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

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Previous officers 72

  1. Leon Enrique Bosch 2021-2026 Director View profile
  2. Stephen Andrew Gill Hough 2020-2023 Director View profile
  3. Roderick Gregory Coleman Williams 2017-2025 Director View profile
  4. Dr Jerome Paul Booth 2016-2021 Director View profile
  5. Jonathan Philip Langridge 2016-2022 Director View profile
  6. Kingsley Guy Manning 2014-2023 Director View profile
  7. Anthony John Raymond Newhouse 2014-2020 Director View profile
  8. Sir Vernon James Ellis 2014-2021 Director View profile
  9. Ian Rosenblatt OBE 2009-2016 Director View profile
  10. Lincoln Craig Abbotts 2009-2011 Director View profile
  11. Louise Catherine Mitchell 2009-2021 Director View profile
  12. Thomas Service 2009-2011 Director View profile
  13. Chinyere Adah Nwanoku MBE 2009-2011 Director View profile
  14. John Gilhooly OBE 2009-2024 Director View profile
  15. Professor Colin James Lawson 2007-2015 Director View profile
  16. Wasfi Kani 2006-2009 Director View profile
  17. Philip Gordon Langridge 2006-2010 Director View profile
  18. Colin Herbert Matthews 2005-2016 Director View profile
  19. Mary Catherine King 2005-2011 Director View profile
  20. Prof Iain Norman Burnside 2005-2011 Director View profile
  21. Laurence Johnstone Watt 2004-2011 Director View profile
  22. David William Bowerman 2002-2005 Director View profile
  23. Gillian Moore 2002-2020 Director View profile
  24. Professor Simon Jeremy Bainbridge 2002-2007 Director View profile
  25. Martyn Brabbins 2002-2011 Director View profile
  26. Brian Patrick Griffin 2000-2005 Director View profile
  27. Francis Joseph Bergin 1999-2014 Director View profile
  28. Kathryn Alexandra Mcdowell 1999-2008 Director View profile
  29. Graham Edward Sheffield 1999-2010 Director View profile
  30. Edward Graham Blakeman 1999-2020 Director View profile
  31. Andrew Hugh Alistair Neill 1998-2007 Director View profile
  32. Dame Gillian Weir 1995-2001 Director View profile
  33. Anthony Edward Payne 1995-1997 Director View profile
  34. Desmond Hugh Cecil 1995-2005 Director View profile
  35. Pamela Anne Edwards 1995-2002 Director View profile
  36. Malcolm Smith 1994-1995 Director View profile
  37. Nicholas Simon Riddle 1994-2011 Director View profile
  38. Professor Leslie John Howard 1994-2005 Director View profile
  39. Roger Steptoe 1994-1995 Director View profile
  40. John Preston Amis 1993-1999 Director View profile
  41. David Eric Long 1993-2016 Director View profile
  42. Sarah Allum 1992-1994 Director View profile
  43. Owain Michael Jonson Dyer 1992-1996 Director View profile
  44. Robert Antony Fell 1992-2005 Director View profile
  45. Noel Cox 1992-1999 Director View profile
  46. Lady Evelyn Alice Barbirolli 1992 Director View profile
  47. Barrie Iliffe 1994 Director View profile
  48. Rt Hon Lord Birkett 2004 Director View profile
  49. Hilary Macnamara 1997 Director View profile
  50. Dr Peter Edward Andry 1992 Director View profile
  51. Laurence Watt 1998 Director View profile
  52. Lord Robert Temple Armstrong of Ilminster 2002 Director View profile
  53. Arthur Searle 2011 Director View profile
  54. Virginia Rae Caldwell Mcnay 1997 Director View profile
  55. Bernard Brook-Partridge 1999 Director View profile
  56. Paul Strang 1992 Director View profile
  57. Sheila Armstrong 2002 Director View profile
  58. Thomas Jeffrey Hemsley 1992 Director View profile
  59. Peter Joseph Bull 2008 Director View profile
  60. Ronald Aubrey Smith 1999 Director View profile
  61. David Lowe 2008 Director View profile
  62. Diana Mary Joan Jasper 1995 Director View profile
  63. Richard Armstrong 1993 Director View profile
  64. William Neville Bowen 1992 Director View profile
  65. John Crisp 1993 Director View profile
  66. David Lloyd-Jones 2006 Director View profile
  67. Louise Mitchell 2016-2021 Secretary View profile
  68. David Eric Long 2011-2016 Secretary View profile
  69. John Gilhooly 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
  70. John David Anthony Lowe 1998-2008 Secretary View profile
  71. James Richard Fisher 1992-1998 Secretary View profile
  72. Eric Thompson 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
19/12/1922
Also a registered charity
Royal Philharmonic Society

Grants received

1 grant · £75,000 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.

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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.

7 directors on the board

4.7y median 5.2y
average tenure
9.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (5)

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 4Professional services 3Education 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00186522
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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