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The Beadworkers Guild

Artistic creation

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 29

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Sue Wightman 2025-2026 Director View profile
Jan Swain 2022-2023 Director View profile
Karen Gibson-Brown 2019-2025 Director View profile
Ann Bourke 2018-2021 Director View profile
Joan Newton 2017-2020 Director View profile
Joan Newton 2017-2018 Director View profile
Jackie Dunn 2017-2018 Director View profile
Jackie Dunn 2017-2024 Director View profile
Stephney Hornblow 2015-2018 Director View profile
Ruth Vickery 2015-2019 Director View profile
Sandra Julia Gidley 2013-2018 Director View profile
Sue Williams 2012-2014 Director View profile
Carolyn Ann Whenman 2011-2012 Director View profile
Carolyn Beer 2011-2017 Director View profile
Jenny Wilson 2010-2016 Director View profile
Avril Jennison 2008-2009 Director View profile
Tracy Victoria Clegg 2008-2015 Director View profile
Anne Elizabeth Smith 2008-2010 Director View profile
Dr Claire Marie Crouchley 2007-2012 Director View profile
Carole Dorothy Wade 2007-2009 Director View profile
Maureen Lord 2007-2016 Director View profile
Sarah Jacqueline Newton Dunn 2007-2012 Director View profile
Jacqueline Mary Gulczynski 2007-2008 Director View profile
Pamela Jane Palmer 2007-2008 Director View profile
Susan Maguire 2007-2021 Director View profile
Elizabeth Ann Thornton 2007-2023 Director View profile
Angelia Ward 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
Beginning 2 END Secretaries LTD 2007-2007 Corporate-secretary View profile
Sue Weber 2007-2008 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Artistic creation
Incorporated: 29/03/2007
Registered office: Cambridge
Also a registered charity: The Beadworkers Guild

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.

9 directors on the board

Mairi Carlton Director · appointed 2011
Carole Cowie Director · appointed 2018
Dr Elizabeth Anne Alford Director · appointed 2011
Denise Bending Director · appointed 2023
Sarah Elizabeth Longfield Director · appointed 2024
Susan Wightman Director · appointed 2026
Fiona Louise Millard Director · appointed 2016
Sylvia Fairhurst Director · appointed 2007
Rebecca Holmes Director · appointed 2025

8.4y median 8.5y

average tenure

19.2y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Mairi Carlton Director · appointed 2011
Carole Cowie Director · appointed 2018
Dr Elizabeth Anne Alford Director · appointed 2011
Fiona Louise Millard Director · appointed 2016
Sylvia Fairhurst Director · appointed 2007

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Mairi Carlton Director · appointed 2011
Carole Cowie Director · appointed 2018
Denise Bending Director · appointed 2023
Susan Wightman Director · appointed 2026
Sylvia Fairhurst Director · appointed 2007
Rebecca Holmes Director · appointed 2025

Portfolio (3)

Dr Elizabeth Anne Alford Director · appointed 2011
Sarah Elizabeth Longfield Director · appointed 2024
Fiona Louise Millard Director · appointed 2016

Also govern a charity

Dr Elizabeth Anne Alford Monmouthshire Show Society Limited

Left in the last 12 months

Karen Gibson-Brown Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
Sue Wightman Director · appointed 2025 · 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.

Arts and leisure 1Education 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

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.

Sources

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

Record details

Company number: 06193041
Status: Active
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due: 31/12/2026
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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