The Food Museum Ltd

Active01819676 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
25 May 1984 (42 years)
Previously known as
Museum of East Anglian Life (until 22 March 2022)
Industry
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions (91030)
Directors
Mary Bernadine Farrell
Haley Bell
Paul Edward Coppin
Controlled by
Jennifer Holly Cousins
Anne Christine Harrison
Richard Lister
Accounts type
Group
Region
East of England
Address
Museum Offices
Stowmarket
Suffolk
IP14 1DL

Filing status

Accounts due
31 December 2026
Last accounts
31 March 2025
Conf. stmt due
7 April 2027
Last conf. stmt
24 March 2026

Charges

Total
3
Outstanding
3
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
0

Officers 15 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Farrell, Mary Bernadine
Director · Appointed 17 April 2026
British
Born May 1963 (63)
Bell, Haley
Director · Appointed 17 April 2026
British
Born March 1994 (32)
Coppin, Paul Edward
Director · Appointed 17 April 2026
British
Born December 1965 (60)
Pryke, Laura Elizabeth
Director · Appointed 17 April 2026
British
Born February 1986 (40)
Director · Appointed 21 October 2022
Also at For Children & Young People, Stowmarket Museum Trading Company Limited · more companies
British
Born August 1955 (71)
Seaman, William
Director · Appointed 21 October 2022
British
Born July 1958 (68)
Strauss, Melissa
Director · Appointed 21 October 2022
Australian
Born March 1977 (49)
Director · Appointed 30 October 2020
British
Born June 1955 (71)
Harrison, Anne Christine
Secretary · Appointed 24 July 2020
Barlow, Clare Katharine, Dr
Director · Appointed 24 July 2020
British
Born January 1980 (46)
Director · Appointed 24 July 2020
British
Born June 1962 (64)
Director · Appointed 24 July 2020
Also at Eastern Angles Theatre Company Limited
British
Born March 1956 (70)
Director · Appointed 18 January 2019
Also at Suffolk Chamber of Commerce Industry and Shipping Incorporated
British
Born May 1980 (46)
Director · Appointed 11 April 2016
British
Born June 1955 (71)
Director · Appointed 4 July 2013
British
Born September 1952 (74)
Officer history (56 former)
17 April 2026
Appointed Bell, Haley as Director
17 April 2026
Appointed Coppin, Paul Edward as Director
17 April 2026
Appointed Pryke, Laura Elizabeth as Director
17 April 2026
Resigned Butler-Zagni, Alexander Robert Timothy as Director
17 April 2026
Appointed Farrell, Mary Bernadine as Director
18 October 2024
Resigned Macpherson, Nigel Charles Blake as Director
21 July 2023
Resigned Goddard, Sharon Anne, Dr as Director
21 July 2023
Resigned Appleby, Melinda Jane as Director
21 April 2023
Resigned Baxter, Linda, Cllr as Director
21 October 2022
Appointed Strauss, Melissa as Director
21 October 2022
Appointed Seaman, William as Director
21 October 2022
Appointed Lister, Richard as Director
30 August 2022
Resigned Dukes, Simon as Director
22 October 2021
Resigned Bone, Anthony Victor William as Director
23 April 2021
Resigned Boardman-Hims, Katharine as Director
30 October 2020
Resigned Horn, Glen Anthony as Director
30 October 2020
Appointed Harrison, Anne Christine as Director
24 July 2020
Appointed Brighton, Jon Howard as Director
24 July 2020
Appointed Butler-Zagni, Alexander Robert Timothy as Director
24 July 2020
Appointed Harrison, Anne Christine as Secretary
24 July 2020
Appointed Appleby, Melinda Jane as Director
24 July 2020
Appointed Barlow, Clare Katharine, Dr as Director
24 July 2020
Appointed Hooton, Simon Kenneth as Director
17 January 2020
Resigned Pitcher, Martin Ramsey as Secretary
17 January 2020
Resigned Pitcher, Martin Ramsey as Director
3 May 2019
18 January 2019
Appointed Cousins, Jennifer Holly as Director
7 November 2018
Appointed Boardman-Hims, Katharine as Director
7 November 2018
Appointed Macpherson, Nigel Charles Blake as Director
10 October 2017
31 March 2017
Resigned Hibbert, Luke as Director
9 January 2017
Resigned Powell, Richard Charles as Director
9 January 2017
Appointed Baxter, Linda, Cllr as Director
11 April 2016
Appointed Pattle, Jonathan Mark as Director
2 November 2015
Resigned Horn, Glen Anthony as Secretary
2 November 2015
Resigned Whybrow, Anne, Councillor as Director
2 November 2015
Resigned Brewster, Gerard Michael as Director
2 November 2015
Appointed Pitcher, Martin Ramsey as Secretary
2 November 2015
Appointed Mayes, Lesley Maureen, Councillor as Director
13 January 2015
Resigned Green, Nicholas Roy as Secretary
13 January 2015
Appointed Horn, Glen Anthony as Secretary
29 September 2014
Appointed Pitcher, Martin Ramsey as Director
29 September 2014
Appointed Powell, Richard Charles as Director
29 September 2014
Appointed Horn, Glen Anthony as Director
29 September 2014
Appointed Dukes, Simon as Director
25 November 2013
Resigned Caddock, Michael Richard as Director
20 November 2013
Resigned Nunn, Melvyn Ian as Director
27 September 2013
Resigned Nunn, Trina Jane as Director
4 July 2013
Appointed Goddard, Sharon Anne, Dr as Director
4 July 2013
Appointed Trevelyan, Vanessa Mary as Director
30 November 2012
Resigned Deakin, Michael John, Mr. as Director
30 November 2012
Appointed Nunn, Trina Jane as Director
30 November 2012
Resigned Yates, Bridget Elizabeth as Director
31 October 2011
Resigned Richardson, David John as Director
3 October 2011
Resigned Fogarty, Susan Annabel Margaret as Director
15 September 2011
Appointed Nunn, Melvyn Ian as Director
15 September 2011
Resigned Salmon, Heather as Director
15 September 2011
15 September 2011
Resigned Barker, Roy John as Director
15 September 2011
Appointed Brewster, Gerard Michael as Director
14 April 2011
Appointed Hibbert, Luke as Director
14 April 2011
Resigned Furniss, Christine Mary as Director
1 August 2010
Resigned Argent, Michael John as Director
21 January 2010
Appointed Richardson, David John as Director
21 January 2010
Appointed Chevallier Guild, John Barrington as Director
4 September 2009
Appointed Whybrow, Anne, Councillor as Director
30 September 2007
Resigned Stuart Barker, Brandon Richard as Director
19 July 2007
Appointed Deakin, Michael John, Mr. as Director
17 July 2007
Appointed Furniss, Christine Mary as Director
17 July 2007
Appointed Green, Nicholas Roy as Secretary
17 July 2007
Resigned Deakin, Michael John as Secretary
17 July 2007
Resigned Shephard, Frank Bernard as Director
9 February 2006
Appointed Fogarty, Susan Annabel Margaret as Director
24 June 2005
Resigned Macpherson, Duncan James as Director
16 December 2004
Resigned Yates, Bridget Elizabeth as Secretary
4 November 2004
Appointed Caddock, Michael Richard as Director
4 November 2004
Appointed Deakin, Michael John as Secretary
2 September 2004
Appointed Salmon, Heather as Director
2 September 2004
Appointed Stuart Barker, Brandon Richard as Director
2 September 2004
Resigned Howlett, Ivan Henry as Director
8 June 2004
Appointed Yates, Bridget Elizabeth as Secretary
29 April 2004
Resigned Mills, Alan as Secretary
26 February 2004
Appointed Shephard, Frank Bernard as Director
4 November 2003
Appointed Argent, Michael John as Director
4 November 2003
Resigned Shelley, Andrew Colin as Director
4 June 2003
Appointed Barker, Roy John as Director
6 February 2003
Resigned Mccoy, Eric James David as Director
6 February 2003
Resigned Lilley, Audrey Alice as Director
13 November 2001
Appointed Yates, Bridget Elizabeth as Director
7 August 2001
Resigned Howlett, Ivan Henry as Secretary
7 August 2001
Appointed Bone, Anthony Victor William as Director
7 August 2001
Appointed Mills, Alan as Secretary
7 August 2001
Resigned Sieveking, Gale De Giberne as Director
14 April 2000
Resigned Van Den Arend, Jeremy Frederik as Director
12 July 1999
Appointed Lilley, Audrey Alice as Director
9 May 1999
Resigned Barker, Joan as Director
16 March 1998
Appointed Howlett, Ivan Henry as Secretary
20 December 1997
Resigned Stevens, Keith William as Secretary
10 July 1997
Appointed Howlett, Ivan Henry as Director
10 July 1997
Resigned Cross, John Stanley as Director
10 July 1997
Resigned Ridley, Nicholas Adrian as Director
10 July 1997
10 July 1997
Appointed Shelley, Andrew Colin as Director
10 July 1997
Appointed Mccoy, Eric James David as Director
3 June 1997
Resigned Lower, Alan, Dr as Director
3 June 1997
Appointed Macpherson, Duncan James as Director
31 October 1996
Appointed Barker, Joan as Director
3 June 1996
Appointed Van Den Arend, Jeremy Frederik as Director
24 April 1996
Resigned Longe, Nicholas as Director
19 April 1996
Resigned Mcfarlane, Hamish as Director
24 February 1995
Appointed Lower, Alan, Dr as Director
21 July 1994
Appointed Sieveking, Gale De Giberne as Director
21 July 1994
Appointed Cross, John Stanley as Director
1 July 1994
Resigned Portway, Nicolas Webb as Director
7 March 1994
8 June 1993
10 May 1993
1 June 1992
Resigned Hume, Thomas Andrew as Director

Ownership 4 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Individual · Notified 3 July 2024
Has significant influence or control
British
Born May 1980 (46)
Individual · Notified 3 July 2024
Has significant influence or control
British
Born June 1955 (71)
Individual · Notified 3 July 2024
Has significant influence or control
British
Born August 1955 (71)
Individual · Notified 3 July 2024
Has significant influence or control
British
Born September 1952 (74)
Former controllers (12)
24 August 2023
Ceased Jennifer Holly Cousins — Has significant influence or control
3 May 2019
Ceased Lesley Maureen Mayes — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
10 October 2017
Ceased John Barrington Chevallier Guild — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
24 July 2017
Ceased Martin Ramsey Pitcher — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
24 July 2017
Ceased Anthony Victor William Bone — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
24 July 2017
Ceased Simon Austin Dukes — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
24 July 2017
Ceased Sharon Anne Goddard — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
24 July 2017
Ceased Glen Anthony Horn — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
24 July 2017
Ceased Vanessa Trevelyan — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
24 July 2017
Ceased Jonathan Mark Pattle — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
31 March 2017
Ceased Luke Hibbert — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)
9 January 2017
Ceased Richard Charles Powell — Right to appoint and remove directors (as a trust)

What The Food Museum say about themselves

“We have 84 acres of Suffolk countryside, 40,000 objects and 17 buildings for you to explore, plus activities every day. Come and enjoy!”

— from foodmuseum.org.uk

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
1 September 2026Director's details changed
30 June 2026Appointment of a director
27 April 2026Appointment of a director
23 April 2026Appointment of a director
23 April 2026Appointment of a director
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