Company · Portsmouth
The Worstead Village Festival
Activities of exhibition and fair organisers
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 31
- Rev David Warner 2025-2026 View profile
- Sarah Jane Martin 2022-2023 View profile
- Gary Wright 2021-2023 View profile
- Belinda Anne Patient 2019-2023 View profile
- Bruce Robert Paterson 2019-2025 View profile
- Sam Edward Outing 2019-2020 View profile
- Daniel Zebedee Cox 2019-2020 View profile
- Marcia Vivien Paterson 2017-2019 View profile
- Josef Lambert 2016-2017 View profile
- Steven George Henderson 2015-2019 View profile
- Matthew John Wright 2014-2019 View profile
- Sally Nicholson 2013-2018 View profile
- Adrian Bond 2012-2015 View profile
- Toby William Rose 2010-2016 View profile
- Caroline Justine Elizabeth Rance 2010-2012 View profile
- John Anthony Rance 2010-2012 View profile
- Raymond Derrick Allen 2010-2012 View profile
- Michael James Annison 2010-2015 View profile
- Lorraine Gray 2010-2012 View profile
- Gay Webster 2010-2019 View profile
- Jonathan Lowe 2010-2019 View profile
- Paul Kenneth Uglow 2009-2010 View profile
- Cynthia Margaret Clare 2009-2010 View profile
- Gavin Alston Paterson 2009-2010 View profile
- Susan Patricia Hawkins 2009-2010 View profile
- Jennifer Louise Pearce 2009-2010 View profile
- Joe Parker 2009-2010 View profile
- Derek George Gibson 2009-2010 View profile
- Russell Bateman 2009-2010 View profile
- Johanna Maria Gardner 2017-2024 View profile
- Sally Louise Nicholson 2014-2017 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of exhibition and fair organisers
- Incorporated
- 27/06/2009
- Registered office
- Portsmouth
- Also a registered charity
- The Worstead Village Festival
Ownership
Owned by (5) 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.
- Gay Webster ceased 2019-01-08
significant influence · notified 2016-07-01 - Sally Nicholson ceased 2017-12-05
significant influence · notified 2016-07-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Simon Christopher Cole ceased 2019-01-08
significant influence · notified 2016-07-01 - Johanna Maria Gardner ceased 2024-12-29
appoints directors (trust), significant influence · notified 2019-01-08 - Jane Emma Bond ceased 2024-12-29
significant influence · notified 2019-01-17
Group
- The Worstead Village Festival
is controlled by Gay Webster
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-07-01, ceased 2019-01-08 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Gay Webster.
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.
6 directors on the board
- Jennifer Mcpherson Gubbins Director · appointed 2023
- Simon Christopher Cole Director · appointed 2010
- Kevin Peter Geary Director · appointed 2020
- Dr John Christopher Bacon Director · appointed 2011
- Jane Emma Bond Director · appointed 2019
- Mark Thompson Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Simon Christopher Cole Director · appointed 2010
- Kevin Peter Geary Director · appointed 2020
- Dr John Christopher Bacon Director · appointed 2011
- Jane Emma Bond Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Simon Christopher Cole Director · appointed 2010
- Kevin Peter Geary Director · appointed 2020
- Dr John Christopher Bacon Director · appointed 2011
- Jane Emma Bond Director · appointed 2019
- Mark Thompson Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Jennifer Mcpherson Gubbins Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Rev David Warner 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.
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
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 06946197
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/06/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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