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Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 71

  1. Richard Gary Stephen Miller 2021–2024 Director View profile
  2. John Donald Lunn 2019–2025 Director View profile
  3. Anthony John Keith Woodhead 2019–2024 Director View profile
  4. Harold Gould 2019–2021 Director View profile
  5. Barbara Patricia Newman 2019–2023 Director View profile
  6. Dorothy Newlands of Lauriston 2017–2025 Director View profile
  7. Dorothy Jane Pooley 2015–2023 Director View profile
  8. Timothy Russell Hailes 2015–2022 Director View profile
  9. Anthony Gerard Miller 2013–2017 Director View profile
  10. Elizabeth Anne Thornborough 2010–2018 Director View profile
  11. Anthony John James Bailey 2010–2017 Director View profile
  12. David Andrew James Wilson 2010–2019 Director View profile
  13. Dr Peter Mark Cannon 2008–2011 Director View profile
  14. Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur 2006–2016 Director View profile
  15. Rex Sutherland Johnson 2005–2020 Director View profile
  16. Nicolas William Bragge 2005–2014 Director View profile
  17. Lady Janet Clouston Bewley Cooksey 2005–2022 Director View profile
  18. Roger Keith Mallindine 2004–2009 Director View profile
  19. Dr John Alexander Smail 2004–2026 Director View profile
  20. Simon Walsh 2003–2007 Director View profile
  21. Anthony Barry Fleming 2003–2015 Director View profile
  22. John Alfred Clarke 2003–2006 Director View profile
  23. Professor Joseph Larry Herzberg 2003–2010 Director View profile
  24. Dr Brian John Ridgewell 2003–2009 Director View profile
  25. Pauline Ann Halliday 2001–2013 Director View profile
  26. Kenneth James Fergusson 2000–2005 Director View profile
  27. Peter Lewis-Crown 1999–2009 Director View profile
  28. Sir Neil Shields 1998–2002 Director View profile
  29. Jeremy Millard Butler Gotch 1998–2004 Director View profile
  30. Richard Devenish Agutter 1997–2013 Director View profile
  31. Henderson, Iain Robert, Rear Admiral 1997–2003 Director View profile
  32. Paula Cullen 1996–2003 Director View profile
  33. William Terence Charnock 1995–2005 Director View profile
  34. Francis Joseph Bergin 1994–2009 Director View profile
  35. Allan Claude Chapman 1994–2005 Director View profile
  36. Gordon Mark Gentry 1994–2013 Director View profile
  37. Simon Anthony Allen Block 1993–1999 Director View profile
  38. Leslie Vivian Lewis 1993–2010 Director View profile
  39. Raymond George Holl 1993–2011 Director View profile
  40. Sir Alexander Colin Cole 2001 Director View profile
  41. Norman Sidney Munday 2000 Director View profile
  42. Sir Clive Haydn Martin 2007 Director View profile
  43. Buchanan, Peter William, Vice Admiral Sir 2003 Director View profile
  44. Henry Wimburn Sudell Horlock 2004 Director View profile
  45. Derek Lewis Kemp 2011 Director View profile
  46. Donald Samuel Du Parc Braham 2005 Director View profile
  47. Patrick Nigel Geoffrey Gilbert 1993 Director View profile
  48. Douglas Francis Dunstan 1998 Director View profile
  49. Stanley John Holt 1995 Director View profile
  50. Douglas Archibald Clarke 1992 Director View profile
  51. Sir David Floyd Ewin 2003 Director View profile
  52. Joseph Charles Felix Byllam Byllam Barnes 2011 Director View profile
  53. Clifford James Newbold 2011 Director View profile
  54. Richard Winston Arbiter 1994 Director View profile
  55. David Michael Booth Irving 2012 Director View profile
  56. Jack Edward Neary 1993 Director View profile
  57. Sir Anthony Grant 2009 Director View profile
  58. Lady Moorea Black 2009 Director View profile
  59. Sir Peter Drury Haggerston Gadsden 1996 Director View profile
  60. Thomas Lynn Todd 1994 Director View profile
  61. Sir Clifford Jack Chetwood 2003 Director View profile
  62. Duckworth, Henry, Major 1994 Director View profile
  63. Sir Peter Whiteley 1997 Director View profile
  64. John Edgar Harvey 2002 Director View profile
  65. David John Eldridge 2013 Director View profile
  66. Lord Geoffrey Finsberg 1996 Director View profile
  67. Bernard Loweth Morgan 1999 Director View profile
  68. Dr John Thomas Breen 2013 Director View profile
  69. Bryan Edward Toye 1998 Director View profile
  70. Keun, Michael, Brigadier 2001–2017 Secretary View profile
  71. IVY, Derek Richard, Colonel 2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Incorporated
23/04/1910
Board analysis for researchers

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.

20 directors on the board

10.6y median 11.1y
average tenure
22.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (15)

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.

Other services 9Professional services 8Retail and trade 4Business services 3Education 3Construction 2Dormant 2Property 2

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

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00109150
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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