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Friends of the Bodleian

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 56

  1. Laura How 2018-2026 Director View profile
  2. Kate Arnold-Forster 2015-2018 Director View profile
  3. Helen Forde 2015-2018 Director View profile
  4. Professor Henry Woudhuysen 2015-2018 Director View profile
  5. Dr Gillian Anne Evison 2014-2026 Director View profile
  6. Professor Kathryn Sutherland 2013-2018 Director View profile
  7. Jonathan Charles Harwood Anelay 2013-2018 Director View profile
  8. Professor Richard Jenkyns 2013-2018 Director View profile
  9. Professor Marina Sarah Warner 2011-2018 Director View profile
  10. Malgorzata Czepiel 2008-2018 Director View profile
  11. Professor Richard Anthony Mccabe 2008-2018 Director View profile
  12. Dr Toby Christopher Barnard 2007-2018 Director View profile
  13. Dr Sarah Thomas 2007-2013 Director View profile
  14. Professor Robert Fitzroy Foster 2005-2008 Director View profile
  15. Dr Peter George Beal 2005-2013 Director View profile
  16. John Michael Barnard 2003-2018 Director View profile
  17. Lord Guy Wogan Milford 2001-2004 Director View profile
  18. Alastair Blair Worden 2000-2003 Director View profile
  19. Clive Hurst 2000-2018 Director View profile
  20. Lesley Eleanor Forbes 2000-2008 Director View profile
  21. David George Vaisey 1998-2018 Director View profile
  22. Reginald Philip Carr 1997-2013 Director View profile
  23. Thomas Anthony Birrell 1996-2008 Director View profile
  24. Professor Jessica Mary Rawson 1996-2001 Director View profile
  25. Charles James Arnold-Baker 1996-1999 Director View profile
  26. Fram Eduljee Dinshaw 1996-2015 Director View profile
  27. Colin Ellis Franklin 1996-2015 Director View profile
  28. Professor Jon Howie Stallworthy 1995-2014 Director View profile
  29. David Colin Rutherford 1995-1998 Director View profile
  30. Reverend Michael Andrew Screech 1993-2012 Director View profile
  31. Christina Hardyment 1993-1994 Director View profile
  32. Giles Gaudard Barber 1993-1996 Director View profile
  33. Giles Howard Mandelbrote 1993-2018 Director View profile
  34. Anthony Robert Alwyn Hobson 1993-2014 Director View profile
  35. Dr Lesley Janette Smith 1993-1996 Director View profile
  36. Lady Margaret Ruth Alleyn Bullard 1992-1995 Director View profile
  37. Katherine Dorothea Duncan-Jones 1992-2018 Director View profile
  38. Professor John Carey 1992 Director View profile
  39. Adrian David Scudamore Roberts 2000 Director View profile
  40. Anne Mary Lonsdale 1993 Director View profile
  41. Paul Morgan 1993 Director View profile
  42. Theodore Mitchell Hofmann 2018 Director View profile
  43. Mary Clapinson 2003 Director View profile
  44. Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner 1995 Director View profile
  45. Nicolas John Barker 2000 Director View profile
  46. Dr John Frederick Arthur Mason 1994 Director View profile
  47. Albi Rosenthal 2004 Director View profile
  48. Dr Bent Einer Juel-Jensen 2006 Director View profile
  49. Richard Julian Roberts 2005 Director View profile
  50. Sir Keith Vivian Thomas 1995 Director View profile
  51. Henry Colin Gray Matthew 1999 Director View profile
  52. Julia Anne Iball 2023-2026 Secretary View profile
  53. Brona Mairead O'Toole 2022-2023 Secretary View profile
  54. Julia Iball 2021-2022 Secretary View profile
  55. Geoffrey Groom 2006-2008 Secretary View profile
  56. Sally Anne Smith 2006-2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
07/06/1945
Also a registered charity
Friends of the Bodleian
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.

2 directors on the board

20.3y median 20.3y
average tenure
23.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

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

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00395989
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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