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The Institute of Linguists

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

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Previous officers 61

  1. Stephen Robert Doswell 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Judith Gabler 2019-2023 Director View profile
  3. Ann Carlisle 2018-2020 Director View profile
  4. Karen Stokes 2018-2019 Director View profile
  5. Anthony Bell 2011-2018 Director View profile
  6. William Brooke Townsley 2010-2011 Director View profile
  7. George Mark Alouf 2010-2010 Director View profile
  8. Paul Fredric Shipman 2005-2006 Director View profile
  9. Ralph Innes 2005-2006 Director View profile
  10. Dr Manuela Maria Cook 2004-2006 Director View profile
  11. Ataur Rahman Siddiquey 2004-2006 Director View profile
  12. James Barry Hopwood 2004-2006 Director View profile
  13. Dr John Matthew Mitchell 2004-2006 Director View profile
  14. Gabriele Ursula Matthey 2003-2006 Director View profile
  15. Judith Ann Ridgway 2003-2006 Director View profile
  16. Peter Haldane Melville Smith 2002-2008 Director View profile
  17. Marion Sporing 2002-2006 Director View profile
  18. Eve Marie Aldridge 2002-2005 Director View profile
  19. Stanley Arthur Ray 2001-2004 Director View profile
  20. Dr Gabrielle Susanne Hogan Brun 2001-2002 Director View profile
  21. Dr Heather Fulford 2001-2006 Director View profile
  22. Maurice James Burges Farmer 2001-2006 Director View profile
  23. Dr Janet Helen Cambridge 2000-2004 Director View profile
  24. Lady Mary Elisabeth Janet Gore-Booth 1999-2004 Director View profile
  25. Dr Peter John Alleguen Clark 1999-2000 Director View profile
  26. Rodney Mantle 1999-2000 Director View profile
  27. Keith Moffitt 1999-2018 Director View profile
  28. Hanfried Alfred Ludwig Gerhard Kaufmann 1999-2003 Director View profile
  29. Joseph Yau Kwan Yau 1998-2001 Director View profile
  30. Jacqueline Baoudi 1998-2002 Director View profile
  31. Peter Harold South 1998-2003 Director View profile
  32. Professor James Alexander Coleman 1997-1999 Director View profile
  33. Anthony Male 1997-1998 Director View profile
  34. Maria Fernanda Allen 1997-2002 Director View profile
  35. Faruk Tepeyurt 1997-2001 Director View profile
  36. Rannheid Sharma 1996-1999 Director View profile
  37. Dr Jeremy Laurence Kettle Williams 1996-2002 Director View profile
  38. Eada Hanme Flora Ostarhild 1994-1995 Director View profile
  39. Gervais-LE Garff, Marie-Marthe, Doctor 1994-2001 Director View profile
  40. Yilmaz Duzen 1993-1997 Director View profile
  41. Professor John Drew 1993-2004 Director View profile
  42. Edda Hanna Flora Ostarhild 1992-2001 Director View profile
  43. Colin Nunnington 1992-1993 Director View profile
  44. Nan Miller 1996 Director View profile
  45. Sally Lamm 1992 Director View profile
  46. Professor Peter Paul Newmark 1993 Director View profile
  47. Gudrun Lawlor 1993 Director View profile
  48. Anne Veronica Burniston 1998 Director View profile
  49. Anne Elizabeth Ransome 1997 Director View profile
  50. Dr Graham Douglas Cameron Martin 1996 Director View profile
  51. Nicholas St John Fawcett Bowen 1999 Director View profile
  52. Keith Postler 1995 Director View profile
  53. James Francis Crossley 1993 Director View profile
  54. Ann Corsellis 2006 Director View profile
  55. Margaret Mary Coke 1996 Director View profile
  56. Alexandra Jones 2011-2011 Secretary View profile
  57. Simon Alan Thomas 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  58. Menzies, Angus, Commodore 2008-2008 Secretary View profile
  59. Christopher Alexander Menzies Wait 2006-2006 Secretary View profile
  60. David John Hammond 2006-2010 Secretary View profile
  61. William Henry Lavington Hedley 1994-2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
01/04/1958

Ownership

Owned by (6) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • John Philip Worne
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-04-28
  • Anthony Bell ceased 2018-01-20
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-07 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Keith Moffitt ceased 2018-01-20
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-07 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Ann Carlisle ceased 2020-10-12
    significant influence · notified 2018-01-20
  • Karen Stokes ceased 2019-04-12
    significant influence · notified 2018-01-20 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Judith Gabler ceased 2023-04-28
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2019-04-12

Group

  1. The Institute of Linguists is controlled by John Philip Worne
    Evidence
    active significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-04-28 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by John Philip Worne.

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.

Financials

Total assets
£2
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

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.

1 directors on the board

5.8y median 5.8y
average tenure
5.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

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.

Education 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

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00601928
Status
Active
Type
Private Unlimited
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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