Company
ST Albans Diocesan Property Company Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Previous officers 10
- John Wesley Butler 2019–2023 View profile
- Colin Bernard Gage 2018–2025 View profile
- John Barrie Watkiss 2014–2025 View profile
- Smith, Jonathan Peter, the Venerable 2014–2020 View profile
- John Robert George Parsons 2014–2017 View profile
- Richard John Lyne 2014–2019 View profile
- David William Nye 2014–2019 View profile
- Honourable Richard Oakley Pleydell-Bouverie 2014–2020 View profile
- Edmund Michael Wood 2014–2023 View profile
- Susan Elizabeth Pope 2014–2021 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 18/02/2014
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- The ST.Albans Diocesan Board of Finance
75-100% shares · notified 2017-02-18
Group
- ST Albans Diocesan Property Company Limited
is controlled by The ST.Albans Diocesan Board of Finance
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2017-02-18 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by The ST.Albans Diocesan Board of Finance.
2 other companies in this group
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 for researchers
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
- Colin Graham Bird Director · appointed 2019
- Andrew Charles Brown Director · appointed 2020
- Dr Timothy John Coulson Director · appointed 2024
- Henry Thurston Holland-Hibbert Director · appointed 2014
- Middlebrook, David John, Archdeacon Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Colin Graham Bird Director · appointed 2019
- Andrew Charles Brown Director · appointed 2020
- Henry Thurston Holland-Hibbert Director · appointed 2014
- Middlebrook, David John, Archdeacon Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- Colin Graham Bird Director · appointed 2019
- Andrew Charles Brown Director · appointed 2020
- Dr Timothy John Coulson Director · appointed 2024
- Henry Thurston Holland-Hibbert Director · appointed 2014
- Middlebrook, David John, Archdeacon Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
- Colin Graham Bird The Overseas Bishoprics' Fund, Hockerill Educational Foundation, The Hockerill Educational Company Limited, Roger Daniel for Sermon and Poor, The Mara Rianda Charitable Trust, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ALL Saints With ST John, Hertford
- Andrew Charles Brown Trust for London Trustee, The ST Albans Diocesan Board of Finance, The William Leech Foundation Limited
- Middlebrook, David John, Archdeacon Ecumenical Partnership Initiatives, ST Albans Woodland Burial Trust, Stevenage Pioneer Youth Trust, Chew's Foundation AT Dunstable, The ST Albans Diocesan Board of Finance
Left in the last 12 months
- John Barrie Watkiss Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2025
- Colin Bernard Gage Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
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
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08899302
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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