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

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Previous officers 97

  1. Joseph William Chambers 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Richard James Shipley 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Matthew Butler 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Andrew Martin Gayler 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Alexandros Photis Photi 2021-2023 Director View profile
  6. Cyril Gerard Jennings 2021-2022 Director View profile
  7. Steven Forshaw 2021-2022 Director View profile
  8. Caragh Mckay 2021-2022 Director View profile
  9. Sunil Silva 2019-2023 Director View profile
  10. Robert Francis Napper 2018-2021 Director View profile
  11. Alan Burtoft 2017-2018 Director View profile
  12. Steve Kelsey 2016-2021 Director View profile
  13. John Stanley 2016-2017 Director View profile
  14. Robert Bentley Loomes 2016-2024 Director View profile
  15. Peter Tales 2015-2020 Director View profile
  16. Nicholas George Brown 2014-2025 Director View profile
  17. Midleton, Alan Henry, Viscount 2014-2015 Director View profile
  18. Ashley Graham Strachan 2013-2017 Director View profile
  19. Arthur Jan Wright 2013-2016 Director View profile
  20. Martin Tracey Shipley Wigglesworth 2013-2016 Director View profile
  21. Raymond William Walford 2012-2016 Director View profile
  22. Jon Parker 2011-2012 Director View profile
  23. Geoffrey Dixon Walker 2011-2014 Director View profile
  24. Richard Dundas Thomas 2009-2013 Director View profile
  25. Gerard Michael John Cardew 2008-2013 Director View profile
  26. Archibald Colin Fergusson 2008-2012 Director View profile
  27. Robert Egan 2007-2010 Director View profile
  28. Christopher George Mckay 2007-2009 Director View profile
  29. Charles Hugh Barnes 2006-2021 Director View profile
  30. Stella Haward 2005-2020 Director View profile
  31. Kenneth Vincent Mcluskey 2004-2007 Director View profile
  32. Brian William Kerridge 2004-2005 Director View profile
  33. Dr John Kenneth Lloyd Jones 2003-2010 Director View profile
  34. Alan William Burtoft 2002-2005 Director View profile
  35. Dr Paul Douglas Comley 2002-2004 Director View profile
  36. Malcolm Trevor Watters 2001-2002 Director View profile
  37. Stephen Baker 1999-2000 Director View profile
  38. Kim-John Webb 1999-1999 Director View profile
  39. Peter James Glanford Elliott 1999-1999 Director View profile
  40. David Beach 1999-2000 Director View profile
  41. Neville Mawson Sunderland 1999-2000 Director View profile
  42. Christopher Edward Lowe 1998-2000 Director View profile
  43. Stephen Robert Thackery 1998-2006 Director View profile
  44. Otto Von Bertele 1998-2000 Director View profile
  45. Trevor Waddington 1998-2000 Director View profile
  46. Mark Brian Mills 1998-2008 Director View profile
  47. Peter Waller 1998-2008 Director View profile
  48. James Arnfield 1997-2000 Director View profile
  49. Robert Lawson Corry 1997-1997 Director View profile
  50. Anthony John Stone 1997-1999 Director View profile
  51. Francis Eugene Brodie 1996-1997 Director View profile
  52. Phillip John Gale 1996-1999 Director View profile
  53. Geoffrey Douglas Armitage 1996-2014 Director View profile
  54. Alan John Timmins 1996-2000 Director View profile
  55. John Edward Plaister 1995-2001 Director View profile
  56. David Anthony Wilson 1995-1998 Director View profile
  57. Alan Myerson 1995-1996 Director View profile
  58. Keith Robert Sorrill 1994-1997 Director View profile
  59. David Ian Monro 1993-1999 Director View profile
  60. Leslie Ronald Arthur Bryan 1993-2000 Director View profile
  61. Reginald John Griffiths 1993-2002 Director View profile
  62. Roger Leslie Moll 1993-1995 Director View profile
  63. Ronald Edward Rose 1992-1995 Director View profile
  64. Antony Victor Charles Gutteridge 1992-1998 Director View profile
  65. Jack William Welling 1992-1999 Director View profile
  66. George Anthony Lewis 2003 Director View profile
  67. Rigby, Thomas, Lt Col 1997 Director View profile
  68. Brian Donald Barnes 2002 Director View profile
  69. George Daniels 2000 Director View profile
  70. Richard Frederick Shirley Snelling 2014 Director View profile
  71. Edward Grey Chapman 2000 Director View profile
  72. Richard Julian Shestopal 1993 Director View profile
  73. Eric Stanley Richardson 1999 Director View profile
  74. John David Read 1995 Director View profile
  75. Raymond Beech 2000 Director View profile
  76. Chares George Hughes 1993 Director View profile
  77. Wills, Peter Barnard, Group Captain 1998 Director View profile
  78. Norman Brian Newman 2000 Director View profile
  79. Elizabeth Crandon Gill 1996 Director View profile
  80. Peter Norman Haward 1993 Director View profile
  81. Ian Wilfred Wright 1999 Director View profile
  82. Harold Walter William Bisson 1993 Director View profile
  83. Raymond Lionel Mellor 1999 Director View profile
  84. John Edward Lynam 1995 Director View profile
  85. Jill Vanessa Hadfield 2000 Director View profile
  86. Howard John Collingwood White 1997 Director View profile
  87. Clive Alfred Osborne 1996 Director View profile
  88. David John Poole 2000 Director View profile
  89. Roger William Still 1995 Director View profile
  90. Alfred Dennis Harris 2000 Director View profile
  91. Ann-Jane Anderton 2022-2024 Secretary View profile
  92. John Brian Noble 2016-2022 Secretary View profile
  93. Dudley Charles Nicholas Giles 2013-2016 Secretary View profile
  94. Martin Gary Taylor 2000-2013 Secretary View profile
  95. Edmund Slicer 1999-2000 Secretary View profile
  96. Helen Bartlett 1994-1999 Secretary View profile
  97. William Michael Geoffery Evans 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
14/08/1913

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The British Horological Institute Limited 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.

Financials

Net assets
£92,603
Total assets
£101,394
Cash
£59,575
Employees
8
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Small company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

2 grants · £310,300 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £310,300 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £160,3002015-09-29
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £150,0001997-03-10
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.

4 directors on the board

8.3y median 7.6y
average tenure
16.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Dormant 1Professional services 1Retail and trade 1Tech and media 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00130649
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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