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Avon Outdoor Activities Club

Avon Outdoor Activities Club is an active UK company (number 08233486), incorporated 2012, with 4 current directors including Richard James Carling and Sarah Gay. 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 45

  1. Antony Gavin Spittlehouse 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Rebecca Stevens 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Richard Barnett 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Sarah White 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Derek Redding 2022-2025 Director View profile
  6. Susan Frost 2022-2023 Director View profile
  7. Shaun William Grey 2022-2024 Director View profile
  8. Stephen Walters 2021-2024 Director View profile
  9. Katherine Wiltshier 2021-2024 Director View profile
  10. Clinton Lee Jones 2020-2021 Director View profile
  11. Maria Ann Hendricks 2020-2023 Director View profile
  12. Peter Ryecroft 2020-2023 Director View profile
  13. Richard Wesson 2019-2020 Director View profile
  14. Joanna Charlotte Metcalfe 2019-2020 Director View profile
  15. Simon Peter Maher 2018-2019 Director View profile
  16. Wendy Janet Smith 2018-2020 Director View profile
  17. Guy Allan Thomas 2018-2022 Director View profile
  18. Winifred Elin Jones 2018-2019 Director View profile
  19. Cathy Caola 2017-2022 Director View profile
  20. Matthew Sim 2017-2018 Director View profile
  21. Robert Dawkins 2017-2018 Director View profile
  22. Stuart Bardsley 2017-2017 Director View profile
  23. Clare Blackledge 2017-2020 Director View profile
  24. Dougal Matthews 2016-2017 Director View profile
  25. Sarah Elizabeth Gay 2016-2021 Director View profile
  26. Keith Andrew Chant 2016-2017 Director View profile
  27. Janine Rosemary Helen Cooke 2015-2018 Director View profile
  28. Vanessa Hiller 2015-2016 Director View profile
  29. David Woolsey 2015-2016 Director View profile
  30. Stephanie Bradfield 2014-2016 Director View profile
  31. Anne-Marie Jennifer Deacon 2013-2015 Director View profile
  32. Catherine Margaret Doel 2013-2016 Director View profile
  33. Kerr James Temba 2013-2014 Director View profile
  34. Dr David Alexander Murdoch 2012-2013 Director View profile
  35. Jonathan Stuart Maddicott 2012-2013 Director View profile
  36. Kirsty Louise Richardson 2012-2016 Director View profile
  37. Iwan Rhodri Smith 2012-2015 Director View profile
  38. Robert John Giles 2012-2014 Director View profile
  39. Lucia Claire Mundinano 2012-2015 Director View profile
  40. Maurice William Houkes 2012-2013 Director View profile
  41. Kathryn Sian James 2012-2021 Director View profile
  42. Matthew Hughes 2012-2017 Director View profile
  43. Esmie Jayne Player 2012-2013 Director View profile
  44. Charles Richard Simms 2012-2013 Director View profile
  45. Christopher Mark Burnley 2023-2026 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
28/09/2012

Ownership

Owned by (9) 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.

  • Richard James Carling
    significant influence · notified 2025-04-01
  • Stephanie Bradfield ceased 2017-03-23
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Keith Andrew Chant ceased 2017-03-23
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Janine Rosemary Helen Cooke ceased 2017-10-11
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Vanessa Hiller ceased 2017-10-11
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Matthew Hughes ceased 2017-10-11
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Christopher Mark Burnley ceased 2026-03-20
    significant influence · notified 2023-11-06
  • Katherine Wiltshier ceased 2024-04-12
    significant influence · notified 2023-11-06
  • Derek Redding ceased 2025-04-01
    significant influence · notified 2023-11-06
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Avon Outdoor Activities Club is controlled by Richard James Carling
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2025-04-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Richard James Carling.

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.

Financials

Net assets
£74,650
Total assets
£74,650
Cash
£79,041
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.

4 directors on the board

2.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
2.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

0
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
08233486
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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