Skip to content
Governance Register

Company

Campaign to Protect Rural England

Campaign to Protect Rural England is an active UK company (number 04302973), incorporated 2001, with 8 current directors including Hayley Simone Tocknell and Martin Collett. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

Network

The large node is Campaign to Protect Rural England. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.

Who leads it

Previous officers 69

  1. Matthew Oconnell 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Anna Shute 2023-2023 Director View profile
  3. Graham William Donaldson 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Douglas Alexander Chalmers 2022-2022 Director View profile
  5. Safia Laila Minney 2021-2023 Director View profile
  6. James Richard Lindsay 2020-2024 Director View profile
  7. Professor Patricia Mary Broadfoot 2019-2025 Director View profile
  8. Martin Charles Tyler 2019-2025 Director View profile
  9. William Samuel Morgan Rivers 2018-2024 Director View profile
  10. Dr Richard Thomas Simmons 2018-2022 Director View profile
  11. Corinne Margaret Pluchino 2017-2021 Director View profile
  12. Andrew Thomas Joseph Topley 2017-2023 Director View profile
  13. David Robin Bibby Thompson 2016-2022 Director View profile
  14. Lucie Jessica Hammond 2016-2019 Director View profile
  15. Catherine Theodora Graham-Harrison 2016-2017 Director View profile
  16. Margaret Anita Clark 2015-2021 Director View profile
  17. James Benjamin Clayson Ravine 2014-2016 Director View profile
  18. Susan Jocelyn Sayer 2014-2020 Director View profile
  19. Stephen John Anderson 2014-2020 Director View profile
  20. Christine Evelyn Cary Drury 2013-2019 Director View profile
  21. Michael Peter Benner 2012-2018 Director View profile
  22. Peter Martin Crookston 2011-2017 Director View profile
  23. Elizabeth Anne Hamilton 2011-2017 Director View profile
  24. Anthony Nicholas Kemmer 2010-2012 Director View profile
  25. Melinda Jane Appleby 2010-2016 Director View profile
  26. Peter Stephen Raynes 2010-2016 Director View profile
  27. Ali Mohammad Miraj 2009-2014 Director View profile
  28. Caroline Jane Drummond 2008-2011 Director View profile
  29. Timothy Stephen Bowles 2008-2012 Director View profile
  30. Peter Edward Waine 2008-2014 Director View profile
  31. Thomas Victor Mcdonald 2007-2007 Director View profile
  32. Georgina Jeanette Bigg 2007-2013 Director View profile
  33. Brian Bowran Wood 2006-2010 Director View profile
  34. Andrew Edward Brown 2006-2009 Director View profile
  35. John Martyn Hoare 2006-2007 Director View profile
  36. Jean Margaret Stainthorpe 2005-2007 Director View profile
  37. Jan Arger 2005-2007 Director View profile
  38. Dr Anne Penelope Robinson 2005-2010 Director View profile
  39. Donald Mitchell 2005-2007 Director View profile
  40. Philip Alan Kolvin 2004-2007 Director View profile
  41. Gillian Margaret Smith 2004-2006 Director View profile
  42. Christopher Lennox Napier 2004-2011 Director View profile
  43. Alison Lisa Streatfield James 2003-2007 Director View profile
  44. Sir Nigel Cooper Thompson 2003-2008 Director View profile
  45. Brian Andrew Montgomery 2003-2007 Director View profile
  46. Roger John Adam Martin 2003-2007 Director View profile
  47. Barrie Leslie Douglas Collins 2002-2008 Director View profile
  48. David Wragg 2002-2005 Director View profile
  49. John Lipetz 2001-2004 Director View profile
  50. Dr Christopher Denis Wiltsher 2001-2005 Director View profile
  51. David Lewis Edsall 2001-2003 Director View profile
  52. Henrietta Sherwin 2001-2003 Director View profile
  53. Leonard Lee Watson 2001-2005 Director View profile
  54. Malcolm Brocklesby 2001-2002 Director View profile
  55. Selby William Martin 2001-2004 Director View profile
  56. Mark Kerry Mcmullen 2001-2002 Director View profile
  57. Sir David Robert Ford 2001-2003 Director View profile
  58. John Barry Porter 2001-2005 Director View profile
  59. Jeannine Mary Barber 2001-2002 Director View profile
  60. Adrian Alexander Christian Phillips 2001-2006 Director View profile
  61. Michael Cowan 2001-2002 Director View profile
  62. David Rupert Drury Edmunds 2001-2006 Director View profile
  63. John Walter Cooper 2001-2004 Director View profile
  64. Lawrence De Villamil Wragg 2001-2007 Director View profile
  65. Julian Connor Purvis 2013-2018 Secretary View profile
  66. Helen Clare Turner 2005-2013 Secretary View profile
  67. David Noel Johnson 2005-2005 Secretary View profile
  68. Patricia Irene Macaulay 2004-2005 Secretary View profile
  69. Heather Carol Rossotti 2001-2004 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

About

Incorporated
11/10/2001

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Campaign to Protect Rural England on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company 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.

Grants received

3 grants · £159,700 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • John Ellerman Foundation £30,0002022-01-27
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £79,7002021-02-23
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002003-05-12
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.

8 directors on the board

2.8y median 1.8y
average tenure
6.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

Left in the last 12 months

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.

Professional services 6Dormant 2Business services 1Other services 1Tech and media 1

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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
04302973
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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data