The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Hastings Contemporary

Company 08204873 Active

Registered charity: Hastings Contemporary

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Board DNA

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10
directors on the board
3.2y median 2.2y
average tenure
7.4y
longest tenure
1
directors past 6 years
4 vs 4 portfolio
first-time directors
5
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Arts and leisure 5Education 2Health and social care 2Finance 1Professional services 1Retail and trade 1

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Company details

Number08204873
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated06/09/2012
Address8 THE OLD YARD, LODGE FARM BUSINESS CENTRE WOLVERTON ROAD, CASTLETHORPE, MILTON KEYNES, MK19 7ES
Accounts next due30/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

94990 - Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (4)


  • Mr Christopher Harvey Digby-Bell ceased British
    voting rights 25-50%
  • Mr Kevin Gerald Smyth ceased British
    voting rights 25-50%
  • David Roderick Michael Pennock ceased British
    voting rights 25-50%

Officers (25)

  • Urban, Benjamin William Director · appointed 2025
  • Brown, Bruce George, Professor Director · appointed 2024
  • Farthing, Michael John Godfrey, Professor Director · appointed 2024
  • Sandford-Beal, Kay Elizabeth Director · appointed 2024
  • Courtauld, Clara Director · appointed 2024
  • Rogers, David Maurice Director · appointed 2024
  • Chowney, Peter Donald James Director · appointed 2022
  • Millett, Patricia Mary Nathalie Director · appointed 2022
  • Phillips-Pakenham, Aderonke Director · appointed 2021
  • Corbett-Nolan, Andrew Charles Robert Jean-Baptiste Director · appointed 2019
  • Gpfm Limited Corporate-secretary · appointed 2014
  • Hopwood, Sarah Jane Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2024
  • Ghate, Deborah Rose, Dr Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2024
  • O'Sullivan, Joni Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2026
  • FOX, Esther Mary Louise Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2024
  • Gilmore, Elizabeth Mary Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
  • Kowitz, Sarah Helena Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2022
  • Maclean, Nicholas Francis Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2023
  • Wardle, Lara Louise Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2019
  • Hogan-Hern, Philippa Mary Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2019
  • Grieve, Alan Thomas Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2019
  • Pennock, David Roderick Michael Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2023
  • Smyth, Kevin Gerald Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2019
  • Hetherington, Peter Andrew Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2012
  • Digby-Bell, Christopher Harvey Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2019

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