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Rathbones Group PLC

Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 49

  1. Ruth Leas 2023–2026 Director View profile
  2. Jennifer Elizabeth Mathias 2019–2023 Director View profile
  3. Colin Martin Clark 2018–2022 Director View profile
  4. James Neilson Pettigrew 2017–2021 Director View profile
  5. Philip Luard Howell 2013–2019 Director View profile
  6. James William Dean 2013–2022 Director View profile
  7. Mark Patrick Nicholls 2010–2021 Director View profile
  8. Catherine Rosemary Reid Avery 2010–2013 Director View profile
  9. Kathryn Ann Matthews 2010–2018 Director View profile
  10. Robert Paul Stockton 2008–2025 Director View profile
  11. John Michael May 2007–2010 Director View profile
  12. David Terrence Digby Harrel 2007–2017 Director View profile
  13. Oliver Roebling Panton Corbett 2006–2014 Director View profile
  14. Mark Robertshaw 2006–2010 Director View profile
  15. Peter Graham Pearson Lund 2005–2010 Director View profile
  16. Susan Mary Desborough 2004–2007 Director View profile
  17. Caroline Mary Burton 2003–2013 Director View profile
  18. James Christopher Barclay 2003–2010 Director View profile
  19. James Michael Beale Cayzer-Colvin 2002–2007 Director View profile
  20. Ian Michael Buckley 2001–2012 Director View profile
  21. Paul Egerton Vernon 2001–2005 Director View profile
  22. Paul Dominic Grant Chavasse 2001–2016 Director View profile
  23. Andrew Timothy Morris 2000–2012 Director View profile
  24. Richard Ian Smeeton 2000–2012 Director View profile
  25. Andrew David Pomfret 1999–2014 Director View profile
  26. John Giles Selby Coode-Adams 1999–2008 Director View profile
  27. Lifford, Edward James Wingfield, the Viscount 1996–2006 Director View profile
  28. Mark Hadden Pearson 1996–2000 Director View profile
  29. Richard Patrick Lanyon 1996–2012 Director View profile
  30. William Halliday Keatley 1995–2002 Director View profile
  31. Alan Charles Osborne Bell 1995–1998 Director View profile
  32. Geoffrey Mark Powell 1995–2011 Director View profile
  33. William Rathbone 1994–2003 Director View profile
  34. Mark William Fishwick Leather 1994–2003 Director View profile
  35. John Nicholas Mcalpine Entwistle 1992–1998 Director View profile
  36. Sebastian David Rathbone 1994 Director View profile
  37. Michael Sydney Bryant 1997 Director View profile
  38. Jonathan Garnier Ruffer 1994 Director View profile
  39. Ian Pearce Harvey 1999 Director View profile
  40. Michael Lenox Ingall 2003 Director View profile
  41. Roy Alfred Morris 2007 Director View profile
  42. Colin William Kinloch 1998 Director View profile
  43. John Roland Leigh 1993 Director View profile
  44. Baron John Robert Cecil Manners 1992 Director View profile
  45. Simon Peter Mckie 1993 Director View profile
  46. Oliver Duncan Stanley 2000 Director View profile
  47. Richard Edwin Loader 2000–2016 Secretary View profile
  48. Gavin Charles Flaxman 1994–2000 Secretary View profile
  49. John Edward Tuck 2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
21/01/1971

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Rathbones Group PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

32 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.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

9 directors on the board

4.5y median 4.8y
average tenure
11.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (9)

Left in the last 12 months

  • Ruth Leas Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026

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.

Finance 24Dormant 4Professional services 3Arts and leisure 2Business services 1Education 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01000403
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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