# Seven Stories, The National Centre For Children’s Books Limited ## Details - **Company number:** [03209411](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03209411) - **Status:** Active - **Type:** PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) - **Incorporated:** 7 Jun 1996 - **Registered office:** 30 LIME STREET, OUSEBURN VALLEY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 2PQ - **Nature of business:** [85520](/sic/85520) Cultural education, [91012](/sic/91012) Archives activities, [91020](/sic/91020) Museums activities ## Previous names - The Centre For The Children's Book (until 9 Jul 2004) - The Centre For Children's Books (until 19 Nov 2015) ## Officers | Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | |---|---|---|---| | HUNTER, Louise | director | 24 Jun 2026 | | | STRACHAN, Paula Jane | director | 10 Dec 2025 | | | PRESTON, Neil | director | 10 Dec 2025 | | | DAVIS, Kim Louise | director | 26 Mar 2025 | | | WATSON, Stephen Terence | director | 26 Mar 2025 | | | RILEY, Claire | director | 22 Oct 2021 | | | ELLIOTT, Wendy Suzanne | secretary | 3 Jul 2019 | | | LIPPE, Rachel Mary | director | 6 Mar 2019 | | | MCWHINNIE, Matthew Thomas | director | 7 Dec 2016 | | | KEMP, Nick | director | 21 Oct 2015 | 10 Dec 2025 | | LAYFIELD, Emma Louise | director | 27 Mar 2023 | 25 Jun 2025 | | FORSTER, Louise Claire | director | 29 Mar 2023 | 26 Mar 2025 | | BARTLETT, Annalei | director | 27 Mar 2023 | 26 Mar 2025 | | BUTLER, Ben | director | 12 Dec 2018 | 12 Dec 2024 | | GRENBY, Matthew | director | 18 Jan 2017 | 2 Feb 2023 | | ARMELLINI, Mauricio | director | 12 Dec 2018 | 28 Sep 2022 | | RITCHIE, Ella | director | 12 Dec 2018 | 28 Sep 2022 | | SERGISON, Amy | director | 3 Jul 2019 | 29 Jun 2022 | | RIGBY, Annie Ruth | director | 12 Dec 2018 | 29 Jun 2022 | | RIPLEY, Edward | director | 12 Dec 2018 | 30 Mar 2022 | | COLEMAN, Jill | director | 12 Dec 2018 | 30 Mar 2022 | | RAY, Sheena | director | 12 Dec 2018 | 23 Feb 2022 | | CRIPPS, Jeremy Robert | director | 12 Dec 2018 | 30 Nov 2021 | | DODDS, Douglas | director | 21 Oct 2015 | 22 Oct 2021 | | PIERCE, Antony Lewis | director | 21 Oct 2015 | 22 Oct 2021 | | PYWELL, Christopher Sidney | director | 10 Oct 2018 | 30 Mar 2021 | | PELHAM, Sarah Catherine | director | 7 Oct 2009 | 3 Jul 2019 | | SARAVANAMUTTU, Manohari | director | 21 Oct 2015 | 1 Jun 2019 | | CHAPLIN, Kathryn | secretary | 30 May 2008 | 18 Apr 2019 | | ROBINSON, Andrew Mark | director | 6 Oct 2010 | 6 Mar 2019 | | MORRISON, Julia Dawn | director | 21 Oct 2015 | 10 Oct 2018 | | MOORE, Linda | director | 11 Sep 2012 | 10 Oct 2018 | | MCDERMOTT, Deirdre | director | 7 Oct 2009 | 10 Oct 2018 | | NICHOLSON, Catriona | director | 21 Jan 2009 | 10 Oct 2018 | | QURESHI, Irna Mumtaz | director | 21 Oct 2015 | 16 Aug 2017 | | BUTLER, Stella Vera Frances, Dr | director | 11 Sep 2012 | 12 Oct 2016 | | REYNOLDS, Kimberley Kay, Professor | director | 12 Oct 2006 | 12 Oct 2016 | | TURNER, John Richard | director | 7 Oct 2009 | 3 Feb 2016 | | HOULT, Charles Wilson | director | 11 Sep 2012 | 21 Oct 2015 | | WATCHORN, Caroline Jane, Doctor | director | 5 Oct 2011 | 15 Oct 2014 | | GRADY, Sara Marie | director | 7 Oct 2009 | 12 Sep 2013 | | BATES, Gordon Francis | director | 21 Jan 2009 | 12 Sep 2013 | | HEPBURN, George Charles | director | 21 Jan 2009 | 12 Sep 2013 | | JOICEY, Harold Beverley | director | 26 Sep 2007 | 12 Sep 2013 | | MURPHY, Caroline Mary | director | 7 Oct 2009 | 16 May 2013 | | TIPLADY, Gillian | director | 12 Dec 2007 | 5 Dec 2012 | | EARL, Cuthbert Douglas | director | 4 Dec 2003 | 11 Sep 2012 | | GREGORY, Richard Peter | director | 26 Sep 2007 | 5 Oct 2011 | | FLYNN, John | director | 2 Mar 2006 | 6 Oct 2010 | | CLARKE, John Graham | director | 20 Apr 1999 | 7 Oct 2009 | | WATSON, Victor George | director | 27 Oct 1997 | 7 Oct 2009 | | BIERMAN, Valerie | director | 7 Jun 1996 | 7 Oct 2009 | | CLEMENTS, Janice Jane | director | 7 Jun 1996 | 7 Oct 2009 | | MASSEY, John | director | 26 Jan 1999 | 21 Jan 2009 | | COLEGATE, Veronica Susan | director | 26 Sep 2007 | 29 Oct 2008 | | CAULTON, Timothy James, Dr | director | 4 Dec 2003 | 1 Oct 2008 | | BRIGGS, Mary Rosamund | secretary | 3 Jul 2001 | 30 May 2008 | | MCKEEVER, Lucy | director | 8 Sep 2004 | 19 Mar 2008 | | MACROBERT, Elizabeth Hannah | director | 17 Mar 1998 | 26 Sep 2007 | | LLOYD, David Kynaston | director | 14 Mar 2001 | 30 Mar 2007 | | BRENNAN, John Joseph | director | 14 Mar 2001 | 30 Mar 2007 | | DAVIES, Mary Kinghorn | director | 13 Jan 1998 | 29 Jun 2006 | | ALMOND, David | director | 14 Sep 2000 | 2 Mar 2006 | | FICKLING, David Christopher John | director | 14 Mar 2001 | 17 Feb 2005 | | LAURENCE, Susan Juliet, Dr | director | 27 Oct 1997 | 17 Feb 2005 | | BROWN, Sally Madeline | director | 28 Apr 1997 | 17 Feb 2005 | | KEMP, Nicholas Charles, Councillor | director | 26 Jun 2003 | 7 Jul 2004 | | YOUNG, Sally Anne | director | 1 Sep 2001 | 26 Jun 2003 | | O'HARA, Linda Louise | director | 14 Mar 2001 | 14 Nov 2002 | | TAYLOR, Keith, Councillor | director | 18 Nov 1998 | 3 Jul 2001 | | HAMMILL, Elizabeth Masten | secretary | 27 Oct 1997 | 3 Jul 2001 | | PULLMAN, Philip Nicholas | director | 22 Aug 1996 | 8 Jun 2000 | | HUNT, Peter | director | 27 Oct 1997 | 8 Dec 1999 | | REYNOLDS, Kimberley Kay | director | 22 Aug 1996 | 27 Oct 1997 | | CLEMENTS, Janice Jane | secretary | 7 Jun 1996 | 27 Oct 1997 | | BRIGGS, Mary Rosamund | director | 7 Jun 1996 | 30 May 1997 | | HAMMILL, Elizabeth Masten | director | 7 Jun 1996 | 30 May 1997 | ## Directors' other companies - [HUNTER, Louise](/person/8411836) - director at [North East Chamber Of Commerce](/company/02938084) - [HUNTER, Louise](/person/8411836) - director at [Castle View Community And Fitness Centre Limited](/company/06873681) - [HUNTER, Louise](/person/8411836) - director at [Castle View Enterprise Academy](/company/06268570) - [RILEY, Claire](/person/5649980) - director at [Wag And Company North East Friendship Dogs](/company/09734369) ## Companies at the same address - [Seven Stories Trading Limited](/company/04177830) (04177830)