Company
The Howard League for Penal Reform (Incorporating the Howard Centre for Penology)
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dame Anne Elizabeth OwersDirector · since 2026
- Andrew MorrisDirector · since 2024
- Nader AlaghbandDirector · since 2024
- Christina LineDirector · since 2024
- Thalia MaraghDirector · since 2024
- Charles Riviere BlandDirector · since 2023
- Tomas William Thurogood-HydeDirector · since 2023
- John William Frederick TressDirector · since 2022
- Andrea CoomberSecretary · since 2021
Previous officers 54
- Ian West 2024-2024 View profile
- Tomas William Thurogood-Hyde 2023-2023 View profile
- Alexandra Louise Marks 2022-2025 View profile
- Dr Zubaida Haque 2020-2025 View profile
- Professor Ben Bradford 2019-2025 View profile
- Hubert Adrian Briggs 2019-2024 View profile
- Fergus Mcneill 2018-2025 View profile
- Dr Rachel Condry 2017-2019 View profile
- Danielle Vidal 2016-2022 View profile
- Danielle Vidal 2016-2017 View profile
- Eoin Edward Mclennab-Murray 2015-2018 View profile
- Sally Jo Lewis 2014-2024 View profile
- Lucy Ann Scott-Moncrieff 2013-2019 View profile
- James Christopher Newell 2012-2014 View profile
- Professor Tim Newburn 2012-2015 View profile
- Gerald Boydell Marshall 2012-2023 View profile
- Samantha Kennedy 2011-2020 View profile
- Dr Neil Chakraborti 2011-2016 View profile
- Professor Penny Green 2010-2016 View profile
- Elizabeth Morony 2009-2022 View profile
- Dr Christopher Paul Sheffield 2009-2016 View profile
- Richard Alan Linenthal 2009-2014 View profile
- Julian Charles Weinberg 2009-2014 View profile
- Matthew Ball 2009-2018 View profile
- Kevin David Mcgrath 2009-2014 View profile
- Lady April Carolyn Chidgey 2007-2014 View profile
- John Edward Anthony Samuels 2007-2016 View profile
- Coral Lena Newton 2006-2015 View profile
- Professor Azrini Wahidin 2006-2012 View profile
- Hon Susan Mary Baring 2006-2007 View profile
- Martin Malcolm Eric Davis 2006-2009 View profile
- Peter Ribblesdale Thornton 2006-2012 View profile
- Jessica Ann Anderson 2006-2016 View profile
- Prof Patricia Cicely Carlen 2006-2007 View profile
- Professor Barry Goldson 2006-2010 View profile
- Penelope Lynne Ravenscroft 2006-2010 View profile
- Caroline Elizabeth Newman 2006-2008 View profile
- Professor David Wilson 2006-2014 View profile
- Elizabeth Burney 2006-2006 View profile
- Dr Pamela Jane Taylor 2006-2022 View profile
- John Staples 2006-2008 View profile
- Philip Montague Raphael 2006-2012 View profile
- Cynthia Marie Winifred 2006-2013 View profile
- Steven Paul Taylor 2006-2006 View profile
- Pauline Bertha Campbell 2006-2008 View profile
- Susan Wade 2006-2016 View profile
- Brian Richard Hooper 2002-2006 View profile
- Richard Whitfield 2002-2014 View profile
- David Ewart Riley Faulkner 1999-2002 View profile
- Thomas Gregory Crowther 1997-2002 View profile
- Paul William Jex Buxton 1991-1997 View profile
- Andrew Francis Rutherford 1999 View profile
- Carol Martin 1991 View profile
- Frances Crook 2021 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 20/02/1967
- Also a registered charity
- The Howard League for Penal Reform (Incorporating the Howard Centre for Penology)
Grants received
9 grants · £3,657,061 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,434,477 (3 grants)
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £110,000 (4 grants)
- LEF · £62,584
- Henry Smith Foundation · £50,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 directors on the board
- Andrew Morris Director · appointed 2024
- Dame Anne Elizabeth Owers Director · appointed 2026
- Nader Alaghband Director · appointed 2024
- John William Frederick Tress Director · appointed 2022
- Charles Riviere Bland Director · appointed 2023
- Christina Line Director · appointed 2024
- Tomas William Thurogood-Hyde Director · appointed 2023
- Thalia Maragh Director · appointed 2024
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Charles Riviere Bland Director · appointed 2023
- Christina Line Director · appointed 2024
- Tomas William Thurogood-Hyde Director · appointed 2023
- Thalia Maragh Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Andrew Morris Director · appointed 2024
- Dame Anne Elizabeth Owers Director · appointed 2026
- Nader Alaghband Director · appointed 2024
- John William Frederick Tress Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Professor Ben Bradford Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Fergus Mcneill Director · appointed 2018 · 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.
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
- 00898514
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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