Company
The Giraffe Project
The Giraffe Project is an active UK company (number 07988621), incorporated 2012, with 5 current directors including Iosif Igna and Gesa Horstkotte-Wesseler. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 11
- Vicky Kloppenburg 2020-2021 View profile
- Beate Raabe-Von Witzleben 2020-2021 View profile
- Nicola Mary Silverleaf 2020-2020 View profile
- Juergen Koenemann 2017-2023 View profile
- Stewart Anthony Sims 2015-2020 View profile
- Eric David Oltman 2014-2018 View profile
- John Richard Newbold 2013-2020 View profile
- Peter Stastny 2013-2020 View profile
- Stuart Philip Bailey 2012-2013 View profile
- Robert William Erwin Schulz 2012-2014 View profile
- Helen Joan Bailey 2012-2013 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 13/03/2012
- Also a registered charity
- The Giraffe Project
Financials
- Employees
- 0.03
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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
- Richard Anthony Baines Director · appointed 2012
- Denise Madeleine Yvonne Baines Director · appointed 2012
- Gesa Horstkotte-Wesseler Director · appointed 2020
- Iosif Igna Director · appointed 2024
- Ian Dalton Director · appointed 2013
Directors past 6 years
- Richard Anthony Baines Director · appointed 2012
- Denise Madeleine Yvonne Baines Director · appointed 2012
- Gesa Horstkotte-Wesseler Director · appointed 2020
- Ian Dalton Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Richard Anthony Baines Director · appointed 2012
- Gesa Horstkotte-Wesseler Director · appointed 2020
- Iosif Igna Director · appointed 2024
- Ian Dalton Director · appointed 2013
Portfolio (1)
- Denise Madeleine Yvonne Baines Director · appointed 2012
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
- 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
- 07988621
- 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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