Royal Institute of Philosophy(the)

Company 00205110 Active

Registered charity: The Royal Institute of Philosophy

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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.

11 directors on the board

Sawyer, Sarah Ann, Professor Director · appointed 2016
Sandis, Constantine, Professor Director · appointed 2020
James, Susan, Professor Director · appointed 2023
Salje, Léa-CéCile, Dr Director · appointed 2021
Wiseman, Rachel, Dr. Director · appointed 2019
Lord, Sarah Beth, Professor Director · appointed 2020
Edmonds, David James, Dr Director · appointed 2022
Colburn, Ben Andrew, Professor Director · appointed 2020
Wilson, James George Scott, Dr Director · appointed 2022
O'Brien, Lucy, Prof. Director · appointed 2018
Lillehammer, Hallvard, Professor Director · appointed 2023

5.4y median 5.6y

average tenure

9.6y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Sawyer, Sarah Ann, Professor Director · appointed 2016
Wiseman, Rachel, Dr. Director · appointed 2019
O'Brien, Lucy, Prof. Director · appointed 2018

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

James, Susan, Professor Director · appointed 2023
Salje, Léa-CéCile, Dr Director · appointed 2021
Wiseman, Rachel, Dr. Director · appointed 2019
Lord, Sarah Beth, Professor Director · appointed 2020
Colburn, Ben Andrew, Professor Director · appointed 2020
Wilson, James George Scott, Dr Director · appointed 2022
O'Brien, Lucy, Prof. Director · appointed 2018
Lillehammer, Hallvard, Professor Director · appointed 2023

Portfolio (3)

Sawyer, Sarah Ann, Professor Director · appointed 2016
Sandis, Constantine, Professor Director · appointed 2020
Edmonds, David James, Dr Director · appointed 2022

Also govern a charity

James, Susan, Professor British Society for the History of Philosophy

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.

Tech and media 2

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Gaps to watch

No director brings board experience from anywhere else
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.

Connected through a shared director

Family Investment (Four) Limited 1 shared director
LEX Professional Services LTD. 1 shared director
Wittgenstein's Poker Limited 1 shared director

Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number	00205110
Status	Active
Type	PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated	06/04/1925
Address	7 BELL YARD, LONDON, WC2A 2JR
Accounts next due	30/04/2027
Accounts last made up	31/07/2025

Industry (SIC)

85590 - Other education n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (0)

No persons with significant control recorded.

Officers (105)

James, Susan, Professor Director · appointed 2023
Lillehammer, Hallvard, Professor Director · appointed 2023
Edmonds, David James, Dr Director · appointed 2022
Wilson, James George Scott, Dr Director · appointed 2022
Melanie Wharton Secretary · appointed 2022
Salje, Léa-CéCile, Dr Director · appointed 2021
Sandis, Constantine, Professor Director · appointed 2020
Lord, Sarah Beth, Professor Director · appointed 2020
Colburn, Ben Andrew, Professor Director · appointed 2020
Wiseman, Rachel, Dr. Director · appointed 2019
O'Brien, Lucy, Prof. Director · appointed 2018
Sawyer, Sarah Ann, Professor Director · appointed 2016

Show 88 former officers

George Anthony Philip Secretary · appointed 2022 · resigned 2022
Ahmed, Arif Mohiuddin, Dr Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
Ellis, Fiona, Dr Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2024
Kieran, Matthew, Dr. Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
Harcourt, Edward, Dr. Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2022
Erden, Yasemin Jane, Dr. Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2020
Hawley, Katherine, Professor Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2019
Pink, Thomas Leonard Montague, Professor Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2021
Antognazza, Maria Rosa, Professor Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2023
Haldane, John, Professor Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2025
Millar, Alan, Dr. Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2016
Beebee, Helen, Dr Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2016
Clark, Stephen, Prof Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
Bird, Alexander, Dr Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2019
LE Poidevin, Robin, Prof Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
Fricker, Miranda, Dr. Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
Coates, Paul, Prof Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2019
Honderich, Ted, Professor Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2018
Papineau, David, Professor Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
John Hyman Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
Stratton Lake, Philip, Professor Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
Price, Carolyn Susan, Dr Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
Crisp, Roger Stephen, Dr Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
Moore, Adrian William, Professor Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
Osborne, Catherine Joanna, Dr Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
Peter Raymond Cave Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
Cooper, David Edward, Professor Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
Mendus, Susan Lesley, Professor Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
Attfield, Robin, Professor Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
Stephen Richard Patriarca Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2009
James Garvey Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2022
Smith, Barry Crawford, Dr Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2018
Kevin Magill Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2018
Matravers, Derek Cameron, Doctor Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2010
Paul Jonathan Pitt Noordhof Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2016
Horace Romano Harre Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2009
John Randolph Lucas Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2009
Palmer, Anthony, Professor Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2009
Cioffi, Frank, Professor Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2009
Pompa, Leon, Professor Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2006
Holdcroft, David, Professor Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
Lyons, William Edward, Professor Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2009
Dilman, Ilham, Professor Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2005
Patrick Thomas Corrie Lewin Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2009
Lyon, Ardon James, Dr Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2009
Trigg, Roger Hugh, Prof Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2009
Ingrid Mary Purkiss Secretary · resigned 2001
George Macdonald Ross Director · resigned 2009
Miles, Timothy, Professor Director · resigned 2009
Hollis, Martin, Professor Director · resigned 1998
Anthony Meredith Lord Quinton Director · resigned 2009
Stewart, Michael Alexander, Dr Director · resigned 2006
Parkinson, George Henry Radcliffe, Professor Director · resigned 2005
Popper, Karl, Sir Director · resigned 1994
Hamlyn, David Walter, Professor Director · resigned 2009
Ronald Beardsmore Director · resigned 1997
Agmondisham, Godfrey Norman, Professor Director · resigned 2006
Alan Claude Robin Goldsmid Montefiore Director · resigned 2000
Lewis, Hywell David, Professor Director · resigned 1992
Bunnin, Nicholas Frederick, Dr Director · resigned 2016
O'Hear, Anthony, Professor Director · resigned 1998
Holland, Roy Fraser, Professor Director · resigned 2009
Brenda Almond Director · resigned 2015
Oconnor, Daniel John, Professor Director · resigned 1998
Sorabji, Richard, Professor Director · resigned 2009
Strawson, Peter, Professor Director · resigned 2006
Hanfling, Oswald, Dr Director · resigned 2006
Manser, Anthony Richards, Professor Director · resigned 1995
Ward, Keith, Professor Director · resigned 2009
Boden, Margaret Ann, Professor Director · resigned 2009
Ruby Lilian Meager Director · resigned 1992
Alexander Alfred Kassman Director · resigned 1998
Mary Midgley Director · resigned 2009
Wilkes, Kathleen Vaughan, Dr Director · resigned 1998
Mellor, David Hugh, Professor Director · resigned 2009
Foulkes, Paul, Dr Director · resigned 2009
Lloyd Thomas, David Adrian, Dr Director · resigned 2009
Martin Michael Warner Director · resigned 2009
Joan Marguerite Joyce Director · resigned 2005
Tanner, Michael Keith, Dr Director · resigned 2009
Evans, John David Gemmill, Professor Director · resigned 2009
Terence Michael Okeeffe Director · resigned 2009
Oneill, Ondra, Professor Director · resigned 2009
Atkinson, Ronald Field, Professor Director · resigned 1998
Susan Margaret Butter Director · resigned 1998
Kenneth Minogue Director · resigned 2007
Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen, Professor Director · resigned 2006
Flew, Antony, Prof Director · resigned 2009

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Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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