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IOP Publishing Limited

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

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Previous officers 59

  1. Professor Martin Freer 2021-2023 Director View profile
  2. Eefke Smit 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. Sarah Elisabeth Flannigan 2019-2023 Director View profile
  4. Brian Robert Fulton 2018-2021 Director View profile
  5. Bridget Pairaudeau 2017-2022 Director View profile
  6. Kim Dovell 2016-2021 Director View profile
  7. Oliver David Callaghan 2016-2024 Director View profile
  8. Jamie Stuart Hutchins 2015-2017 Director View profile
  9. René H Olivieri 2014-2019 Director View profile
  10. Hugh James Hunt 2012-2015 Director View profile
  11. Professor Paul James Hardaker 2012-2022 Director View profile
  12. Professor Mervyn John Miles 2012-2018 Director View profile
  13. Nailor, Paul Robert, Doctor 2011-2014 Director View profile
  14. Professor Julian David Clayton Jones 2011-2019 Director View profile
  15. D'Amico, Irene, Doctor 2011-2014 Director View profile
  16. Dr Olaf Ernst 2011-2020 Director View profile
  17. Steven Richard Hall 2010-2021 Director View profile
  18. Professor Stuart Beaumont Palmer 2009-2017 Director View profile
  19. James Michael Walker 2009-2016 Director View profile
  20. Dr Nicola Anne Gulley 2009-2015 Director View profile
  21. Richard Denis Paul Charkin 2009-2021 Director View profile
  22. Professor Clifford Charles Bowman 2007-2011 Director View profile
  23. Professor Colin James Latimer 2007-2011 Director View profile
  24. Professor John Brian Pendry 2007-2011 Director View profile
  25. Karen Jane Gill 2007-2016 Director View profile
  26. Marco Vinaccia 2007-2008 Director View profile
  27. Professor Nigel John Mason 2006-2011 Director View profile
  28. Dr Robert Kirby-Harris 2005-2012 Director View profile
  29. Professor Robin Hughes Williams 2004-2006 Director View profile
  30. Sean David Fox 2004-2010 Director View profile
  31. Michael Gordon Boswood 2004-2008 Director View profile
  32. Dr Jean Gail Boulton 2003-2007 Director View profile
  33. Mary Waltham 2003-2004 Director View profile
  34. Sir John Edwin Enderby 2003-2011 Director View profile
  35. Professor John Leslie Beeby 2003-2009 Director View profile
  36. Professor Dame Julia Elizabeth King 2002-2004 Director View profile
  37. Michael Anthony Bray 2001-2016 Director View profile
  38. Professor Graham James Davies 2001-2003 Director View profile
  39. Richard Roe 2001-2006 Director View profile
  40. David Allen 2000-2012 Director View profile
  41. Kenneth John Lillywhite 2000-2010 Director View profile
  42. Dr Derek Charles Robinson 1999-2002 Director View profile
  43. Scott, John Anthony, Doctor 1999-2007 Director View profile
  44. Professor Robert George Watling Brown 1999-2002 Director View profile
  45. Cowhig, MBE, Jeremy Robert 1995-2010 Director View profile
  46. Mark Adrian Ware 1995-1999 Director View profile
  47. Professor Eric Jakeman 1994-2003 Director View profile
  48. Professor Ian Butterworth 1992-1997 Director View profile
  49. Professor Richard Anthony Stradling 2001 Director View profile
  50. Leslie Anthony Pearce 1995 Director View profile
  51. Alan Kenneth John Singleton 1998 Director View profile
  52. John Logan Lewis 1999 Director View profile
  53. Professor Arthur Marshall Stoneham 2001 Director View profile
  54. John Edward Ould 1999 Director View profile
  55. Dr Kurt Friedrich Gerhard Paulus 2002 Director View profile
  56. Dr Alun Denry Wynn Jones 2002 Director View profile
  57. Dr Derek Humphrey Martin 1994 Director View profile
  58. Freda Marian Sawyer 2000-2010 Secretary View profile
  59. Simon James Peter Prendiville 2004 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
21/04/1949

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above IOP Publishing Limited 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.

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.

14 directors on the board

4.3y median 4.3y
average tenure
8.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (6)

Left in the last 12 months

  • Eefke Smit Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025

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.

Dormant 2Education 2Property 2Tech and media 2Hospitality 1Other services 1Professional 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
00467514
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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