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Who leads it

Previous officers 57

  1. Professor Wendy Webster 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Kersten Thomas Hall 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. Professor Paul Anthony Millner 2021-2024 Director View profile
  4. Michael James Meadowcroft 2020-2023 Director View profile
  5. Professor David Westhead 2020-2021 Director View profile
  6. Dr Rachael Unsworth 2019-2021 Director View profile
  7. Ivor Warren Smith 2018-2024 Director View profile
  8. Professor Francis James Finlay 2017-2019 Director View profile
  9. Dr David Ian Bower 2016-2019 Director View profile
  10. Mollie Temple 2015-2020 Director View profile
  11. Eveleigh Bradford 2015-2019 Director View profile
  12. Andrew Morrison 2014-2016 Director View profile
  13. Professor Joyce Margaret Hill 2014-2016 Director View profile
  14. John Reginald Evans 2012-2015 Director View profile
  15. Professor Richard James Bushby 2011-2020 Director View profile
  16. Ceinwen Paynton 2011-2011 Director View profile
  17. Nash, Elizabeth Anne, Councillor 2010-2025 Director View profile
  18. Professor Christopher Malcolm Taylor 2009-2021 Director View profile
  19. Brian Richardson 2007-2015 Director View profile
  20. Dr Edward William Reed 2006-2012 Director View profile
  21. Dr Matthew Dagg 2004-2011 Director View profile
  22. Susan Wrathmell 2004-2009 Director View profile
  23. Penny Wainwright 2003-2014 Director View profile
  24. Professor Anthony Charles Thomas North 2002-2020 Director View profile
  25. Janet Douglas 2001-2024 Director View profile
  26. Dr Rachel Elizabeth Cowgill 2001-2003 Director View profile
  27. Harold Vivian Wyatt 2000-2004 Director View profile
  28. Joan Newiss 2000-2003 Director View profile
  29. Robin Jakeways 1999-2023 Director View profile
  30. Peter Norman Hirschmann 1997-2014 Director View profile
  31. Christopher Hammond 1997-2006 Director View profile
  32. Dr Christopher John Hatton 1997-2023 Director View profile
  33. Professor Mark Richard David Seaward 1997-2018 Director View profile
  34. Henry Moir Pantin 1997-2003 Director View profile
  35. Macdermot Byrn, Richard Francis, Doctor 1997-2002 Director View profile
  36. Geoffrey Nat Cantor 1995-1999 Director View profile
  37. Virginia Susan Medlycott Rushton 1994-2000 Director View profile
  38. Roberts, Maximin, Doctor 1994-2000 Director View profile
  39. Roger Harry Davis 1992-2004 Director View profile
  40. Evennett, Peter John, Doctor 1992-2018 Director View profile
  41. Dr Oliver Stephen Pickering 1991-2005 Director View profile
  42. Adrian Rankin Whitechurch Gange 1994 Director View profile
  43. Henson, Horace, Doctor 1995 Director View profile
  44. Jean Elizabeth Mortimer 1997 Director View profile
  45. Brian Rodgerson Hartley 1997 Director View profile
  46. Dennis Cox 1997 Director View profile
  47. Peter Robert Procter Chadwick 1992 Director View profile
  48. Speakman, Peter Trafford, Doctor 1992 Director View profile
  49. Baker, Richard Alan, Doctor 1995 Director View profile
  50. James Olav Arnold 1991 Director View profile
  51. Ian James Tod 1995 Director View profile
  52. Dr Kevin Grady 1995 Director View profile
  53. John Taylor 1991 Director View profile
  54. Ian Stewart Moxon 2000 Director View profile
  55. Michael Meadowcroft 2021-2024 Secretary View profile
  56. John Ennis Lydon 1996-2021 Secretary View profile
  57. Chadwick, Arthur Cerne, Doctor 1997 Secretary 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

3.3y median 2.6y
average tenure
7.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

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.

Arts and leisure 1Education 1Retail and trade 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

  • 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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