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Oakwood School

Company 05055346 Active

Registered charity: Oakwood School

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Board DNA

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9
directors on the board
7y median 7.6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
5
directors past 6 years
5 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
3
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Arts and leisure 7Professional services 5Dormant 3Agriculture 2Education 1Hospitality 1

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  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

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Company details

Number05055346
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated25/02/2004
AddressOAKWOOD SCHOOL, OAKWOOD, CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX, PO18 9AN
Accounts next due31/05/2027
Accounts last made up31/08/2025

Industry (SIC)

85200 - Primary education

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (30)

  • Davies, Hannah Jane Director · appointed 2023
  • Baily, Jo'Anne Director · appointed 2022
  • Bourne, Katherine Eleanor Director · appointed 2020
  • Bartholomew, Naomi Jane Director · appointed 2020
  • Prescott, Penelope Jane Director · appointed 2018
  • Waterworth, Adam James Philip Director · appointed 2018
  • Butt, Lynda Mary Director · appointed 2018
  • Pailthorpe, Richard David Bruce Director · appointed 2017
  • Lacey, Neville Denis Secretary · appointed 2016
  • Geffen, Richard Denis Henry Director · appointed 2015
  • Parvin, Steven Frank Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2022
  • Barnes, Shirley Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2022
  • Fido, David Robert Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2015
  • Solly, Richard Nicholas John Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
  • Bowerman, Derek James Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2025
  • Fawcett, James Adrian Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
  • Nicholls, Jonathan Clive Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
  • Priory, James Edwin Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2018
  • Fanshawe CBE RN, James Rupert, Commodore Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Doman, Christopher William Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
  • Hastings, Richard John Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
  • Proctor, Gillian Patricia Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Howard, Charles William Wykeham, Father Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2017
  • Peel, Jennifer Trudi Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2019
  • Baker, Julia Margaret Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
  • Crouch, Michael Henry Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
  • Adams, Norman Henry Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2012
  • Hermon-Taylor, Christopher Guy Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Smyth, Andrew Charles William Former Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2011
  • Gates, Valerie Margaret Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2012

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