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Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society Limited
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Who leads it
- Anne Susan BraithwaiteDirector · since 2025
- Helen Anne KempDirector · since 2024
- Caroline AllisonDirector · since 2024
- George SykesDirector · since 2024
- Alexander BrooksbankDirector · since 2024
- Dr Christine Ruth HoldstockDirector · since 2023
- Dr Martin John StaniforthDirector · since 2021
- Clare Jane MitchellDirector · since 2021
- Brian Michael SelbyDirector · since 2020
- Professor George Eric BlairDirector · since 2018
Previous officers 57
- Professor Wendy Webster 2023-2025 View profile
- Dr Kersten Thomas Hall 2021-2025 View profile
- Professor Paul Anthony Millner 2021-2024 View profile
- Michael James Meadowcroft 2020-2023 View profile
- Professor David Westhead 2020-2021 View profile
- Dr Rachael Unsworth 2019-2021 View profile
- Ivor Warren Smith 2018-2024 View profile
- Professor Francis James Finlay 2017-2019 View profile
- Dr David Ian Bower 2016-2019 View profile
- Mollie Temple 2015-2020 View profile
- Eveleigh Bradford 2015-2019 View profile
- Andrew Morrison 2014-2016 View profile
- Professor Joyce Margaret Hill 2014-2016 View profile
- John Reginald Evans 2012-2015 View profile
- Professor Richard James Bushby 2011-2020 View profile
- Ceinwen Paynton 2011-2011 View profile
- Nash, Elizabeth Anne, Councillor 2010-2025 View profile
- Professor Christopher Malcolm Taylor 2009-2021 View profile
- Brian Richardson 2007-2015 View profile
- Dr Edward William Reed 2006-2012 View profile
- Dr Matthew Dagg 2004-2011 View profile
- Susan Wrathmell 2004-2009 View profile
- Penny Wainwright 2003-2014 View profile
- Professor Anthony Charles Thomas North 2002-2020 View profile
- Janet Douglas 2001-2024 View profile
- Dr Rachel Elizabeth Cowgill 2001-2003 View profile
- Harold Vivian Wyatt 2000-2004 View profile
- Joan Newiss 2000-2003 View profile
- Robin Jakeways 1999-2023 View profile
- Peter Norman Hirschmann 1997-2014 View profile
- Christopher Hammond 1997-2006 View profile
- Dr Christopher John Hatton 1997-2023 View profile
- Professor Mark Richard David Seaward 1997-2018 View profile
- Henry Moir Pantin 1997-2003 View profile
- Macdermot Byrn, Richard Francis, Doctor 1997-2002 View profile
- Geoffrey Nat Cantor 1995-1999 View profile
- Virginia Susan Medlycott Rushton 1994-2000 View profile
- Roberts, Maximin, Doctor 1994-2000 View profile
- Roger Harry Davis 1992-2004 View profile
- Evennett, Peter John, Doctor 1992-2018 View profile
- Dr Oliver Stephen Pickering 1991-2005 View profile
- Adrian Rankin Whitechurch Gange 1994 View profile
- Henson, Horace, Doctor 1995 View profile
- Jean Elizabeth Mortimer 1997 View profile
- Brian Rodgerson Hartley 1997 View profile
- Dennis Cox 1997 View profile
- Peter Robert Procter Chadwick 1992 View profile
- Speakman, Peter Trafford, Doctor 1992 View profile
- Baker, Richard Alan, Doctor 1995 View profile
- James Olav Arnold 1991 View profile
- Ian James Tod 1995 View profile
- Dr Kevin Grady 1995 View profile
- John Taylor 1991 View profile
- Ian Stewart Moxon 2000 View profile
- Michael Meadowcroft 2021-2024 View profile
- John Ennis Lydon 1996-2021 View profile
- Chadwick, Arthur Cerne, Doctor 1997 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 10/10/1921
- Registered office
- Leeds
- Also a registered charity
- Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society Limited
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.
10 directors on the board
- Dr Martin John Staniforth Director · appointed 2021
- Brian Michael Selby Director · appointed 2020
- Helen Anne Kemp Director · appointed 2024
- Anne Susan Braithwaite Director · appointed 2025
- Clare Jane Mitchell Director · appointed 2021
- Caroline Allison Director · appointed 2024
- George Sykes Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Christine Ruth Holdstock Director · appointed 2023
- Alexander Brooksbank Director · appointed 2024
- Professor George Eric Blair Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Professor George Eric Blair Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Anne Susan Braithwaite Director · appointed 2025
- Clare Jane Mitchell Director · appointed 2021
- Caroline Allison Director · appointed 2024
- George Sykes Director · appointed 2024
- Dr Christine Ruth Holdstock Director · appointed 2023
- Alexander Brooksbank Director · appointed 2024
- Professor George Eric Blair Director · appointed 2018
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Martin John Staniforth Director · appointed 2021
- Brian Michael Selby Director · appointed 2020
- Helen Anne Kemp Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Professor Wendy Webster Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Nash, Elizabeth Anne, Councillor Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2025
- Dr Kersten Thomas Hall Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00177204
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/06/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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