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"One man in his time plays many parts" - As You Like It, Act 2, Sc7
You may know him as Barrie Stuart-King.
He was born (8.8.1943) Barrie King, with the middle name Stuart.
When he joined ACU&S, he was still Barrie S. King.
In 1980, when he was trying to save the Ark Royal he was still Barrie King.
Various business cards for positions held for a while between 1983 and 1991 show him as Barrie King or Barrie S. King.
Sometime between 1990 and 1995, he thought he should hyphenate his name. Why? Your guess is as good as anybody's.
In November 1995, he registered Education Through Sport Ltd as a company.
Companies House showed him as being a Director.
In October 1997, in 'How's That?' (he was then the editor) apologising for the lateness of the August issue, he explained that a job offer had required him to go for 3-weeks of intensive training, in the North of England.
In April 1998, or at least in the April 1998 issue of 'How's That?' he apologised for the lateness of that issue. He had been out of the country for six weeks and he had been moving house. His business commitments were onerous and the June edition would be his last. He could be contacted at stuart-king@mdctech.com, a company in Middlesbrough.
Education Through Sport Ltd was dissolved on 27th July 1998. Nonetheless, it released a "Corporate Introduction and Business Plan 1999-2002 in December 1998.
The "experienced, highly-qualified, full-time Board of Management" consisted of the Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Barrie Stuart-King, whose many qualifications are listed ; the Technical Director, Graham Cooper; and Director of Services & Facilities, John Masterson, a former Sergeant in the Royal Corps of Transport.
It claimed to be "the parent organisation of The International Society of Cricket Umpires and The Independent Association of British Sports Coaches."
The Company needed "an immediate working capital injection of - or a funding/support commitment eqivalent to - £600,000 over the next 2 years."
It planned to develop and market these "fully-interactive, multi-media, CD-ROM-based training products:"
On 22nd February 1999, he became a director of Interactive Sport Development Ltd. , based at Alfred House, 127a Oatlands Drive, Weybridge. The company was dissolved on 3rd December 2002.
'How's That?' no.269 for June 2000 quoted from the Chairman's (Stuart-King) inaugural address. He wished to set the record straight about "the CD-Rom-based training courses and examination CD-Roms proposed in my election manifesto." They would not make him rich as had been suggested by some. for one thing, they were being developed "by a professional consortium of which ISTL - the company of which I am Chief Excutive - is but one of five members."
He was right, of course. Interactive Sports Training Limited - latest accounts up to 29.2.2000: "dormant" - was dissolved 3.12.2002.
In January 2002, Barrie Stuart-King was appointed Chief Executive of the Club Cricket Conference, a paid position. The title was fairly new. It had been Secretary for years. In his first report he was "confident that by continuing our present rigorous debt / credit-control and sponsored high-profile CCC marketing / promotion / sponsorship policies, we shall.....demonstrate to members at the end of 2003, not only a healthy profit, but also an expanding, financially sound and more influential Conference."
On 11th June 2002, as Chief Executiveof both the CCC and NRCC (National Recreational Cricket Conference, to be registered as a company January 2003), he put a proposal to Cherwell District and Oxfordshire County Councils to develop Heyford Park ( the former RAF Upper Heyford) as a sports facility. Experienced in "costing, budget control and management of major complex construction projects / contracts" and having recruited and managed "many different multi-discipline, multi-ethnic, project teams" he was ideally suited to be "Project Director" "if / when the project is approved."
On 9th July 2002, he submitted a Second Representation. "For the 29 years prior to joining the CCC," he said, he was "a Senior International Projects Manager/Projects Director."
That would take him back to 1971, of course, although in 1995, and 1998, and
1999.......well, maybe those things slipped his mind. Oddly, on 12th December 2004, in an e-mail to Martin Reed and Peter Freeman, talking about a meeting in the City on the 14th to "review and discuss" the contract and "the subsequent releases of funding tranches," he also said, "Having been a Projects Director on multi-million dollar offshore and onshore oil and gas projects for 20 almost 20 years"......."I perhaps have an advantage over you in the way I approach matters of - and delays in project funding."
So. Was it 29? Or 20? Or almost 20? He has the advantage of us there.
BS-K said "The NRCC has put together a highly-experienced, professional, multi-discipline, joint-venture project and sports administration team able to finance, design, build, staff and operate this proposed National Recreational Cricket/Team Sports Development Centre.
Amongst many others, this document was copied - or intended to be, at least - to The National Playing Fields Association, The British Olympic Association (NSTCH), QinetiQ (formerly DERA), ECB, MCC, Lord's Taverners, and the Amateur Swimming Association.
Alas! This failed to get to the end of the runway.
On 15th January 2003, The National Recreational Cricket Conference Ltd (NRCC) was registered at Companies House. No document was filed for the appointment of BSK as a director, although the position was noted in the Annual Return filed 25th January 2005.
The Company name was changed on 1st May 2003 to The National Association of Clubs and League Cricket Conferences Ltd (NACLCC).
The Secretary and other Directors deny that any meeting ever took place at which
BS-K was appointed as Chief Executive.
On 15th January 2005, BS-K signed a letter as "Chief Executive" of NACLCC which confirmed that "a balance of £117,500 was owing by us" (NACLCC) to ACU&S.
BS-K was still at that time Chairman of ACU&S.
On 18th March 2005, the CCC, lacking the sponsorship needed for them to continue to employ him, made Mr Stuart-King redundant.
The following day, 19th March 2005, the postal vote of members of ACU&S elected Mr David Burden as Chairman, in place of Mr Stuart-King.
The Directors of NACLCC applied for the Company to be struck off on 8th August 2005, it having never traded and (officially) never having had more than £53 odd in its bank account.
Another failed company.
On 22nd October 1953, Tom Smith being the first General Secretary and with Douglas Jardine as its first President, the Association of Cricket Umpires was officially inaugurated.
For nearly fifty years, it flourished.
In March 2001, Barrie Stuart-King was elected Chairman.
In the year to 31st October 2003, but for the timely arrival of the Ted Bates £25,750 legacy, ACU&S would have had a deficit in its Accounts of £32,364.
In the year to 31st October 2004, by including a fictional sponsorship, ACU&S had a surplus of £40,730. However, this year the auditors have adjusted that figure to reflect the actual deficit of no less than £59,270.
In the year to 31st October 2005, thanks again to BS-K's shrewd signing of rental leases representing £158,000 capital value, ACU&S Accounts show a deficit of £75,936.
The total Deficit for the 3 years is £167,750.
Just as well Stuart-King was experienced in costing, budget control and management, or Heaven knows where we would be.
"Behold, a greater than Solomon is here." - Matthew, Ch.13, v.42.