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The Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Glenn Victor HandleyDirector · since 2026
- Alexander Thomas HitchensDirector · since 2026
- Monica BhandariDirector · since 2025
- Margaret GardinerDirector · since 2025
- Sophie-Anne ReesDirector · since 2024
- Charlotte Jane MartenDirector · since 2024
- Barnaby James NorthoverDirector · since 2023
- Diana Elizabeth Deborah RobinsonDirector · since 2023
- John David EdwardDirector · since 2023
- Christine Margaret KeunenDirector · since 2022
- Caroline Louise JordanDirector · since 2022
- Irfan Hamid LatifDirector · since 2021
- Tom Beardmore - GrayDirector · since 2021
- Paul Mark Dillon-RobinsonDirector · since 2018
- Michael William GregsonDirector · since 2018
- Richard HarmanSecretary · since 2016
Previous officers 79
- Lord Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude 2024-2025 View profile
- Dr Susan Honeywill 2023-2024 View profile
- Stanton, David John, the Revd Canon 2023-2026 View profile
- Samantha Charlotte Seth 2021-2023 View profile
- Eleanor Rose Allen 2021-2026 View profile
- Gillian Winter 2020-2024 View profile
- Nigel Gerrard Taylor 2020-2025 View profile
- Susan Alison King 2020-2024 View profile
- Susan Anne Ross 2020-2023 View profile
- Margot Suzanne Chaundler 2020-2024 View profile
- Peers, Richard Charles, the Revd Canon 2019-2022 View profile
- Rosemary Martin 2019-2021 View profile
- Julie Lydon Cornell 2019-2025 View profile
- John Charles Fiddian Barwell 2019-2023 View profile
- Alison Clare Martin Fmaat Mba 2018-2024 View profile
- Tanya Catherine Castell MBE 2018-2019 View profile
- Sarah Anne Phillips 2017-2025 View profile
- David Roger Levin 2017-2020 View profile
- Mark Reynell Taylor 2016-2025 View profile
- Katie Elizabeth Lancaster 2016-2022 View profile
- Kenneth John Durham 2016-2016 View profile
- Dr Pamela Alison Edmonds 2015-2021 View profile
- Rosanne Kimble Musgrave 2015-2018 View profile
- Deborah Jacqueline Knight 2015-2020 View profile
- Paul Marcus George Voller 2014-2020 View profile
- Dr Yvonne Ann Burne 2014-2020 View profile
- Dr Nigel Peter Vincent Richardson 2014-2020 View profile
- David William Taylor 2013-2022 View profile
- Right Reverend David Willfred Michael Jennings 2013-2019 View profile
- Charles Keith Oliver 2013-2016 View profile
- Michael Cyril Christopher Goolden 2013-2018 View profile
- Kenneth Robert Young 2012-2018 View profile
- Jonathan James Anthony Scott 2012-2015 View profile
- Lorna Joan Cocking 2012-2019 View profile
- Dr Roger Geoffrey Chapman 2012-2017 View profile
- Peter John Williamson 2012-2015 View profile
- Joanna Mary Elizabeth Williams 2011-2012 View profile
- Jonathan Richard Barker Cook 2011-2017 View profile
- Michael Henry Vickery Jeans 2009-2015 View profile
- Margaret Florence Rudland 2009-2019 View profile
- James Gordon Jack 2008-2012 View profile
- Anthony Clive Varteg Evans 2008-2014 View profile
- William Michael Thomas Fowle 2008-2012 View profile
- Jeremy Michael Wooding 2007-2011 View profile
- Averon Joy Richardson 2007-2013 View profile
- Revd Dr Martin Raymond Dudley 2007-2013 View profile
- Baroness Patricia Morris of Bolton 2006-2010 View profile
- Jane Miranda Richardson 2006-2012 View profile
- Thomas David Wheare 2006-2012 View profile
- Marco Luigi Autimio Chiappelli 2006-2008 View profile
- Charles Arthur Paull 2006-2014 View profile
- Anthony James Eady 2006-2012 View profile
- Richard Paul Green 2005-2016 View profile
- David Arthur Peck 2004-2008 View profile
- June Marian Taylor 2004-2013 View profile
- Richard Edward Haynes 2004-2009 View profile
- Jennifer Jean Carter 2004-2006 View profile
- Lady Jean Mary Elizabeth Macgregor 2004-2007 View profile
- David Thomas Handley 2004-2005 View profile
- Harry Salmon 2004-2009 View profile
- Peter Herbert Lapping 2004-2007 View profile
- Alexander David Michael Bruce 2004-2006 View profile
- Margaret Rose Banks 2004-2007 View profile
- Colin Holloway 2004-2008 View profile
- Michael St John Parker 2004-2008 View profile
- Dennis Cotgrove 2004-2006 View profile
- Michael Hugh Norman Button 2004-2009 View profile
- Hilary Rost 2004-2008 View profile
- Susan Margaret Meikle 2004-2006 View profile
- Nicholas Raymond Bomford 2004-2008 View profile
- Dorothy Kathleen Dalton 2004-2006 View profile
- Samuel George Alder 2004-2014 View profile
- Elisabeth Elias 2004-2008 View profile
- Rt Hon John Roddick Russell Macgregor 2004-2006 View profile
- Charles Paul Moorhouse 2004-2007 View profile
- Prof Michael Martin Edwards 2004-2008 View profile
- Rt Hon Dame Angela Claire Rosemary Rumbold 2004-2007 View profile
- Stuart Alker Westley 2009-2016 View profile
- Rutter Jerome, Michael Shane, Brigadier 2004-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 27/08/2004
- Also a registered charity
- The Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools
Ownership
Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Stuart Alker Westley ceased 2016-08-31
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Richard Stuart Harman ceased 2017-09-02
significant influence · notified 2016-09-01
Group
- The Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools
is controlled by Stuart Alker Westley
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-08-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Stuart Alker Westley.
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.
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.
15 directors on the board
- Barnaby James Northover Director · appointed 2023
- Irfan Hamid Latif Director · appointed 2021
- Diana Elizabeth Deborah Robinson Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Mark Dillon-Robinson Director · appointed 2018
- Tom Beardmore - Gray Director · appointed 2021
- Glenn Victor Handley Director · appointed 2026
- Sophie-Anne Rees Director · appointed 2024
- Christine Margaret Keunen Director · appointed 2022
- Monica Bhandari Director · appointed 2025
- Caroline Louise Jordan Director · appointed 2022
- Michael William Gregson Director · appointed 2018
- John David Edward Director · appointed 2023
- Charlotte Jane Marten Director · appointed 2024
- Alexander Thomas Hitchens Director · appointed 2026
- Margaret Gardiner Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Paul Mark Dillon-Robinson Director · appointed 2018
- Michael William Gregson Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Irfan Hamid Latif Director · appointed 2021
- Sophie-Anne Rees Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Louise Jordan Director · appointed 2022
- Michael William Gregson Director · appointed 2018
- Margaret Gardiner Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (10)
- Barnaby James Northover Director · appointed 2023
- Diana Elizabeth Deborah Robinson Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Mark Dillon-Robinson Director · appointed 2018
- Tom Beardmore - Gray Director · appointed 2021
- Glenn Victor Handley Director · appointed 2026
- Christine Margaret Keunen Director · appointed 2022
- Monica Bhandari Director · appointed 2025
- John David Edward Director · appointed 2023
- Charlotte Jane Marten Director · appointed 2024
- Alexander Thomas Hitchens Director · appointed 2026
Also govern a charity
- Diana Elizabeth Deborah Robinson Westbrook HAY Educational Trust Limited
- Paul Mark Dillon-Robinson The Friends of ST Margaret the Queen Buxted, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Buxted and Hadlow Down
- Tom Beardmore - Gray ST Andrew's College, Bradfield
- Glenn Victor Handley Gard'NER Memorial Limited
- Monica Bhandari ST Helen's School, Northwood
- Caroline Louise Jordan Headington School Oxford Limited General Charitable Trust
- Charlotte Jane Marten The Westham House Fund, The North London Collegiate School
- Alexander Thomas Hitchens Leighton Park Trust
Left in the last 12 months
- Stanton, David John, the Revd Canon Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Eleanor Rose Allen 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05217162
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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