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Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society

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Previous officers 120

  1. Charlotte Mary Lanigan 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Manju Bhavnani 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Eric James Thomas 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Christine Mbarga 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Niall Power 2022-2022 Director View profile
  6. Ian Cameron 2021-2024 Director View profile
  7. Dr Dianne Elizabeth Bamber 2020-2023 Director View profile
  8. Robert Stansfield-Cudworth 2020-2021 Director View profile
  9. Peter Noel Whitaker 2020-2021 Director View profile
  10. Professor Desmond Edward Winterbone 2017-2022 Director View profile
  11. Prof Anthony Richard Jackson 2017-2023 Director View profile
  12. Trevor Meirion Emlyn Rees 2016-2025 Director View profile
  13. Greg Mauchline 2016-2021 Director View profile
  14. Christopher John Boyes 2016-2021 Director View profile
  15. Joanna Hilary Lavelle 2015-2022 Director View profile
  16. David Brailsford 2015-2019 Director View profile
  17. Professor Michael Leonard Sinnott 2015-2018 Director View profile
  18. Christopher Edward John Baker 2015-2022 Director View profile
  19. Nigel Peter Barnes 2015-2021 Director View profile
  20. Dr David Randal Shreeve 2014-2018 Director View profile
  21. Patricia Ann Mcwilliam-Fowler 2014-2022 Director View profile
  22. Dr Angus Oliphant Mcdougall 2014-2020 Director View profile
  23. Dr Diana Mary Leitch 2014-2019 Director View profile
  24. David Stephen Brown 2013-2016 Director View profile
  25. Ian Bradford 2013-2014 Director View profile
  26. Sir Netar Prakash Mallick 2013-2018 Director View profile
  27. Albert Harold Mcmenemy 2013-2015 Director View profile
  28. Judith Ross 2012-2016 Director View profile
  29. John Stuart Thompson 2011-2016 Director View profile
  30. Janet Elisabeth Argust 2011-2015 Director View profile
  31. David Astbury 2011-2016 Director View profile
  32. Donald Keith Ross 2011-2015 Director View profile
  33. Diana June Stenson 2011-2013 Director View profile
  34. Dr Brian Robert Pullan 2011-2013 Director View profile
  35. Claire Spencer 2010-2012 Director View profile
  36. Professor Kenneth Murray Letherman 2009-2020 Director View profile
  37. Derek Caldwell 2009-2011 Director View profile
  38. David John Higginson 2009-2013 Director View profile
  39. Constance Lucy Holland 2009-2016 Director View profile
  40. Professor Graham John Booth 2009-2022 Director View profile
  41. Cynthia Mary Yeo 2009-2011 Director View profile
  42. Katharine Sylvia Pullan 2009-2010 Director View profile
  43. Philip Wignall 2009-2010 Director View profile
  44. Prof Max Elstein 2009-2014 Director View profile
  45. Ian Alexander Ross 2007-2011 Director View profile
  46. Crowther, Derek, Professor Emeritus 2006-2009 Director View profile
  47. Dr Ruth Alexandra Symes 2006-2008 Director View profile
  48. John Spencer Buckley 2005-2017 Director View profile
  49. Justin Montagu Dashwood Stopford 2003-2006 Director View profile
  50. John Francis Derbyshire 2003-2008 Director View profile
  51. Prof Ian Hyslop Munro 2003-2006 Director View profile
  52. Keith David Buckley 2003-2007 Director View profile
  53. Costel Harnasz 2003-2006 Director View profile
  54. Caroline Edith Mary Munro 2002-2004 Director View profile
  55. Peter Graham Schaefer 2002-2012 Director View profile
  56. Brian Philip Morris 2002-2006 Director View profile
  57. James Spencer 2002-2005 Director View profile
  58. Angus George David Yeaman 2001-2005 Director View profile
  59. Anthony Richard Harris 2001-2003 Director View profile
  60. Dr Mukti Nath Bhattacharyya 2001-2007 Director View profile
  61. Patricia Swanston 2001-2004 Director View profile
  62. Antony George Patrick Timmins 2000-2007 Director View profile
  63. David John Baker 2000-2003 Director View profile
  64. Marguerite Faith Yeaman 2000-2002 Director View profile
  65. Laurence William Smythe 2000-2001 Director View profile
  66. Watson, John Merza, Doctor 2000-2000 Director View profile
  67. Marcia Mccauley 2000-2005 Director View profile
  68. Norma Buckley 1999-2002 Director View profile
  69. Robert Richards 1999-2001 Director View profile
  70. Ian Macwhirter 1999-2002 Director View profile
  71. Mary Muriel Gillespie 1998-2000 Director View profile
  72. Alan Johnson 1998-2003 Director View profile
  73. Professor Joan Walsh 1998-2001 Director View profile
  74. Dr John James Moscrop 1998-2011 Director View profile
  75. Stella Jean Lowe 1998-2015 Director View profile
  76. Sponder, Patricia Mary, Doctor 1997-2000 Director View profile
  77. Dr Ronald Eric Catlow 1997-2021 Director View profile
  78. Joan Livesey 1997-2004 Director View profile
  79. Sylvia Mary Baker 1997-2002 Director View profile
  80. Barbara Thomas 1996-1999 Director View profile
  81. Vivienne Blackburn 1996-2009 Director View profile
  82. Ann Isobel Leece 1996-1999 Director View profile
  83. Michael Norman Gwynne Evans 1996-2013 Director View profile
  84. John Louis Carroll 1996-1998 Director View profile
  85. Roy George Goodman 1995-1997 Director View profile
  86. Iain Erskine Gillespie 1995-2003 Director View profile
  87. Alison Lever 1994-1996 Director View profile
  88. Vowles, Peter John Henry, Reverand Canon 1994-1997 Director View profile
  89. Joyce Lindley Parker 1994-1997 Director View profile
  90. Philip Andrew Hine 1994-1995 Director View profile
  91. Edward Fletcher Cass 1993-1993 Director View profile
  92. Professor Sir Netar Mallick 1993-2001 Director View profile
  93. Mary Rankine Mason 1993-1996 Director View profile
  94. Lionel John Raymond Postle 1993-1994 Director View profile
  95. Ernest Stuart Kay 1992-1995 Director View profile
  96. Professor Ian Isherwood 1992-1993 Director View profile
  97. Rev Dr Richard Leslie Hills 1992-1995 Director View profile
  98. Rajkumari Williamson 1993 Director View profile
  99. Marjorie Ainsworth 1991 Director View profile
  100. Janet Rosemary Allan 1992 Director View profile
  101. Philip Grimshaw Livesey 1994 Director View profile
  102. Dr Brian Pullen 1991 Director View profile
  103. Samuel Crilly 1993 Director View profile
  104. Professor William Byers Brown 1992 Director View profile
  105. Albert Leslie Smyth 1998 Director View profile
  106. Dr Brian Stewart Hall Rarity 2001 Director View profile
  107. Norman Leslie Leece 2003 Director View profile
  108. Professor Donald Stephen Lowell Cardwell 1993 Director View profile
  109. Balim, Cigdem, Professor Emerita 2023-2025 Secretary View profile
  110. Francis Peter Fenn 2021-2022 Secretary View profile
  111. Peter Girvan Hilton 2016-2020 Secretary View profile
  112. Patricia Marie Verdin 2005-2008 Secretary View profile
  113. Jane Frances Hamilton 2005-2007 Secretary View profile
  114. Professor Alexander Donnachie 2001-2004 Secretary View profile
  115. Dr Jean Margaret Thomson 2001-2002 Secretary View profile
  116. Susan Catherine Diggines 1995-1996 Secretary View profile
  117. Dianne Eilzabeth Wilson 1993-2001 Secretary View profile
  118. Dr Charles John Edgar Kempster 1991-1995 Secretary View profile
  119. Lady Mary Mallick 1991-1994 Secretary View profile
  120. Norman Howarth Pendlebury 1991 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other education n.e.c.
Incorporated
22/03/1875
Registered office
Manchester
Also a registered charity
The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Manchester Literary and Philosophical 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.

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.

16 directors on the board

2.2y median 1.8y
average tenure
4.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (9)

Left in the last 12 months

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.

Professional services 4Tech and media 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Health and social care 1Manufacturing 1

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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00009330
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/03/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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