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The Leeds LAW Society
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Who leads it
- Emma Jean SemwayoDirector · since 2025
- Ernestas MotiejunasDirector · since 2025
- Rebecca Dora RobertsDirector · since 2025
- Fiona BarberDirector · since 2023
- Kimberley Amelia RhodesDirector · since 2022
- Jacqueline Ainsley-StringerDirector · since 2021
- Nigel BrookDirector · since 2020
- Itohan Chineze Ododo OdekunleDirector · since 2019
- Shanika VargaDirector · since 2019
- Kara FrithDirector · since 2018
- Thomas MatusiakDirector · since 2018
- Matthew Thomas JonesDirector · since 2018
- Luke Mathew CorcoranDirector · since 2018
- William Alexander BartonDirector · since 2015
- Emma-Lisbeth PearmaineDirector · since 2014
- Catherine Marie WoodwardDirector · since 2014
- John David CowgillDirector · since 2010
- David William Martin BarracloughDirector · since 2005
- Susan Alison HarrisSecretary · since 2014
Previous officers 101
- Sinead Frost 2022-2023 View profile
- Charlotte Amy Parkinson 2021-2023 View profile
- Helen Gray Brown 2020-2022 View profile
- Sarah Wales 2019-2023 View profile
- Susan Margaret Fox 2019-2023 View profile
- Samantha Jean Bell 2019-2020 View profile
- Ahsan Khan 2018-2022 View profile
- Kayleigh Watson 2018-2021 View profile
- Matthew Jones 2018-2018 View profile
- Karen Eckstein 2018-2019 View profile
- Rebecca Jayne Dilks 2017-2019 View profile
- Delia Frances Siobhan Williams 2017-2017 View profile
- Marie Walsh 2017-2022 View profile
- Philippa Plumtree-Varley 2017-2019 View profile
- Leanne Stacey Hough 2016-2021 View profile
- Solveig Marie Meland 2016-2016 View profile
- Helen Elizabeth Spalding 2016-2016 View profile
- Matthew Richard Dowell 2015-2016 View profile
- Heather Dyson 2015-2015 View profile
- Mark James Turnbull 2015-2025 View profile
- Lee Daniel James Carroll 2014-2015 View profile
- Suzanne Wharton 2014-2015 View profile
- Satpal Roth 2014-2017 View profile
- Simon Winterburn 2014-2016 View profile
- Nicholas Paul Emmerson 2014-2022 View profile
- Laura Louise Johnson 2014-2016 View profile
- Matthew Alexander James Martin 2014-2014 View profile
- Perveen Kaur Sanghera 2014-2016 View profile
- Marcus Daniel Armstrong 2014-2014 View profile
- Philip John Jordan 2014-2016 View profile
- Rebecca Procter 2014-2015 View profile
- Matthew Tighe 2012-2012 View profile
- Steven Thomas 2012-2014 View profile
- Deborah Louise Green 2011-2012 View profile
- Jonathan Ainsworth Watmough 2010-2014 View profile
- Ranjit Kaur Sandhu 2010-2011 View profile
- Simon David Young 2009-2012 View profile
- Stephanie Louise Burras 2009-2011 View profile
- Ian Spafford 2009-2013 View profile
- Philip Marshall Goldberg 2009-2018 View profile
- Heidi Marie Sandy 2009-2014 View profile
- Kevin Neil Poulter 2006-2009 View profile
- Malcolm Richard Jones 2006-2011 View profile
- Alan Michael Baker 2006-2012 View profile
- Carl Gallagher 2004-2008 View profile
- Julie Caroline Bradwell 2004-2014 View profile
- Stuart Joe Field 2003-2005 View profile
- Jessica Penelope Spencer 2003-2004 View profile
- Anthony Cumming 2002-2006 View profile
- Robert Alan Heslett 2002-2010 View profile
- Stuart Anthony Turnock 2002-2012 View profile
- Susan Lynn Hotchin 2001-2010 View profile
- Justine Osmotherley 2001-2011 View profile
- Paul Hinds 2001-2003 View profile
- James Sidney Haddleton 2001-2012 View profile
- Bernadette Mary Livesey 2001-2004 View profile
- Edward Vipont Brown 2001-2008 View profile
- Rodney Edwin Lester 1998-2009 View profile
- Rosemary Edwards 1998-2012 View profile
- Jeremy Ian Shulman 1997-2003 View profile
- Michael Raymond Sleath 1996-1999 View profile
- Richard Leo Stockdale 1996-2009 View profile
- Taylor, John Ashley, His Honour Judge 1995-1999 View profile
- Umberto Viertri 1995-1996 View profile
- Ian Peter Mccombie 1995-2011 View profile
- Antonia Mary Catherine Browne 1994-2001 View profile
- Heather Anderson 1993-2001 View profile
- Steven Andrew Wood 1993-2004 View profile
- Stephen Paul Evans 1993-1995 View profile
- Helen Fay Kavanagh 1992-2000 View profile
- Anthony John Sugare 1992-2009 View profile
- Robin Anthony Smith 1992-1997 View profile
- Michael Frank James 1992-1993 View profile
- Anne Ruth Topaz 1992-2001 View profile
- Ruth Bundey 1992-2001 View profile
- Anthony M Conway 2010 View profile
- Robert Keith Addlestone 2000 View profile
- Ian John Goldman 2002 View profile
- Peter Whitehead 1997 View profile
- Roger Ibbotson 2001 View profile
- James Alexander Bruce Buchan 1992 View profile
- William Tate 1991 View profile
- Michael George Currer Moorhouse 2000 View profile
- Geoffrey Moore Bedford 1993 View profile
- Alistair Murray Babbington 1993 View profile
- Victor David Zermansky 1993 View profile
- James Howard Bryan 1994 View profile
- Edward Anthony Blackmore 1993 View profile
- Joseph Joshua Pearlman 1998 View profile
- Andrew Windsor Latchmore 1995 View profile
- Andrew Donald Charlton Turnbull 2010 View profile
- David James Ake 1998 View profile
- Rebecca Procter 2015-2016 View profile
- Colin Manus Gilbert 2012-2017 View profile
- Jacqueline Samuels 2004-2010 View profile
- Marie Walsh 2003-2007 View profile
- Richard Courtney Wood 2001-2003 View profile
- Richard Watkinson 2001-2003 View profile
- Gillian Anderson 1996-1998 View profile
- James Hedley Towler 1993-1998 View profile
- Jonathan Michael Harry Oxley 1961-2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 13/07/1870
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Leeds LAW Society on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £2,263,643
- Total assets
- £2,264,415
- Cash
- £106,234
- Employees
- 2
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-04-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
18 directors on the board
- Shanika Varga Director · appointed 2019
- Thomas Matusiak Director · appointed 2018
- William Alexander Barton Director · appointed 2015
- David William Martin Barraclough Director · appointed 2005
- Ernestas Motiejunas Director · appointed 2025
- John David Cowgill Director · appointed 2010
- Emma Jean Semwayo Director · appointed 2025
- Emma-Lisbeth Pearmaine Director · appointed 2014
- Catherine Marie Woodward Director · appointed 2014
- Itohan Chineze Ododo Odekunle Director · appointed 2019
- Matthew Thomas Jones Director · appointed 2018
- Luke Mathew Corcoran Director · appointed 2018
- Fiona Barber Director · appointed 2023
- Kara Frith Director · appointed 2018
- Kimberley Amelia Rhodes Director · appointed 2022
- Jacqueline Ainsley-Stringer Director · appointed 2021
- Nigel Brook Director · appointed 2020
- Rebecca Dora Roberts Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Shanika Varga Director · appointed 2019
- Thomas Matusiak Director · appointed 2018
- William Alexander Barton Director · appointed 2015
- David William Martin Barraclough Director · appointed 2005
- John David Cowgill Director · appointed 2010
- Emma-Lisbeth Pearmaine Director · appointed 2014
- Catherine Marie Woodward Director · appointed 2014
- Itohan Chineze Ododo Odekunle Director · appointed 2019
- Matthew Thomas Jones Director · appointed 2018
- Luke Mathew Corcoran Director · appointed 2018
- Kara Frith Director · appointed 2018
- Nigel Brook Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (11)
- Shanika Varga Director · appointed 2019
- Thomas Matusiak Director · appointed 2018
- Ernestas Motiejunas Director · appointed 2025
- John David Cowgill Director · appointed 2010
- Emma Jean Semwayo Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew Thomas Jones Director · appointed 2018
- Fiona Barber Director · appointed 2023
- Kara Frith Director · appointed 2018
- Kimberley Amelia Rhodes Director · appointed 2022
- Jacqueline Ainsley-Stringer Director · appointed 2021
- Nigel Brook Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (7)
- William Alexander Barton Director · appointed 2015
- David William Martin Barraclough Director · appointed 2005
- Emma-Lisbeth Pearmaine Director · appointed 2014
- Catherine Marie Woodward Director · appointed 2014
- Itohan Chineze Ododo Odekunle Director · appointed 2019
- Luke Mathew Corcoran Director · appointed 2018
- Rebecca Dora Roberts Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00005017
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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