The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

James Reginald Townshend

Trustee of 2 charities - director of 37 companies - 5 former directorships

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Governance intelligence

Experience17

Leadership0

Breadth58

Network24

Renewal risk53

6.7 years in governance · 2 charity boards · 3 sectors · 7y average tenure

Calculated from Charity Commission and Companies House records - deterministic, no AI.

Charity boards (2)

THE Swannery Trust since 2019 · 7yIncome across tenure yearsIncome +52% across tenure yearsIncome trend: risingCharity Commission annual returns
THE Redlynch Charitable TrustIncome across held yearsCharity Commission annual returns

Governance journey

2003
Grosvenor Farms Limited
Director
2003
Jove Properties (1) Limited
Director - resigned 2003
2003
Ilchester Estates
Director
2008
Cygnet Industries Limited
Director
2008
Melbury Bioenergy Limited
Director
2012
Moorcrest Solutions LTD.
Director
2013
Velcourt (East) Limited
Director
2013
Velcourt (G.B.) Limited
Director
2013
Velcourt Management Services Limited
Director
2013
Velcourt (Brittania) Limited
Director
2013
Stokes Bomford Agriculture Limited
Director
2013
Stokes Bomford (Holdings) Limited
Director
2014
Addison Capital Limited
Director
2014
Velcourt Trustees Limited
Director - resigned 2021
2015
Ilchester Farms Ohio Limited
Director
2015
Royal Agricultural University
Director - resigned 2021
2016
Addison Developments Four Limited
Director
2016
Hastingwood Aviation INC.
Director
2017
Custom Land Limited
Director
2018
Colville Estate Properties 2 Limited
Director
2019
THE Swannery Trust
Trustee
2021
Addison Developments ONE Limited
Director
2021
Addison Developments TWO Limited
Director
2021
Addison Developments Three Limited
Director
2022
Oakbank Game & Conservation LTD
Director
2022
Bronwin AND Abbey Holdings Limited
Director
2022
Bronwin AND Abbey Limited
Director
2022
Grosvenor Green GAS Limited
Director
2023
Velcourt Trustees Limited
Director
2026
Tellumo Limited
Director

Showing the most recent 30 of 39 dated appointments.

Governance network

105

people served alongside

3

organisations in their governance network

Most-frequent collaborators

Sowerby, Andrew Bronwin AND Abbey Limited, 2026-current
Teague, David Robert Custom Land Limited, 2026-current
Barnes, David John Tellumo Limited, 2026-current
Teague, David Robert Tellumo Limited, 2026-current
Shuttleworth, Patrick Joseph Ashton Ilchester Estates, 2025-current
Morrison, Simon George Strangways Addison Developments Limited, 2025-current
Reynolds, Anastasia Oakbank Game & Conservation LTD, 2025-current
Scott, Jason Matthew Oakbank Game & Conservation LTD, 2025-current
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