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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 45

  1. Patrick Anthony Rennie 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Stuart James Eves 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Victoria Southgate 2020-2022 Director View profile
  4. Iain Thomas Scott Meek 2016-2026 Director View profile
  5. Lucy Elizabeth Rogers 2014-2016 Director View profile
  6. Ralph Christopher Timberlake 2014-2016 Director View profile
  7. David John Shayler 2013-2019 Director View profile
  8. Nicholas Jonathan Spall 2011-2014 Director View profile
  9. George Rodney Woodcock 2010-2024 Director View profile
  10. Dr Christopher Stafford Welch 2010-2021 Director View profile
  11. Chris Toomer 2009-2012 Director View profile
  12. Gerald Maurice Webb 2009-2026 Director View profile
  13. Cyril Edward Sheehan Horsford 2005-2008 Director View profile
  14. Dr Charles Seaton Cockell 2004-2007 Director View profile
  15. Anthony Franklin Errington 2003-2011 Director View profile
  16. Dr Robert Charles Parkinson 2002-2023 Director View profile
  17. Richard George Bavin 2001-2009 Director View profile
  18. Douglas John Millard 2000-2014 Director View profile
  19. Keith Michael Wright 2000-2017 Director View profile
  20. Dr David Gordon Fearn 1997-2007 Director View profile
  21. Dr Patrick Moore 1995-2000 Director View profile
  22. Rex David Hall 1995-2010 Director View profile
  23. Kenneth Lavanchy 1995-2003 Director View profile
  24. David Edward Burnell Wilkins 1995-2003 Director View profile
  25. Prof Garry Edward Hunt 1995-1997 Director View profile
  26. Christopher Stafford Welch 1994-2002 Director View profile
  27. John Harlow 1994-2009 Director View profile
  28. Richard Lionel Sidney Taylor 1994-2005 Director View profile
  29. Christopher Mark Hempsell 1992-2023 Director View profile
  30. Professor Martin Reginald Fry 1992-2000 Director View profile
  31. Professor Ian Edward Smith 1993 Director View profile
  32. Professor Gerald Vann Groves 2010 Director View profile
  33. Anthony James Lawton 1995 Director View profile
  34. Leslie Robert Shepherd 1995 Director View profile
  35. Rodney Alan Buckland 1993 Director View profile
  36. Gilles William Childs 1995 Director View profile
  37. Dr Paul Thomas Thompson 2001 Director View profile
  38. Gordon Vallins Elliot Thompson 1994 Director View profile
  39. Richard Derrick Gould 1992 Director View profile
  40. Cyril Rex Turner 1995 Director View profile
  41. Simon David John Feast 2022-2025 Secretary View profile
  42. Elizabeth Margaret Anderson 2020-2021 Secretary View profile
  43. Gillian Norman 2016-2020 Secretary View profile
  44. Suszann Parry 2002-2016 Secretary View profile
  45. Shirley Anne Jones 2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
31/12/1945
Also a registered charity
The British Interplanetary Society

Financials

Employees
0.05
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

9 directors on the board

8.3y median 6.8y
average tenure
18.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity

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

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00402498
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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