Society of the Sacred Mission
Company 04943183 Active
Registered charity: Society of the Sacred Mission
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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.
5 directors on the board
- Ewer, Edward Sydney John, Reverend Director · appointed 2003
- Arnold, Adrian, Rev Director · appointed 2023
- Robert Stretton Director · appointed 2016
- Bamber, Sheila Jane, Revd Canon Director · appointed 2019
- Irvine, Christopher Paul, Rev Director · appointed 2023
9y median 6.6y
average tenure
22.7y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Ewer, Edward Sydney John, Reverend Director · appointed 2003
- Robert Stretton Director · appointed 2016
- Bamber, Sheila Jane, Revd Canon Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Ewer, Edward Sydney John, Reverend Director · appointed 2003
- Arnold, Adrian, Rev Director · appointed 2023
- Robert Stretton Director · appointed 2016
- Irvine, Christopher Paul, Rev Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Bamber, Sheila Jane, Revd Canon Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Mark Tomlinson Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Williams, Mark, Revd Canon Director · appointed 2025 · 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.
Health and social care 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
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Communities Together Durham 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 04943183 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 24/10/2003 |
| Address | ST. ANTONYS PRIORY, 74 CLAYPATH, DURHAM, DH1 1QT |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
94910 - Activities of religious organizations
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Officers (34)
- Laurence Pinkney Secretary · appointed 2026
- Arnold, Adrian, Rev Director · appointed 2023
- Irvine, Christopher Paul, Rev Director · appointed 2023
- Bamber, Sheila Jane, Revd Canon Director · appointed 2019
- Robert Stretton Director · appointed 2016
- Ewer, Edward Sydney John, Reverend Director · appointed 2003
Show 28 former officers
- Williams, Mark, Revd Canon Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
- Jones, Simon, Rev Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2023
- Cooper, Robert Gerard, Revd Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2024
- Mark Tomlinson Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Straughan, Keith, Professor Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
- Relf-Pennington, Catherine, Reverend Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2019
- Robert Scott Biggs Secretary · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
- Purvis, Anthony Joseph, Br Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
- Stephen William Hogg Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
- Allan Hargreaves Secretary · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
- Purivis, Anthony Joseph, Br Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2019
- Allan Hargreaves Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2019
- Golightly, Paul Anthony, Rev Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2017
- Cherry, Canon Stephen Arthur, Reverend Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2014
- Jeremy Stephen Frederick Hopkinson Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2020
- Carey, Wendy, Reverend Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2019
- Khundkar, Fazle Hasan, Mr. Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
- Askey, Gary Simon, Rev Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
- Ian Robert Woodall Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
- Margaret Moakes Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2017
- Griffiths, Colin Lindsay, Fr Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2014
- Michael Henry Maasdorp Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2010
- Peter Thomas Davis Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2004
- Butler, Jean Mary, Sister Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
- Armstrong, Christopher John, the Very Revd Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2008
- Turner, Judith, Dr Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2012
- Wheat, Charles Donald Edmund, Reverend Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2013
- Griffiths, Thomas William, Reverend Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2004
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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