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The DS Smith Charitable Foundation

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 13

  1. Lee Robert Pethers 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Kristina Tihomirova Sheyretova-Gancheva 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Melanie Magness 2022-2022 Director View profile
  4. Tracie Balentine 2022-2022 Director View profile
  5. Wouter Van Tol 2020-2025 Director View profile
  6. Peter Clayson 2018-2020 Director View profile
  7. Emma Marie Ciechan 2017-2022 Director View profile
  8. Catriona Marie O'Grady 2016-2022 Director View profile
  9. Mark Tobias Greenwood 2013-2017 Director View profile
  10. Nicholas David Feaviour 2013-2017 Director View profile
  11. David John Matthews 2013-2014 Director View profile
  12. Rachel Claire Stevens 2011-2021 Director View profile
  13. Anne Steele 2011-2018 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
01/06/2011
Also a registered charity
The DS Smith Charitable Foundation

Ownership

Owned by (17) 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.

  • Nicholas David Feaviour ceased 2017-04-30
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Mark Tobias Greenwood ceased 2017-10-20
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Mark Peter Reeve ceased 2025-02-18
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Anne Steele ceased 2018-10-31
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Rachel Claire Stevens ceased 2021-09-30
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Catriona Marie O'Grady ceased 2022-08-26
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Emma Marie Ciechan ceased 2022-11-03
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2017-10-20
  • Peter Clayson ceased 2020-04-30
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-12-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Wouter Van Tol ceased 2025-02-18
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2020-10-01
  • Diana Roxana Ciuraru ceased 2025-02-18
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2022-02-07
  • Giulio Giannini ceased 2025-02-18
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2022-02-07
  • Tracie Balentine ceased 2022-03-04
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2022-02-07
  • Melanie Magness ceased 2022-07-30
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2022-03-04
  • Brenda Wells ceased 2025-02-18
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2022-11-03 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Lee Robert Pethers ceased 2024-04-04
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2022-11-03
  • Kristina Tihomirova Sheyretova-Gancheva ceased 2025-02-18
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2022-11-03
  • Amira Diop ceased 2025-02-18
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2022-11-03

Group

  1. The DS Smith Charitable Foundation is controlled by Nicholas David Feaviour
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-04-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Nicholas David Feaviour.

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.

5 directors on the board

5.4y median 4.4y
average tenure
10.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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.

Professional services 25Finance 2Business services 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
07654039
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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