Company · Chester
Chester Music Society
Performing arts
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Chester Music Society. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
- Yvonne PreeceDirector · since 2026
- Janet Elizabeth LeaDirector · since 2025
- Susan Jane RussellDirector · since 2019
- Joseph Jonathan PennDirector · since 2019
- Penelope Fay ClarkeDirector · since 2017
- Dr Susan Margaret TaylorDirector · since 2016
- Michael ClarkeDirector · since 2012
- Dr David John TaylorDirector · since 2003
- Susan Jane RussellSecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 21
- Dr John Lewis Wishlade 2022-2025 View profile
- John Richard Ferrari 2021-2026 View profile
- Clive Charles Cooper 2016-2020 View profile
- Raymond George Pulsford 2012-2017 View profile
- Denise Penelope Parkin 2012-2016 View profile
- Robin Glover Wendt 2010-2015 View profile
- Alison Williams 2010-2012 View profile
- Norman Robert Jackson 2008-2014 View profile
- Frank Elmitt 2004-2006 View profile
- David Anthony Woods 2003-2022 View profile
- John Philip Josling 2003-2019 View profile
- Wendy Ann Hollifield 2003-2018 View profile
- Frances Mary Patricia Dayananda 2003-2008 View profile
- Geoffrey Hallett 2003-2007 View profile
- John Godfrey Ierston 2003-2019 View profile
- Lawrence James Albrighton 2003-2005 View profile
- John David Herson 2003-2021 View profile
- David Stewart Bollans 2003-2004 View profile
- Dr David Granville Parks-Smith 2003-2021 View profile
- Dr Edmund Berkeley Ranby 2003-2026 View profile
- Gordon Stanley Smith 2003-2012 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- Performing arts
- Incorporated
- 10/06/2003
- Registered office
- Chester
- Also a registered charity
- Chester Music Society
Financials
- Net assets
- £126,489
- Total assets
- £126,489
- Cash
- £36,661
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. 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.
8 directors on the board
- Dr David John Taylor Director · appointed 2003
- Michael Clarke Director · appointed 2012
- Penelope Fay Clarke Director · appointed 2017
- Yvonne Preece Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Susan Margaret Taylor Director · appointed 2016
- Joseph Jonathan Penn Director · appointed 2019
- Susan Jane Russell Director · appointed 2019
- Janet Elizabeth Lea Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Dr David John Taylor Director · appointed 2003
- Michael Clarke Director · appointed 2012
- Penelope Fay Clarke Director · appointed 2017
- Dr Susan Margaret Taylor Director · appointed 2016
- Joseph Jonathan Penn Director · appointed 2019
- Susan Jane Russell Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Dr David John Taylor Director · appointed 2003
- Michael Clarke Director · appointed 2012
- Penelope Fay Clarke Director · appointed 2017
- Yvonne Preece Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Susan Margaret Taylor Director · appointed 2016
- Joseph Jonathan Penn Director · appointed 2019
- Janet Elizabeth Lea Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Susan Jane Russell Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dr Edmund Berkeley Ranby Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2026
- John Richard Ferrari Director · appointed 2021 · 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
- 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
- 04793760
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/04/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data