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The Harleian Society Incorporated 1902
Book publishing
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr James Lawson BrounDirector · since 2026
- Dr Phillip Alan BoneDirector · since 2023
- Nicholas John RogersDirector · since 2018
- Nicolas John BellDirector · since 2017
- Giles Howard MandelbroteDirector · since 2015
- Katharine OwenDirector · since 2014
- Professor Richard Pury CustDirector · since 2012
- Alan Roger DickinsDirector · since 2012
- Joseph Alexander EdwardsDirector · since 2002
- Sir Thomas WoodcockDirector · since 1996
- Dr Adrian Peter AilesDirector
- Dr Dominic Charles Davenport IngramSecretary · since 2021
- Timothy Hugh Stewart DukeSecretary · since 1994
Previous officers 20
- Ann Payne 1997-2018 View profile
- Alice Margery Sheila Prochaska 1997-2001 View profile
- Tyacke, Nicholas Robert Noel, Doctor 1997-2022 View profile
- Sir Alexander Colin Cole 2001 View profile
- Dr Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan 1996 View profile
- Rodney Onslow Dennys 1993 View profile
- Carol Penelope Hartley 2025 View profile
- Professor Peter Spufford 2011 View profile
- Francis Sedley Andrus 2000 View profile
- Malcolm Alan Pinhorn 1997 View profile
- Professor Gerard Joseph Brault 1998 View profile
- Stella Colwell 2013 View profile
- Louise Campbell 1994 View profile
- Martyn Adrian Freeth 1995 View profile
- Hon Nicholas Assheton 2012 View profile
- Michael Maclagan 1998 View profile
- John Philip Brooke-Little 2006 View profile
- Lindsay Leonard Brook 2011 View profile
- Sir Anthony Wagner 1995 View profile
- Peter Llewellyn Gwynn Jones 2010 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Book publishing
- Incorporated
- 31/01/1902
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- The Harleian Society Incorporated 1902
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.
11 directors on the board
- Nicolas John Bell Director · appointed 2017
- Sir Thomas Woodcock Director · appointed 1996
- Nicholas John Rogers Director · appointed 2018
- Dr James Lawson Broun Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Phillip Alan Bone Director · appointed 2023
- Giles Howard Mandelbrote Director · appointed 2015
- Professor Richard Pury Cust Director · appointed 2012
- Katharine Owen Director · appointed 2014
- Joseph Alexander Edwards Director · appointed 2002
- Alan Roger Dickins Director · appointed 2012
- Dr Adrian Peter Ailes Director
Directors past 6 years
- Nicolas John Bell Director · appointed 2017
- Sir Thomas Woodcock Director · appointed 1996
- Nicholas John Rogers Director · appointed 2018
- Giles Howard Mandelbrote Director · appointed 2015
- Professor Richard Pury Cust Director · appointed 2012
- Katharine Owen Director · appointed 2014
- Joseph Alexander Edwards Director · appointed 2002
- Alan Roger Dickins Director · appointed 2012
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Nicolas John Bell Director · appointed 2017
- Nicholas John Rogers Director · appointed 2018
- Dr James Lawson Broun Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Phillip Alan Bone Director · appointed 2023
- Professor Richard Pury Cust Director · appointed 2012
- Joseph Alexander Edwards Director · appointed 2002
- Alan Roger Dickins Director · appointed 2012
- Dr Adrian Peter Ailes Director
Portfolio (3)
- Sir Thomas Woodcock Director · appointed 1996
- Giles Howard Mandelbrote Director · appointed 2015
- Katharine Owen Director · appointed 2014
Also govern a charity
- Nicolas John Bell Vaughan Williams Foundation, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Benedicts, Cambridge, The Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust
- Nicholas John Rogers Monumental Brass Society
- Dr Phillip Alan Bone The British Record Society
- Giles Howard Mandelbrote The Walpole Society, Printing Historical Society
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
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00072647
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- 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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