond Patrick Bermingham 2018-2019 View profile
- Lord Clive Richard Hollick 2016-2017 View profile
- Jon George Snow 2014-2023 View profile
- Alison Hunter 2013-2014 View profile
- Julian Dennis 2012-2015 View profile
- David Laurence Martin Bliss 2012-2017 View profile
- Felix Dennis 2001-2014 View profile
- Anthony Charles Burton 2001-2024 View profile
- Ian Geoffrey Harvey Leggett 2001-2019 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 23/10/2001
- Also a registered charity
- Heart of England Forest
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Heart of England Forest 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
6 grants · £3,031,730 total360Giving 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £3,006,760 (5 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £24,970
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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
- Professor Angus Robert Mackenzie Director · appointed 2024
- David John Throup Director · appointed 2023
- Jonathan Paul Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Anthony Steven Price Director · appointed 2018
- David Ian Spruce Director · appointed 2025
- Neil Stewart Darlison Director · appointed 2024
- Heather Jane Acton Director · appointed 2024
- Asa Gurden Director · appointed 2020
- Alison Clare Hunter Director · appointed 2014
Directors past 6 years
- Anthony Steven Price Director · appointed 2018
- Asa Gurden Director · appointed 2020
- Alison Clare Hunter Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Professor Angus Robert Mackenzie Director · appointed 2024
- David John Throup Director · appointed 2023
- Neil Stewart Darlison Director · appointed 2024
- Asa Gurden Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (5)
- Jonathan Paul Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Anthony Steven Price Director · appointed 2018
- David Ian Spruce Director · appointed 2025
- Heather Jane Acton Director · appointed 2024
- Alison Clare Hunter Director · appointed 2014
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Nicola Mary Corbishley Director · appointed 2018 · 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04309564
- 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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