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The Story Museum Trading Limited

Museums activities

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Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 9

  1. Caroline Jones 2018–2025 Director View profile
  2. Penny Cameron Watt 2018–2022 Director View profile
  3. Brian John Buchan 2017–2024 Director View profile
  4. Margaret Kathleen Whitlum-Cooper 2017–2018 Director View profile
  5. Martyn Courtney Bailey Williams 2005–2017 Director View profile
  6. Kim Allison Pickin 2005–2017 Director View profile
  7. Laytons Management Limited 2004–2005 Corporate-director View profile
  8. Edward Myles Knighton 2005–2015 Secretary View profile
  9. Laytons Secretaries Limited 2004–2005 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities
Incorporated
25/11/2004
Registered office
Oxford

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4 directors on the board

3.4y median 3.1y
average tenure
6.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

1
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 2Education 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

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
05296271
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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