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Previous officers 111

  1. Dr Paul Fitzpatrick 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Dr David Michael Parker 2022-2022 Director View profile
  3. Richard Du Feu 2022-2026 Director View profile
  4. Dr Lucy Joanna Yates 2022-2026 Director View profile
  5. Sophie Guy 2020-2021 Director View profile
  6. Dr Stephen Hunter 2017-2021 Director View profile
  7. Nicholas Adrian Sherwin 2017-2022 Director View profile
  8. Ian Packer 2016-2022 Director View profile
  9. Dr Ian Paul Bainbridge 2016-2021 Director View profile
  10. Dr Deborah Judith Reynolds 2016-2023 Director View profile
  11. David Chisholm Jardine 2016-2019 Director View profile
  12. Prof Jennifer Agnes Gill 2016-2022 Director View profile
  13. Professor Stuart Bearhop 2015-2018 Director View profile
  14. Jean Spencer 2015-2022 Director View profile
  15. Andrew Charles Buchanan Henderson 2014-2017 Director View profile
  16. Christopher Gary Packham 2014-2017 Director View profile
  17. Mills, Christopher Philip Roger, the Viscount 2014-2017 Director View profile
  18. Fiona Barclay 2014-2021 Director View profile
  19. Dickey, Roger Charles, Lt Col 2014-2019 Director View profile
  20. Frances Mary Hurst 2013-2022 Director View profile
  21. Barnaby Daniel Briggs 2012-2015 Director View profile
  22. Professor Stephen James Ormerod 2012-2012 Director View profile
  23. Dr Hugh Insley 2012-2015 Director View profile
  24. Prof Ian Peter Farrar Owens 2012-2015 Director View profile
  25. Dr Thomas John Osmond 2012-2016 Director View profile
  26. Margaret Patricia Henton 2011-2014 Director View profile
  27. Dr Kenneth William Smith 2011-2016 Director View profile
  28. Professor Robert William Furness 2011-2014 Director View profile
  29. Dr Anthony Malcolm Whitbread 2010-2013 Director View profile
  30. Keith Findlay Betton 2010-2013 Director View profile
  31. David Calder Milne 2009-2012 Director View profile
  32. Neil John Bucknell 2009-2014 Director View profile
  33. Rosemary Hamilton 2008-2011 Director View profile
  34. Professor Ian Newton 2008-2013 Director View profile
  35. Dr Ian Russell Hartley 2008-2011 Director View profile
  36. Dr David Thomas Parkin 2008-2011 Director View profile
  37. Professor Patricia Monaghan 2007-2010 Director View profile
  38. Dr Jane Margaret Reid 2007-2010 Director View profile
  39. Dr Robert John Harris 2007-2013 Director View profile
  40. Baroness Barbara Scott Young 2006-2013 Director View profile
  41. Niall Gordon Campbell 2006-2011 Director View profile
  42. Professor John Ohalloran 2005-2008 Director View profile
  43. Evelyn Margaret Tigwell 2005-2010 Director View profile
  44. Dr Anne Brenchley 2005-2008 Director View profile
  45. John Vaughan Lloyd 2005-2009 Director View profile
  46. Rowland Geoffrey Gibbs 2004-2007 Director View profile
  47. Professor Anthony David Fox 2004-2016 Director View profile
  48. Derek George Robertson 2004-2007 Director View profile
  49. Sir Anthony Charles Galsworthy 2003-2006 Director View profile
  50. Christopher Du Feu 2003-2006 Director View profile
  51. John Alton Eyre 2003-2006 Director View profile
  52. Dr William Richard Lawrence Cresswell 2003-2006 Director View profile
  53. Timothy Neil Hodge 2002-2007 Director View profile
  54. Blakenham, Michael John, Viscount 2002-2005 Director View profile
  55. Thomas Andrew Cadwallender 2002-2005 Director View profile
  56. Professor William James Sutherland 2002-2005 Director View profile
  57. Ian Charles Castle 2001-2004 Director View profile
  58. Dr Peter John Hudson 2001-2002 Director View profile
  59. Norman Elkins 2000-2004 Director View profile
  60. John Tranter 2000-2000 Director View profile
  61. Professor Christopher James Spray 2000-2003 Director View profile
  62. Pamela Rhodes 2000-2003 Director View profile
  63. John Tully 1999-2004 Director View profile
  64. Brian Herbert Cresswell 1999-2002 Director View profile
  65. Dr Christopher Paul Fiennes Redfern 1999-2002 Director View profile
  66. Richard Mabey 1999-1999 Director View profile
  67. Colin Joseph Bibby 1998-2001 Director View profile
  68. Dilys Viola Breese 1998-2001 Director View profile
  69. Nicholas Peter Goozee 1997-1998 Director View profile
  70. Humphrey Paul Sitters 1997-2000 Director View profile
  71. Philip Nicholas Watts 1997-2000 Director View profile
  72. Professor Sir Frederick George Thomas Holliday 1997-2001 Director View profile
  73. Wendy Eaton Dickson 1996-1999 Director View profile
  74. Ann Hardman 1996-1999 Director View profile
  75. Dr David George Charles Harper 1996-1999 Director View profile
  76. Glynne Colin Evans 1995-1998 Director View profile
  77. Raymond Alan Knock 1995-1998 Director View profile
  78. Ian Marshall Darling 1995-1998 Director View profile
  79. Dr Derek Keith Thomas 1995-2001 Director View profile
  80. Dr James John Maitland Flegg 1995-1998 Director View profile
  81. Alan John Martin 1994-2004 Director View profile
  82. David Graeme Coker 1994-2010 Director View profile
  83. David Murray Bryant 1994-1997 Director View profile
  84. Derek Raymond Moore 1994-1997 Director View profile
  85. Revd Prof Andrew Graham Gosler 1994-1998 Director View profile
  86. Keith Herber 1994-1998 Director View profile
  87. Graham Frank Appleton 1993-1996 Director View profile
  88. Dr Michael Philip Harris 1993-1996 Director View profile
  89. Sir William Henry Nairn Wilkinson 1993-1996 Director View profile
  90. Anthony Richard Hardy 1992-1995 Director View profile
  91. Robin Anthony Frederick Cox 1991-1995 Director View profile
  92. John Cragg Callion 1991-1995 Director View profile
  93. Terence Ross Smeeton 1994 Director View profile
  94. Sir Tresham Christopher Arthur Lindsay Lever 1992 Director View profile
  95. Rt Hon Ellot Anthony Morley 1994 Director View profile
  96. Joseph Arthur Hardman 1994 Director View profile
  97. Mary Waller 1991 Director View profile
  98. Nicholas Picozzi 1992 Director View profile
  99. Potts, George Richard, Doctor 1993 Director View profile
  100. Dr Peter Ian Stanley 1991 Director View profile
  101. Rae Lionel Haggard Lyster 1994 Director View profile
  102. George Henry Green 1991 Director View profile
  103. Stephen John Sutcliffe 1997 Director View profile
  104. Richard Percival Howard 1993 Director View profile
  105. Stephen John Raymond Rumsey 1993 Director View profile
  106. Philip Letall Ireland 1992 Director View profile
  107. Peter John Wilkinson 1994 Director View profile
  108. Andrew Thomas Scott 2006-2025 Secretary View profile
  109. Jeremy John Denis Greenwood 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
  110. Gareth Wyn Phillips 2003-2005 Secretary View profile
  111. Andrew Elvin 2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
20/10/1939
Also a registered charity
The British Trust for Ornithology

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The British Trust for Ornithology on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 other companies 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

8 grants · £736,215 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £596,500 (3 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £68,128
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £64,398 (2 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £6,739
  • The National Archives · £450

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £30,9812024-02-29
  • The National Archives £4502023-09-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £68,1282022-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £33,4172022-03-30
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £6,7392020-04-01
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.

13 directors on the board

2.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
6.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

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.

Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Construction 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 1Manufacturing 1Other services 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00357284
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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