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Poetry Society(Incorporated)(the

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Previous officers 122

  1. Luke Watkeys 2020-2024 Director View profile
  2. Gareth David Prior 2019-2025 Director View profile
  3. Andrew James Neilson 2019-2025 Director View profile
  4. Jessica Mookherjee 2019-2025 Director View profile
  5. Nigel Timothy Ludlow 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Ann Nicola Phillips 2018-2023 Director View profile
  7. Sarah Louise Thompson 2017-2020 Director View profile
  8. Emma Dai'An Wright 2017-2023 Director View profile
  9. Christopher Anthony Beckett 2016-2022 Director View profile
  10. Kathryn Louise Gray 2014-2019 Director View profile
  11. Elizabeth Jane Crump 2014-2020 Director View profile
  12. Mona Arshi 2014-2017 Director View profile
  13. Catriona Isabel White 2014-2020 Director View profile
  14. Sarah Louise Ellis 2014-2019 Director View profile
  15. Andrew Smardon 2013-2019 Director View profile
  16. Jesper GrØNvold 2012-2018 Director View profile
  17. Neil Reeder 2012-2018 Director View profile
  18. Jonathan Sayers 2012-2016 Director View profile
  19. Katriona Elizabeth Andrews 2011-2015 Director View profile
  20. Donald Robert Douglas Hutchison 2011-2014 Director View profile
  21. Dr Shanta Acharya 2011-2014 Director View profile
  22. Michael Norton Schmidt 2011-2013 Director View profile
  23. Martin John Alexander 2011-2013 Director View profile
  24. Heather Mary Neill 2011-2014 Director View profile
  25. Polly Rachel Clark 2011-2011 Director View profile
  26. Laurence Charles Smith 2011-2016 Director View profile
  27. Stephen Robert Wilson 2011-2014 Director View profile
  28. Paul Frederick Ranford 2011-2012 Director View profile
  29. Rt Hon Sir Stephen John Irwin 2011-2014 Director View profile
  30. Dr Robyn Louise Marsack 2011-2011 Director View profile
  31. Cary Archard 2011-2011 Director View profile
  32. Edward James Mackay 2011-2011 Director View profile
  33. Laura Elizabeth Bamford 2010-2011 Director View profile
  34. Duke Halliwell Dobing 2010-2011 Director View profile
  35. Alan Fitzgerald Jenkins 2009-2011 Director View profile
  36. John Neil Simmons 2009-2011 Director View profile
  37. Wendy Jones 2009-2011 Director View profile
  38. Peter Stephen Darcy Carpenter 2008-2011 Director View profile
  39. Jacqueline Susan Rowe 2008-2011 Director View profile
  40. Jacob O'Brien Yosafa Sam-La Rose 2008-2011 Director View profile
  41. Emma Catherine Bravo 2008-2011 Director View profile
  42. Anne Ritchie Jenkins 2008-2011 Director View profile
  43. John Richmond 2007-2011 Director View profile
  44. Professor Robyn Bolam 2007-2011 Director View profile
  45. Barry Patrick Waring Kernon 2006-2011 Director View profile
  46. Moniza Alvi 2006-2009 Director View profile
  47. Rachel Martha Alexander 2006-2009 Director View profile
  48. Maggie Sullivan 2006-2009 Director View profile
  49. Raficq Shaik Abdulla 2005-2008 Director View profile
  50. Helen Louise Gray 2005-2008 Director View profile
  51. Sir John Weston 2005-2008 Director View profile
  52. Colette Bryce 2005-2007 Director View profile
  53. Elizabeth Jane Davies 2004-2006 Director View profile
  54. Keith Geoffrey Bennett 2004-2007 Director View profile
  55. Anne Marie Fyfe 2004-2009 Director View profile
  56. Edmund Jan Matyjaszek 2004-2007 Director View profile
  57. Ruth Padel 2004-2006 Director View profile
  58. Matthew Hollis 2004-2005 Director View profile
  59. Dr Henry Olufemi Fajemirokon 2004-2006 Director View profile
  60. Mick Robert Felton 2004-2008 Director View profile
  61. Adrian Brown 2004-2006 Director View profile
  62. David Nicholas Kuenssberg 2002-2005 Director View profile
  63. Matthew Thomas Hyde 2002-2005 Director View profile
  64. Patience Agbabi 2002-2004 Director View profile
  65. Waljee, Yasmin, Sol 2002-2004 Director View profile
  66. Bernardine Evaristo 2001-2004 Director View profile
  67. Rachel Alexander 2001-2003 Director View profile
  68. Jesper Groenvold 2001-2004 Director View profile
  69. Dr Alastair Neil Robertson Niven 2000-2004 Director View profile
  70. Frances Mary Theresa Hughes 2000-2002 Director View profile
  71. Shan Maclennan 2000-2003 Director View profile
  72. Scott Verner 2000-2004 Director View profile
  73. Lavinia Greenlaw 2000-2003 Director View profile
  74. Thomas Martin Gardner 1999-2002 Director View profile
  75. Dr Carole Satyamurti 1999-2002 Director View profile
  76. Roderick Chalmers Lumsden 1999-2002 Director View profile
  77. Adrian Johnson 1998-2001 Director View profile
  78. Con Alexander 1998-2001 Director View profile
  79. Dr Richard John Price 1998-2002 Director View profile
  80. John Jeremy Wilson 1997-1998 Director View profile
  81. John Barton Harvey 1997-1999 Director View profile
  82. Mimi Khalvati 1997-1999 Director View profile
  83. Julie Ann Cuthbert 1996-2000 Director View profile
  84. Jonathan Frederick Davidson 1996-1998 Director View profile
  85. Mary Enright 1996-1999 Director View profile
  86. Jules Wilkinson 1996-2000 Director View profile
  87. William Matthew Sieghart 1995-1996 Director View profile
  88. David Morley 1995-1996 Director View profile
  89. Dr Debjani Chatterjee 1994-1997 Director View profile
  90. Gail Lynch 1994-1996 Director View profile
  91. Susan Elizabeth Roberts 1994-1997 Director View profile
  92. Anne Fiona Thompson 1994-1998 Director View profile
  93. Judith Kazantzis 1993-1995 Director View profile
  94. William John Gallienne Swainson 1993-1996 Director View profile
  95. Lucien Almaric Jenkins 1992-1995 Director View profile
  96. Susan Elizabeth Hubbard 1992-1995 Director View profile
  97. Betty Elaine Mulcahy 1993 Director View profile
  98. Piers Julian Dominic Pottinger 1992 Director View profile
  99. Fleur Adcock 1994 Director View profile
  100. Ivens, Michael William, Director 1992 Director View profile
  101. John Mole 1993 Director View profile
  102. Martin Crucefix 1994 Director View profile
  103. Roger Mcgough 1992 Director View profile
  104. John Loveday 1992 Director View profile
  105. Richard Tyrrell 1994 Director View profile
  106. Eddie Linden 1993 Director View profile
  107. Clifford Simmons 1994 Director View profile
  108. Leo Aylen 1994 Director View profile
  109. Olivr Owen Bernard 1993 Director View profile
  110. Ruth Fainlight-Sillitoe 1993 Director View profile
  111. Valerie Sinason 1994 Director View profile
  112. John Scotney 1995 Director View profile
  113. John Cotton 1992 Director View profile
  114. Sebastian Barker 1992 Director View profile
  115. Alan Charles Brownjohn 1992 Director View profile
  116. William Oxley 1993 Director View profile
  117. Hilary Davis 1993 Director View profile
  118. Jules Mann 2004-2009 Secretary View profile
  119. Tomas Norman Wilcox 2003-2004 Secretary View profile
  120. Christina Mary Patterson 2000-2003 Secretary View profile
  121. Christopher John Meade 1994-2000 Secretary View profile
  122. Christopher Frederick Green 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Artistic creation
Incorporated
18/06/1923
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The Poetry Society

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Judith Mary Palmer
    significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-07

Group

  1. Poetry Society(Incorporated)(the is controlled by Judith Mary Palmer
    Evidence
    active significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-07 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Judith Mary Palmer.

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.

Grants received

6 grants · £816,021 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £729,166 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £70,608 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £16,247

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £16,2472024-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £361,0832020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £7,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £361,0832017-06-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002008-11-18
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.

9 directors on the board

3.2y median 2.6y
average tenure
10.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity

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 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
00190736
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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