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The Howard League for Penal Reform (Incorporating the Howard Centre for Penology)

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Previous officers 54

  1. Ian West 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Tomas William Thurogood-Hyde 2023-2023 Director View profile
  3. Alexandra Louise Marks 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Dr Zubaida Haque 2020-2025 Director View profile
  5. Professor Ben Bradford 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Hubert Adrian Briggs 2019-2024 Director View profile
  7. Fergus Mcneill 2018-2025 Director View profile
  8. Dr Rachel Condry 2017-2019 Director View profile
  9. Danielle Vidal 2016-2022 Director View profile
  10. Danielle Vidal 2016-2017 Director View profile
  11. Eoin Edward Mclennab-Murray 2015-2018 Director View profile
  12. Sally Jo Lewis 2014-2024 Director View profile
  13. Lucy Ann Scott-Moncrieff 2013-2019 Director View profile
  14. James Christopher Newell 2012-2014 Director View profile
  15. Professor Tim Newburn 2012-2015 Director View profile
  16. Gerald Boydell Marshall 2012-2023 Director View profile
  17. Samantha Kennedy 2011-2020 Director View profile
  18. Dr Neil Chakraborti 2011-2016 Director View profile
  19. Professor Penny Green 2010-2016 Director View profile
  20. Elizabeth Morony 2009-2022 Director View profile
  21. Dr Christopher Paul Sheffield 2009-2016 Director View profile
  22. Richard Alan Linenthal 2009-2014 Director View profile
  23. Julian Charles Weinberg 2009-2014 Director View profile
  24. Matthew Ball 2009-2018 Director View profile
  25. Kevin David Mcgrath 2009-2014 Director View profile
  26. Lady April Carolyn Chidgey 2007-2014 Director View profile
  27. John Edward Anthony Samuels 2007-2016 Director View profile
  28. Coral Lena Newton 2006-2015 Director View profile
  29. Professor Azrini Wahidin 2006-2012 Director View profile
  30. Hon Susan Mary Baring 2006-2007 Director View profile
  31. Martin Malcolm Eric Davis 2006-2009 Director View profile
  32. Peter Ribblesdale Thornton 2006-2012 Director View profile
  33. Jessica Ann Anderson 2006-2016 Director View profile
  34. Prof Patricia Cicely Carlen 2006-2007 Director View profile
  35. Professor Barry Goldson 2006-2010 Director View profile
  36. Penelope Lynne Ravenscroft 2006-2010 Director View profile
  37. Caroline Elizabeth Newman 2006-2008 Director View profile
  38. Professor David Wilson 2006-2014 Director View profile
  39. Elizabeth Burney 2006-2006 Director View profile
  40. Dr Pamela Jane Taylor 2006-2022 Director View profile
  41. John Staples 2006-2008 Director View profile
  42. Philip Montague Raphael 2006-2012 Director View profile
  43. Cynthia Marie Winifred 2006-2013 Director View profile
  44. Steven Paul Taylor 2006-2006 Director View profile
  45. Pauline Bertha Campbell 2006-2008 Director View profile
  46. Susan Wade 2006-2016 Director View profile
  47. Brian Richard Hooper 2002-2006 Director View profile
  48. Richard Whitfield 2002-2014 Director View profile
  49. David Ewart Riley Faulkner 1999-2002 Director View profile
  50. Thomas Gregory Crowther 1997-2002 Director View profile
  51. Paul William Jex Buxton 1991-1997 Director View profile
  52. Andrew Francis Rutherford 1999 Director View profile
  53. Carol Martin 1991 Director View profile
  54. Frances Crook 2021 Secretary 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 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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

2.2y median 2.2y
average tenure
3.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

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 2Professional services 2Property 2Health 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.

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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