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The Medical Defence Union Limited

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Previous officers 65

  1. Dr Hugh Harkness Archibald Stewart 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Andrew Robert Archibald 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Graeme Stewart Mcausland 2021-2026 Director View profile
  4. Judith Buttigieg 2020-2021 Director View profile
  5. Deirdre Flood 2018-2018 Director View profile
  6. Chika Aghadiuno 2017-2025 Director View profile
  7. Professor Sunil Shaunak 2017-2023 Director View profile
  8. Dr Paul Goldsmith 2017-2023 Director View profile
  9. Owen Charles Ellis Sparrow 2015-2021 Director View profile
  10. William Robert John Dinning 2014-2020 Director View profile
  11. Ian David Hutchinson 2013-2022 Director View profile
  12. Dr Christine Woodruff Heron 2012-2017 Director View profile
  13. Clive Leonard Ashcroft Edginton 2012-2018 Director View profile
  14. Peter David Webster 2011-2017 Director View profile
  15. Sir Alan William Craft 2009-2015 Director View profile
  16. Nicholas Andrew Dungay 2009-2021 Director View profile
  17. Kerry Francis Richardson 2007-2014 Director View profile
  18. Harold Edward Clarke 2007-2018 Director View profile
  19. Richard John Crewdson Pearson 2006-2013 Director View profile
  20. Paul Riordan Eva 2006-2022 Director View profile
  21. Professor Keith Anthony Vincent Cartwright 2006-2016 Director View profile
  22. Dr Maureen Shannon Richmond 2005-2013 Director View profile
  23. Professor Andrew David Chambers 2004-2006 Director View profile
  24. Sir Robin Mountfield 2004-2006 Director View profile
  25. Michael Arnold 2004-2006 Director View profile
  26. Paul Derek Robinson 2004-2015 Director View profile
  27. Professor Thomas Joseph Walley 2003-2005 Director View profile
  28. Professor Peter Armstrong 2003-2009 Director View profile
  29. Lord Simon Mark Glenarthur 2002-2006 Director View profile
  30. John Philip De Blocq Van Kuffeler 2001-2004 Director View profile
  31. Ronald William Hiles 1999-2003 Director View profile
  32. Sir John Caines 1998-2004 Director View profile
  33. Michael Russel Rendle 1998-2001 Director View profile
  34. Richard David Cairns Hubbard 1998-2000 Director View profile
  35. Dr John Greer Kennedy 1998-2004 Director View profile
  36. Dr Peter Randall Williams 1997-2017 Director View profile
  37. Professor Charles David Marsden 1997-1998 Director View profile
  38. Michael John Gifford 1997-2001 Director View profile
  39. Andrew Howard Martin Nebel 1996-1996 Director View profile
  40. Roger David Corley 1996-2004 Director View profile
  41. Dr Christine Margaret Tomkins 1995-2021 Director View profile
  42. Dr Edith Mary Cooke 1995-2003 Director View profile
  43. Edward Barry Orton Sherlock 1994-1996 Director View profile
  44. Dr Walter Simon Lodge La Frenais 1993-2000 Director View profile
  45. Dr Peter Charles Ball 1993-1998 Director View profile
  46. Maurice Michael Gallivan 1993-2018 Director View profile
  47. Baroness Gloria Dorothy Hooper 1993-2001 Director View profile
  48. Professor Sir Roland Smith 1992-1998 Director View profile
  49. Joseph Colin Smith 2001 Director View profile
  50. Dr Ian Kelsey Fry 1997 Director View profile
  51. Dr Kathleen Mary Allsopp 1992 Director View profile
  52. Dr Alan Rigby Horler 1994 Director View profile
  53. Robert James Maxwell 1998 Director View profile
  54. Professor David Ernest Poswillo 1997 Director View profile
  55. Suzanne Marie Collinge 1993 Director View profile
  56. Dr Christopher Joseph Earl 1996 Director View profile
  57. John Law Townend 1993 Director View profile
  58. David Eric Markham 2006 Director View profile
  59. Saunders, Michael Thomas, Doctor 2009 Director View profile
  60. Dr Christopher Charles Evans 2012 Director View profile
  61. Kenneth George Addison 1994 Director View profile
  62. John Samuel Garfield 1995 Director View profile
  63. Hedley Edward Berry 2007 Director View profile
  64. Nicholas John Bowman 1993-2026 Secretary View profile
  65. Wall, John Anthony, Doctor 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
23/10/1885
Registered office
London

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Medical Defence Union Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

27 other companies 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.

14 directors on the board

6.2y median 5.4y
average tenure
16.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (14)

1
also govern a charity

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.

Finance 28Business services 16Dormant 10Tech and media 4Health and social care 3Professional services 3Property 2Education 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
00021708
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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