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The Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 42

  1. Geoffrey William Burgess 2019-2023 Director View profile
  2. Rebecca Jayne Dawes 2019-2025 Director View profile
  3. Dr Alan George Crowe 2018-2022 Director View profile
  4. Johann Carel Ehlers 2017-2023 Director View profile
  5. David Ryan Alcorn 2017-2018 Director View profile
  6. William Hyde 2017-2024 Director View profile
  7. Aled Rhys Jones 2017-2024 Director View profile
  8. Charles Reynolds 2014-2017 Director View profile
  9. Scott Gadd 2014-2017 Director View profile
  10. Edwin White 2013-2019 Director View profile
  11. Paul Grubb 2013-2017 Director View profile
  12. David Thomas 2012-2023 Director View profile
  13. Anna Playfair-Hannay 2012-2019 Director View profile
  14. John Bennett 2012-2024 Director View profile
  15. Colin Mcdonald 2012-2018 Director View profile
  16. John Dykes 2011-2012 Director View profile
  17. Wesley Hazell 2011-2014 Director View profile
  18. Dan O'Connor 2011-2017 Director View profile
  19. Louis Michael Rudston Fell 2010-2017 Director View profile
  20. Leona Dargis 2010-2016 Director View profile
  21. William Eric Wilson 2010-2013 Director View profile
  22. Robert Philip Hawes 2010-2013 Director View profile
  23. Madzayo, Stewart Mwachiru, Hon. Justice 2009-2010 Director View profile
  24. Charles Michael Downer 2008-2011 Director View profile
  25. John Young 2008-2011 Director View profile
  26. John Charles Bennett 2007-2011 Director View profile
  27. Stephen George Harris 2007-2014 Director View profile
  28. Michael Uvedale Lambert 2006-2025 Director View profile
  29. Alun Evans 2005-2008 Director View profile
  30. Roger Perkins 2004-2007 Director View profile
  31. Harding Derek Spencer 2004-2009 Director View profile
  32. David Thomas James Thomas 2004-2005 Director View profile
  33. Antony Francis Pemberton Ma Dl 2004-2012 Director View profile
  34. Michael Byrne Jones 2004-2010 Director View profile
  35. Dr Hilary Jane Guise 2004-2013 Director View profile
  36. Andrew Frank Gilmour 2004-2018 Director View profile
  37. Margaret Macfarlane Collinson 2004-2012 Director View profile
  38. Lord Samuel George Armstrong Vestey 2004-2022 Director View profile
  39. Charles Ross Brown 2004-2008 Director View profile
  40. John William Stanley 2003-2005 Director View profile
  41. William Herbert Bryce Yarr 2004-2010 Secretary View profile
  42. Charles David Runge 2003-2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Incorporated
23/10/2003
Registered office
Norwich
Also a registered charity
Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth

Financials

Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-12-31Not reportedNot reported
2025-12-31Not reportedNot reported

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

16 directors on the board

6.1y median 5.1y
average tenure
13.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (10)

Portfolio (6)

2
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.

Arts and leisure 2Other services 2Agriculture 1Business services 1Dormant 1Finance 1Professional services 1Property 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
04941444
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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