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The Pickering Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life
Museums activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 20
- Claire Helen Hawkes 2024-2025 View profile
- Rev Derek Michael Talbot 2024-2024 View profile
- Susan Claire Pacey 2022-2024 View profile
- Alexander Charles Prime Mcdonnell 2022-2023 View profile
- Andrew Roger Bundy 2020-2023 View profile
- Philip Robert Hall 2019-2024 View profile
- Robert Henry John Kenyon 2019-2020 View profile
- Elizabeth Jane Whitehouse 2018-2019 View profile
- David Sever-Topping 2018-2021 View profile
- Tracey Anne Blundell 2017-2021 View profile
- Peter John Anderson 2017-2019 View profile
- Michael Charles Pitt 2016-2020 View profile
- Kathleen Lesley Temple 2016-2017 View profile
- Richard Bradshaw Leigh 2015-2018 View profile
- Michael Ian Haigh 2013-2017 View profile
- Colin Clifford Pyrah 2012-2013 View profile
- Alan Taylor 2012-2016 View profile
- John Anthony Thompson 2012-2015 View profile
- Gordon Clitheroe 2012-2020 View profile
- Anthony Robin Lakin 2012-2016 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Museums activities
- Incorporated
- 24/12/2012
- Registered office
- Pickering
- Also a registered charity
- The Pickering Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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 Bradshaw Leigh ceased 2018-06-15
significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-01-01 - Michael Charles Pitt ceased 2020-10-15
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-05-16
Group
- The Pickering Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life
is controlled by Richard Bradshaw Leigh
Evidence
ceased significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-01-01, ceased 2018-06-15 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Richard Bradshaw Leigh.
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.
Grants received
2 grants · £485,721 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £388,023
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £97,698
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
6 directors on the board
- Stephen Knight Director · appointed 2020
- Janette Leigh Director · appointed 2012
- Stephen Croft Director · appointed 2022
- Vivien Lorna Stephens Director · appointed 2024
- Julie Kinghorn Director · appointed 2020
- Bruce Pickup Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Stephen Knight Director · appointed 2020
- Janette Leigh Director · appointed 2012
- Julie Kinghorn Director · appointed 2020
- Bruce Pickup Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Stephen Knight Director · appointed 2020
- Janette Leigh Director · appointed 2012
- Stephen Croft Director · appointed 2022
- Vivien Lorna Stephens Director · appointed 2024
- Julie Kinghorn Director · appointed 2020
- Bruce Pickup Director · appointed 2018
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
- 08341084
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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