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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
- Christopher John Yates Fletcher Director · appointed 2009
- Richard Ovenden Director · appointed 2003
20.3y median 20.3y
average tenure
23.1y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Christopher John Yates Fletcher Director · appointed 2009
- Richard Ovenden Director · appointed 2003
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Christopher John Yates Fletcher Director · appointed 2009
Portfolio (1)
- Richard Ovenden Director · appointed 2003
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Laura How Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
- Evison, Gillian Anne, Dr Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- Agency for the Legal Deposit Libraries 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 00395989 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) |
| Incorporated | 07/06/1945 |
| Address | CLARENDON BUILDING, BROAD STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3BG |
| Accounts next due | 30/04/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/07/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
85520 - Cultural education91011 - Library activities91012 - Archives activities
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Officers (58)
- Christopher John Yates Fletcher Director · appointed 2009
- Richard Ovenden Director · appointed 2003
Show 56 former officers
- Julia Anne Iball Secretary · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Brona Mairead O'Toole Secretary · appointed 2022 · resigned 2023
- Julia Iball Secretary · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
- Laura How Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
- Kate Arnold-Forster Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
- Helen Forde Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
- Woudhuysen, Henry, Professor Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
- Evison, Gillian Anne, Dr Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2026
- Sutherland, Kathryn, Professor Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
- Jonathan Charles Harwood Anelay Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
- Jenkyns, Richard, Professor Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
- Warner, Marina Sarah, Professor Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2018
- Malgorzata Czepiel Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2018
- Mccabe, Richard Anthony, Professor Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2018
- Barnard, Toby Christopher, Dr Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2018
- Thomas, Sarah, Dr Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
- Geoffrey Groom Secretary · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
- Sally Anne Smith Secretary · appointed 2006 · resigned 2006
- Foster, Robert Fitzroy, Professor Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
- Beal, Peter George, Dr Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2013
- John Michael Barnard Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2018
- Milford, Guy Wogan, Lord Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
- Alastair Blair Worden Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
- Clive Hurst Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2018
- Lesley Eleanor Forbes Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2008
- David George Vaisey Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2018
- Reginald Philip Carr Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2013
- Thomas Anthony Birrell Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2008
- Rawson, Jessica Mary, Professor Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
- Charles James Arnold-Baker Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Fram Eduljee Dinshaw Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2015
- Colin Ellis Franklin Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2015
- Stallworthy, Jon Howie, Professor Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2014
- David Colin Rutherford Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
- Screech, Michael Andrew, Reverend Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2012
- Christina Hardyment Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- Giles Gaudard Barber Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
- Giles Howard Mandelbrote Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2018
- Anthony Robert Alwyn Hobson Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2014
- Smith, Lesley Janette, Dr Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
- Bullard, Margaret Ruth Alleyn, Lady Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1995
- Katherine Dorothea Duncan-Jones Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2018
- Carey, John, Professor Director · resigned 1992
- Adrian David Scudamore Roberts Director · resigned 2000
- Anne Mary Lonsdale Director · resigned 1993
- Paul Morgan Director · resigned 1993
- Theodore Mitchell Hofmann Director · resigned 2018
- Mary Clapinson Director · resigned 2003
- Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner Director · resigned 1995
- Nicolas John Barker Director · resigned 2000
- Mason, John Frederick Arthur, Dr Director · resigned 1994
- Albi Rosenthal Director · resigned 2004
- Juel-Jensen, Bent Einer, Dr Director · resigned 2006
- Richard Julian Roberts Director · resigned 2005
- Thomas, Keith Vivian, Sir Director · resigned 1995
- Henry Colin Gray Matthew Director · resigned 1999
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