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The Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology

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

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Previous officers 101

  1. Robert William Stimpson 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. David Edgar Eaton 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. David James Hardwick 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Professor Frank Arthur John Lord James 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Stephen Mark Nicholas Grudgings 2021-2021 Director View profile
  6. Graham Orchard 2021-2025 Director View profile
  7. Dr Phillip Edward Judkins 2021-2022 Director View profile
  8. Dr Catherine Mary Casson 2020-2023 Director View profile
  9. Dr Malcolm Mckinnon Dick 2018-2022 Director View profile
  10. Dr Victoria Owens 2018-2021 Director View profile
  11. Robert Vaughan Pomeroy 2018-2024 Director View profile
  12. Dr Bryan Temple 2018-2019 Director View profile
  13. James Christopher Patrick Ranahan 2017-2019 Director View profile
  14. Dr John Suter 2017-2021 Director View profile
  15. Dr Oliver Carpenter 2017-2025 Director View profile
  16. John George Beckerson 2016-2016 Director View profile
  17. Elsa Jane Allan Cox 2015-2018 Director View profile
  18. Peter Neville Reed 2015-2017 Director View profile
  19. Robert Shorland-Ball 2015-2016 Director View profile
  20. Thomas Edward Michael Sargent 2015-2018 Director View profile
  21. Dr Josef Evan Matthew Thompson 2014-2017 Director View profile
  22. Edward Lewis Marshall 2014-2017 Director View profile
  23. James Cockburn 2013-2014 Director View profile
  24. Robert Stephen Taylor 2013-2021 Director View profile
  25. John Reginald Bolter 2013-2015 Director View profile
  26. Alexander Hayward 2013-2015 Director View profile
  27. Dr Frederick Starr 2013-2016 Director View profile
  28. Dr David Thomas Yeomans 2012-2020 Director View profile
  29. Stephen Kedwyn Jones 2012-2015 Director View profile
  30. Professor Roger Cullis 2011-2014 Director View profile
  31. Geoffrey John Owen Wallis 2010-2017 Director View profile
  32. David Gwilym Morris Roberts 2010-2012 Director View profile
  33. Deborah Susan Jaffe 2010-2010 Director View profile
  34. James Cockburn 2010-2013 Director View profile
  35. Michael Joseph Grace 2010-2019 Director View profile
  36. Dr Michael Reeves Bailey 2008-2012 Director View profile
  37. Mark Whitby 2008-2012 Director View profile
  38. Dr Alan William Bunch 2008-2010 Director View profile
  39. Dr Roger Neil Barton 2007-2010 Director View profile
  40. David Alan De Haan 2007-2010 Director View profile
  41. Dr John George Russell 2007-2011 Director View profile
  42. Sonia Rolt 2006-2009 Director View profile
  43. Michael Albert Constable 2006-2009 Director View profile
  44. Dr Denis Patrick Smith 2005-2008 Director View profile
  45. David Frederick John Worth 2005-2008 Director View profile
  46. Graham Alistair Robin Matheson 2005-2007 Director View profile
  47. Robert Stephen Taylor 2005-2008 Director View profile
  48. Keith Moore 2004-2007 Director View profile
  49. Charles Ian Broom 2003-2006 Director View profile
  50. Dr Michael Jonathan Taunton Lewis 2003-2006 Director View profile
  51. John Kenneth Major 2001-2004 Director View profile
  52. Dr Peter Neville Jarvis 2001-2004 Director View profile
  53. Andrew Timothy Crichton 2000-2009 Director View profile
  54. Jan Adrianus Verbruggen 2000-2003 Director View profile
  55. Paul Reginald Saulter 1999-2002 Director View profile
  56. Bernard Spencer Champness 1998-2002 Director View profile
  57. Rev Dr Richard Leslie Hills 1998-2002 Director View profile
  58. John Liffen 1998-2014 Director View profile
  59. Alexander Gustav Keller 1998-2001 Director View profile
  60. Keith Rex Thrower 1998-2001 Director View profile
  61. John Alexander Anning 1998-2002 Director View profile
  62. Birt, Alan Edward, Squadron Leader 1998-2001 Director View profile
  63. Robert Taylor Holmes 1998-2000 Director View profile
  64. Ian Charles Broom 1998-2002 Director View profile
  65. Colin Armstrong 1997-2005 Director View profile
  66. Colin Anthony Hempstead 1997-1999 Director View profile
  67. John Stanage Porter 1997-2000 Director View profile
  68. Sir Neil Cossons 1996-2005 Director View profile
  69. Donald Wilcock 1996-2001 Director View profile
  70. John Kenneth Goodman Boucher 1996-1999 Director View profile
  71. Dr Norman Alfred Fisher Smith 1996-1999 Director View profile
  72. Denis Griffiths 1995-1998 Director View profile
  73. Judith Veronica Field 1994-1997 Director View profile
  74. Mark Dennison 1994-1997 Director View profile
  75. Dr Raymond Thomas Smith 1993-1996 Director View profile
  76. Michael Mark Chrimes 1993-1996 Director View profile
  77. Hubert Gordon Knowles 1993-1996 Director View profile
  78. Jeremy Robin Raehse-Felstead 1993-1995 Director View profile
  79. Peter Robinson 1992-1993 Director View profile
  80. Ann Atchison Armstrong 1992-1995 Director View profile
  81. Ellam, Clive, Squadron Leader 1992-2009 Director View profile
  82. Allen, John Scott, Eur Ing 2002 Director View profile
  83. Professor Robert Angus Buchanan 1994 Director View profile
  84. John Vyvyan Vickers 1992 Director View profile
  85. Dr Robert William Rennison 2002 Director View profile
  86. Dr Robert John Martyn Carr 1993 Director View profile
  87. Peter Robert Mann 1993 Director View profile
  88. Professor Donald Stephen Lowell Cardwell 1998 Director View profile
  89. John Anthony Barnes 1995 Director View profile
  90. Michael John Gilkes 1993 Director View profile
  91. Dr Michael Ciaran Duffy 1996 Director View profile
  92. John Corin Robinson 1992 Director View profile
  93. Lance Reginald Day 1992 Director View profile
  94. Dr James Hugh Andrew 2002 Director View profile
  95. Edwin Fripp Clark 1997 Director View profile
  96. Michael Trevillian Wright 1996 Director View profile
  97. Graham Orchard 2023-2025 Secretary View profile
  98. Roger Ledlie Cline 2009-2013 Secretary View profile
  99. Dr Peter Charles Merriman 2003-2011 Secretary View profile
  100. Julia Margaret Hallam Elton 2000-2023 Secretary View profile
  101. Alan Smith 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
03/05/1961
Also a registered charity
The Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology
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

4.2y median 3.4y
average tenure
13.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (6)

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 3Arts and leisure 1Property 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

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

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00691545
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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