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The British Institute of Persian Studies

Publishing of learned journals

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

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Previous officers 64

  1. Dr Warwick Ball 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Lindsay Allen 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Professor Andrew Newman 2019-2025 Director View profile
  4. Dr Richard Piran Mcclary 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Dr Arezou Azad 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Professor Andrew Charles Spencer Peacock 2018-2023 Director View profile
  7. Narguess Farzad 2017-2023 Director View profile
  8. Professor Lloyd John Llewellyn-Jones 2017-2018 Director View profile
  9. Professor Almut Hintze 2016-2019 Director View profile
  10. Professor Alan Vincent Williams 2016-2023 Director View profile
  11. Dr Michael George Andrew Axworthy 2016-2019 Director View profile
  12. Dr Jennifer Mary Scarce 2015-2018 Director View profile
  13. Dominic Parviz Brookshaw 2014-2017 Director View profile
  14. Dr Ladan Akbarnia 2013-2016 Director View profile
  15. Dr Sussan Babaie 2013-2015 Director View profile
  16. Dr Roham Alvandi 2013-2025 Director View profile
  17. Oliver Bast 2013-2018 Director View profile
  18. Dr Melanie Jane Gibson 2012-2018 Director View profile
  19. Dr John Edward Curtis 2011-2018 Director View profile
  20. Dr Dominic Brookshaw 2009-2011 Director View profile
  21. Dr Eberhard Wilfram Sauer 2009-2015 Director View profile
  22. John Serjeant Ingham 2009-2013 Director View profile
  23. Professor Vanessa Ann Martin 2007-2010 Director View profile
  24. Cameron Andrew Petrie 2007-2013 Director View profile
  25. Professor Edmund Martin Herzig 2006-2013 Director View profile
  26. Professor Robin Andrew Evelyn Coningham 2005-2009 Director View profile
  27. Dr Lloyd Ridgeon 2005-2021 Director View profile
  28. Alexander Paul A'Court Bergne 2003-2006 Director View profile
  29. Daftary, Farhad, Doctor 2001-2007 Director View profile
  30. Dr William Luke Treadwell 2001-2007 Director View profile
  31. Professor Sir John Boardman 2000-2003 Director View profile
  32. Canby, Sheila, Doctor 1999-2009 Director View profile
  33. Dr Robert Martin Gleave 1997-2016 Director View profile
  34. Sir Nicholas John Barrington 1996-2001 Director View profile
  35. Luft, Johann Paul, Professor Doctor 1993-2005 Director View profile
  36. John Royston Grundon 1993-1996 Director View profile
  37. Peter John Whittaker Taylor 1993-1994 Director View profile
  38. John Cooper 1992-1996 Director View profile
  39. Professor Robert Hillenbrand 1992-2010 Director View profile
  40. Morgan, David Orrin, Doctor 1992-1996 Director View profile
  41. Janet Elisabeth Aidin 1988-1996 Director View profile
  42. Desmond Edward St Aubyn Harney 2000 Director View profile
  43. John Cecil Cloake 1995 Director View profile
  44. Professor Ali Reza Sheikholeslami 1996 Director View profile
  45. Christopher John Spencer Rundle 2003 Director View profile
  46. Dr Ilya Gershevitch 1992 Director View profile
  47. John Gilbert Hanson 1992 Director View profile
  48. Dr Peter Roger Stuart Moorey 1993 Director View profile
  49. Professor Clifford Edmund Bosworth 2003 Director View profile
  50. Professor Keith Stanley Mclachlan 1999 Director View profile
  51. Professor James Wilson Allan 2014 Director View profile
  52. Dr Ronald Whitaker Ferrier 1996 Director View profile
  53. Dr John David Gurney 1996 Director View profile
  54. Charles Allen Burney 1996 Director View profile
  55. Alexander Hargreaves Morton 1996 Director View profile
  56. Professor John Michael Rogers 1996 Director View profile
  57. Professor Ann Katherine Swynford Lambton 1996 Director View profile
  58. Dr Clare Letitia Hill 1992 Director View profile
  59. Dr Georgina Herrmann 1993 Director View profile
  60. John Sidney Phillips 1994 Director View profile
  61. Douglas Nelson Kinnear 2012-2019 Secretary View profile
  62. Dr Charles Peter Melville 1996-2023 Secretary View profile
  63. Peter Augustus Knapton 1994-2009 Secretary View profile
  64. Dr Vesta Curtis 1992-1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Publishing of learned journals; Cultural education; Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Incorporated
14/11/1962
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The British Institute of Persian Studies

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

Group

  1. The British Institute of Persian Studies is controlled by Ali Massoud Ansari
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2023-11-27 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Ali Massoud Ansari.

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

Employees
2
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.

12 directors on the board

6.4y median 4.6y
average tenure
20.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

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.

Professional services 3Education 2Business services 1Health and social care 1Other 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

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Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00740813
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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