The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Essex Book Festival

Company 07538636 Active

Registered charity: Essex Book Festival

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Board DNA

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14
directors on the board
4.3y median 0.2y
average tenure
15.4y
longest tenure
4
directors past 6 years
9 vs 1 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Education 1Property 1Retail and trade 1Tech and media 1

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Company details

Number07538636
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated22/02/2011
Address125 HIGH STREET, COLCHESTER, ESSEX, CO1 1SZ
Accounts next due30/09/2027
Accounts last made up31/12/2025

Industry (SIC)

91011 - Library activities

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (17)

  • Wakeham, Helen Director · appointed 2026
  • Loftus, Hana Beatrice Yamato Director · appointed 2026
  • Williams, Louise-Ann May Director · appointed 2026
  • Leppich, Christian Josef Peter Director · appointed 2026
  • Clowes, Paula Director · appointed 2026
  • Pons Webster, Maxime Quetzal Director · appointed 2026
  • Robinson, Jack Edward O'Hara Director · appointed 2026
  • Sheehan, Kimberley Anne Elizabeth Director · appointed 2026
  • Ogunlana-Fadipe, Folasade Olukemi Director · appointed 2022
  • Fisher, Tony Director · appointed 2021
  • Shestopal, Camilla Director · appointed 2014
  • Gaudin, Patricia Ann Director · appointed 2014
  • Macdonald, James Andrew Director · appointed 2014
  • Donaldson, Peter Brian Director · appointed 2011
  • Lucas, Jeremy Robert Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
  • Southall, Brian David Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
  • Ford, Seona Margaret Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2022

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