Derek William Smithage 74
Chair of 1 charity - director of 1 company - 1 former directorship
Board network
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Governance intelligence
29.8 years in governance · 1 charity board · 1 company directorship (1 former) · 1 chair role · 1 sector · 7y average tenure
Calculated from Charity Commission and Companies House records - deterministic, no AI.
Charity boards (1)
- Tanfield Railway Trust Limited Chair since 2019 · 7yIncome across tenure yearsIncome +351% across tenure yearsIncome trend: risingCharity Commission annual returns
Company appointments
- Director Tanfield Railway Trust Limited appointed 1996 On the register
Company directorships matched to this trustee from Companies House. Company status is a matter of public record, shown as at the latest register snapshot.
Governance journey
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1996
Director
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2009
Director - resigned 2011
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2019
Trustee - Chair
Governance network
37
people served alongside
1
organisations in their governance network
Most-frequent collaborators
- Champion, David Tanfield Railway Trust Limited, 2026-current
- Palmer, Frank Stuart Tanfield Railway Trust Limited, 2025-current
- Hodgson, John Tanfield Railway Trust Limited, 2024-current
- Pickering, Angela May Tanfield Railway Trust Limited, 2015-current
- Charlton, Richard Gardiner Tanfield Railway Trust Limited, 2011-current
- Cowan, Ian Tanfield Railway Trust Limited, 1998-current
- Duncan, Barry Tanfield Railway Trust Limited, 2024-2025
- Lewis, Philip Charles Tanfield Railway Trust Limited, 2024-2025
- +31 more
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