Company
Religious Education Council of England and Wales
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Religious Education Council of England and Wales. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
- Edward Francis PawsonDirector · since 2025
- Dr Richard Ian KuehDirector · since 2024
- Tanuja ShuklaDirector · since 2024
- Caroline Alice Rowan AldertonDirector · since 2024
- Dr Sheila Jeanne GewolbDirector · since 2023
- Paul Simon SmalleyDirector · since 2021
- Rosemary RivettDirector · since 2020
- Philip Howard RobinsonDirector · since 2018
- Dr Kathryn WrightDirector · since 2018
- Aliya AzamDirector · since 2012
- Sarah Lane CawteDirector · since 2009
- Kathy Nicola RiddickSecretary · since 2021
Previous officers 43
- Elizabeth Anne Jones 2023-2026 View profile
- Ramesh Damji Devji Pattni 2022-2023 View profile
- Dr Celine Francoise Yvette Benoit 2022-2025 View profile
- Dr Patricia Hannam 2020-2023 View profile
- Sara Ruth Perlmutter 2020-2021 View profile
- Derek Charles Richard Holloway 2019-2022 View profile
- Andrew Copson 2018-2019 View profile
- Dr Mark Chater 2018-2019 View profile
- Satnam Singh Poonian 2018-2019 View profile
- Sandra Teacher 2018-2024 View profile
- Sushma Sahajpal 2018-2020 View profile
- Karamjit Singh Thind 2015-2018 View profile
- Richard Thompson 2015-2018 View profile
- Professor Trevor James Cooling 2015-2021 View profile
- Dr James Daniel Holt 2015-2018 View profile
- Emma Mcvittie 2015-2017 View profile
- Deborah Tibbey 2014-2015 View profile
- Dr Joyce Miller 2014-2015 View profile
- David Francis 2013-2021 View profile
- Jeremy Hamilton Taylor 2013-2015 View profile
- Gavin Patrick Craigen 2012-2014 View profile
- Dr Tania Ap Sion 2012-2014 View profile
- Dr Ranvir Singh Kanwar 2012-2015 View profile
- William John Keast 2011-2014 View profile
- Helen Jane Harrison 2010-2016 View profile
- Michael John Castelli 2010-2013 View profile
- Dr Harshadray Nandlal Sanghrajka 2009-2009 View profile
- Dr Harshadray Nandlal Sanghrajka 2009-2012 View profile
- Deborah Ann Weston 2009-2026 View profile
- Peter Ward 2009-2018 View profile
- Philip Hanford Leivers 2009-2018 View profile
- Shahid Javed Akmal 2009-2010 View profile
- Professor Brian Edward Gates 2006-2011 View profile
- Prof Liam Francis Gearon 2006-2009 View profile
- Reverend Joseph Anthony Quigley 2006-2010 View profile
- Denise Lynn Chaplin 2006-2012 View profile
- Andrew James William Copson 2006-2015 View profile
- Jay Prakash Lakhani 2006-2012 View profile
- Dr Kanwaljit Kaur Singh 2006-2010 View profile
- Elizabeth Mary Mcwhirter 2006-2009 View profile
- Reverend John Dennis Gay 2006-2013 View profile
- Deborah Weston 2018-2026 View profile
- Peter Ward 2015-2018 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- Incorporated
- 16/08/2006
- Also a registered charity
- Religious Education Council of England and Wales
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.
11 directors on the board
- Sarah Lane Cawte Director · appointed 2009
- Aliya Azam Director · appointed 2012
- Rosemary Rivett Director · appointed 2020
- Edward Francis Pawson Director · appointed 2025
- Philip Howard Robinson Director · appointed 2018
- Paul Simon Smalley Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Kathryn Wright Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Richard Ian Kueh Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Sheila Jeanne Gewolb Director · appointed 2023
- Tanuja Shukla Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Alice Rowan Alderton Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Sarah Lane Cawte Director · appointed 2009
- Aliya Azam Director · appointed 2012
- Rosemary Rivett Director · appointed 2020
- Philip Howard Robinson Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Kathryn Wright Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Sarah Lane Cawte Director · appointed 2009
- Rosemary Rivett Director · appointed 2020
- Edward Francis Pawson Director · appointed 2025
- Philip Howard Robinson Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Kathryn Wright Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Sheila Jeanne Gewolb Director · appointed 2023
- Tanuja Shukla Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Alice Rowan Alderton Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Aliya Azam Director · appointed 2012
- Paul Simon Smalley Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Richard Ian Kueh Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
- Aliya Azam The Christian Muslim Forum, AL-AYN Social Care Foundation
- Edward Francis Pawson Devon Faith and Belief Forum
- Paul Simon Smalley The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Warrington in the Diocese of Liverpool
- Dr Richard Ian Kueh Culham ST Gabriel's Trust
- Dr Sheila Jeanne Gewolb The Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Community Trust, Jewish History Association of Wales
Left in the last 12 months
- Elizabeth Anne Jones Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Deborah Ann Weston Director · appointed 2009 · 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.
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
- 05907308
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data