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Guardian Media Group PLC

Publishing of newspapers

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 57

  1. Matthew John Brittin 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Keith Robert Underwood 2020-2026 Director View profile
  3. Anders Ytrup Jensen 2020-2022 Director View profile
  4. Rene Efraim Rechtman 2020-2026 Director View profile
  5. Annette Christina Thomas 2020-2021 Director View profile
  6. Coram Williams 2017-2026 Director View profile
  7. Richard James Kerr 2016-2020 Director View profile
  8. Baroness Gail Ruth Rebuck 2016-2025 Director View profile
  9. Jimmy Donal Wales 2016-2017 Director View profile
  10. David Skipwith Pemsel 2015-2019 Director View profile
  11. Jennifer Susan Duvalier 2014-2023 Director View profile
  12. Ronan James Dunne 2013-2016 Director View profile
  13. John Paton 2013-2019 Director View profile
  14. Nigel Morris 2012-2022 Director View profile
  15. Simon Richard Fox 2010-2012 Director View profile
  16. Neil Anthony Berkett 2009-2022 Director View profile
  17. Andrew Arthur Miller 2009-2015 Director View profile
  18. Stuart Michael Taylor 2009-2012 Director View profile
  19. Judith Mary Gibbons 2008-2017 Director View profile
  20. Dame Amelia Chilcott Fawcett 2007-2013 Director View profile
  21. Nicholas Paul Backhouse 2007-2017 Director View profile
  22. Brent Shawzin Hoberman 2007-2015 Director View profile
  23. Timothy Stephen Brooks 2006-2011 Director View profile
  24. John Frederick Myers 2006-2009 Director View profile
  25. Mark Dodson 2005-2010 Director View profile
  26. Jeremy Stephen Gary Fowden 2005-2007 Director View profile
  27. Richard Anthony Eyre 2004-2007 Director View profile
  28. Graham Ewart Luff 2003-2005 Director View profile
  29. John Bartle 2002-2010 Director View profile
  30. Carolyn Julia Mccall 2000-2010 Director View profile
  31. Paul Myners 2000-2008 Director View profile
  32. Alan Charles Rusbridger 1999-2015 Director View profile
  33. John Giles Selby Coode-Adams 1999-2008 Director View profile
  34. Nicholas Castro 1998-2009 Director View profile
  35. Dame Elizabeth Anne Lucy Forgan 1998-2003 Director View profile
  36. Sir Robert Weston Phillis 1997-2006 Director View profile
  37. Andrew Lumsdaine Karney 1997-2006 Director View profile
  38. Lord Robert Gavron of Highgate 1997-2000 Director View profile
  39. Ian Stanley Ashcroft 1996-2005 Director View profile
  40. Caroline Anne Marland 1995-2000 Director View profile
  41. Neil Ashley Canetty-Clarke 1995-1998 Director View profile
  42. Michael David Braham 1992-1995 Director View profile
  43. John Jeremy David Bullmore 2001 Director View profile
  44. Sir Henry John Roche 1997 Director View profile
  45. John Martin Clay 1999 Director View profile
  46. Sir Raymond Stanley Tindle 1997 Director View profile
  47. Stanley Porter 1995 Director View profile
  48. Peter John Preston 1998 Director View profile
  49. Michael Ronald Unger 1997 Director View profile
  50. John Robert Harris 2002 Director View profile
  51. Anthony John Boore 1996 Director View profile
  52. James Charles Markwick 1997 Director View profile
  53. Richard James Kerr 2017-2017 Secretary View profile
  54. Grainne Brankin 2017-2017 Secretary View profile
  55. Philip Mark Tranter 2012-2017 Secretary View profile
  56. Philip Edward Boardman 2001-2012 Secretary View profile
  57. Arthur Vincent Townsend 2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Publishing of newspapers
Incorporated
09/08/1907
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Guardian Media Group PLC is controlled by The Scott Trust Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by The Scott Trust Limited.

16 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.

11 directors on the board

4.3y median 3.8y
average tenure
11.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (7)

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 6Tech and media 4Finance 2Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1Other services 1Property 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
00094531
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
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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