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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.
7 directors on the board
- John Peter Ridgway Director · appointed 2011
- Richard Ian Stone Director · appointed 2021
- Nicholas Charles Evans Director · appointed 2012
- Tobias Robinson Director · appointed 2017
- Maureen Wendy Ridgway Director · appointed 2006
- John Handley Director · appointed 2017
- Robert Mole Director · appointed 2020
11y median 8.6y
average tenure
20y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- John Peter Ridgway Director · appointed 2011
- Nicholas Charles Evans Director · appointed 2012
- Tobias Robinson Director · appointed 2017
- Maureen Wendy Ridgway Director · appointed 2006
- John Handley Director · appointed 2017
- Robert Mole Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- John Peter Ridgway Director · appointed 2011
- Richard Ian Stone Director · appointed 2021
- Nicholas Charles Evans Director · appointed 2012
- Maureen Wendy Ridgway Director · appointed 2006
- John Handley Director · appointed 2017
- Robert Mole Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Tobias Robinson Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months
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.
Company details
| Number | 05894122 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 02/08/2006 |
| Address | STEAMWORKS THE OLD GAS WORKS SITE, BLYTH ROAD, SOUTHWOLD, IP18 6AZ |
| Accounts next due | 31/03/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 30/06/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
91020 - Museums activities
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Owns 1 company iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Southwold Railway Company Limited ceased 2025-07-20
appoints directors · notified 2016-06-01
Officers (28)
- Richard Ian Stone Director · appointed 2021
- Robert Mole Director · appointed 2020
- Tobias Robinson Director · appointed 2017
- John Handley Director · appointed 2017
- Nicholas Charles Evans Director · appointed 2012
- John Peter Ridgway Director · appointed 2011
- Maureen Wendy Ridgway Director · appointed 2006
- John Laurence Bennett Secretary · appointed 2006
Show 20 former officers
- Graham Webster Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
- Peter Southgate Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
- Ian Overton Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
- Michael Golding Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
- Jonathan Peter Chick Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2022
- Kenneth John Ledran Penrose Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
- Stewart Green Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
- James Paul Sebastian Hewett Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2017
- Alan Roslyn Taylor Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2017
- Pitcher, Simon John, Reverend Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2015
- Oliver Richard Densham Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
- David Smith Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
- Timothy James Heaps Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
- Brian John Bailey Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
- Graham Richard Thurston Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
- Alastair Macfarlane Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
- David Mark Lee Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
- Arthur David Negus Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2011
- Geoffrey Alfred Crabb Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
- Leonard Harris Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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