The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Downs View Life Skills College

Company 11073037 Active

Registered charity: Downs View Life Skills College

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.

4
directors on the board
5.2y median 6.1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
4 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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.

Company details

Number11073037
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated20/11/2017
Address7 OLD LONDON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 8XR
Accounts next due30/04/2027
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

85410 - Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Ownership - persons with significant control (3)


  • Mr Adrian Edward Carver ceased British
    ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50% right to appoint and remove directors
  • Jill Sawyer ceased British
    ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50% right to appoint and remove directors

Officers (11)

  • Paxton-Walker, Maggie Director · appointed 2025
  • Watkins, James Director · appointed 2021
  • Chapman, Jennifer Anne, Dr Director · appointed 2018
  • Hirschler, Susan Director · appointed 2018
  • Jones, Anna Victoria Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2024
  • Mcmorrow, Jane Fiona Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
  • Inwood, Richard, Dr Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2022
  • Egan, Michelle Mary Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
  • Champion, Kim Harvey Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
  • Carver, Adrian Edward Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
  • Sawyer, Jill Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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