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Board DNA

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7
directors on the board
4.3y median 4.7y
average tenure
9.7y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
0 vs 5 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
7
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Professional services 14Other services 13Arts and leisure 4Tech and media 2Dormant 1Education 1Finance 1Property 1

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Company details

Number00211587
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated06/02/1926
Address5TH FLOOR, 95 ALDWYCH, STRAND, LONDON, WC2B 4JF
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

94120 - Activities of professional membership organizations

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (80)

  • Michaelides, Simon Philip Director · appointed 2026
  • Clasen, David Andrew Leo Director · appointed 2026
  • Patel, Rakesh Chimanlal Director · appointed 2026
  • Wilson, Danielle Secretary · appointed 2022
  • Frijns, Charlotte Sabine Muriel Director · appointed 2021
  • Meredith, Owen Lloyd Director · appointed 2021
  • MEW, Jonathan Director · appointed 2017
  • Woodford, Stephen William John Director · appointed 2016
  • King, Annette Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
  • Payton, Matthew John Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
  • Merali, Sajeeda Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
  • Moss, Ian Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
  • Buchanan, Karen Jane Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2023
  • Allan, Jonathan Mark Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
  • Brown, Philippa Anne Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2022
  • Munden, Sebastian John Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
  • Anderson, Lynne Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2021
  • Eustace, Susan Former Secretary · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
  • Harris, Ronan Aubyn Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
  • Raby Smith, Philip Anthony Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
  • Manzoor, Sajad Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2021
  • Jacob, Kathryn Margaret Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
  • Naughton, Eileen Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
  • Barber, Ian Michael Former Secretary · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
  • Brydon, Alan Robert Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
  • Murphy, James Benedict Patrick Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
  • Williams, Edward Kelly Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2020
  • Kenny, Siobhan Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
  • Garrard, Susan Bjorg Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2018
  • Baker-Munton, Michael Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2014
  • Harrison, Andrew John Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2013
  • Combemale, Christopher Porte Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2025
  • Newell, David Richard Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
  • Phillipson, Guy Brian Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
  • Mcilheney, Barry Wilson Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
  • Fleming, Colin Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
  • Snowball, Priscilla Deborah Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
  • Hazlitt, Anne Frances Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Bainsfair, Paul Jeffrey Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2026
  • Patterson, Gavin Echlin Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Mcguinness, Andrew Peter Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
  • Sourry Knox, Judith Amanda Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Lefroy, Timothy Patterson Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
  • Howell, Rupert Cortlandt Spencer Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
  • Hughes, Michael John Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2017
  • Lewis, David John Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
  • Hitchcock, Catherine Jane Former Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Buscombe, Peta Jane, Baroness Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
  • Lund, OBE, Mark Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
  • Mcculloch, Ian Douglas Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
  • Havelock, Kevin John Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
  • Hughes, Penelope Lesley Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2011
  • Duff, Graham Douglas Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
  • Whitworth, James Christopher Bardsley Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2012
  • Kershaw, David Andrew Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
  • Pringle, Hamish Patrick Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2011
  • Earnshaw, Malcolm Terry Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2007
  • Fitzgerald, Niall William Arthur Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
  • Weed, Keith Charles Frederick Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2005
  • Best, James Leigh Stuart Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2002
  • Bull, George Jeffrey, Sir Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
  • Hooper, John Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2000
  • Perry, Michael Sydney, Sir Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
  • Brown, Andrew William Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2007
  • Bell, John Francis Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1993
  • Fletcher, Winston Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
  • Walmsley, Nigel Norman Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2003
  • Cokayne, Frank Anthony Former Director · resigned 1991
  • West, Brian Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Harper, Deborah Louise Former Secretary · resigned 2007
  • Shier, Jonathan Fraser Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Turner, Harry Edward Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Harvey-Taylor, David Former Director · resigned 1991
  • Phillips, Nicolas Hood Former Director · resigned 2001
  • Griffin, William Bramwell Former Director · resigned 2003
  • Miles, Kenneth Norman Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Walker, William Guy Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Hockney, Michael Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Boase, Martin Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Grant, Matthew Alistair, Sir Former Director · resigned 1993

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