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The Institute of Masters of Wine

The Institute of Masters of Wine is an active UK company (number 01059707), incorporated 1972, with 13 current directors including Sarah Jayne Harrison and Debra Meiburg. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 84

  1. Julian Gore-Booth 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Nicolas QuillÉ 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Philip Derwent Grant Harden 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Dr Stephen Charters 2021-2025 Director View profile
  5. Gus Jian Zhu 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Natasha Hughes 2019-2025 Director View profile
  7. David Forer 2019-2025 Director View profile
  8. Rufus Laurence Olins 2019-2020 Director View profile
  9. Caro Maurer 2018-2024 Director View profile
  10. Jean-Michel Gerard Valette 2017-2021 Director View profile
  11. Neil Hadley 2017-2022 Director View profile
  12. Cathy Van Zyl 2016-2024 Director View profile
  13. Justin Andrew Howard-Sneyd 2015-2021 Director View profile
  14. Lisa Granik 2015-2021 Director View profile
  15. Simon Adrian Garforth 2014-2022 Director View profile
  16. Stephen Charters 2013-2020 Director View profile
  17. Penelope Richards 2013-2019 Director View profile
  18. Joel Butler 2012-2015 Director View profile
  19. Pedro Ballesteros Torres 2012-2018 Director View profile
  20. Philip Tuck 2010-2019 Director View profile
  21. Christrophe Macra 2010-2010 Director View profile
  22. Konstantinos Lazarakis 2010-2019 Director View profile
  23. Stephen Philip Skelton 2010-2016 Director View profile
  24. Christophe Macra 2010-2014 Director View profile
  25. Marcia Waters 2008-2015 Director View profile
  26. Dermot Nolan 2008-2014 Director View profile
  27. Sarah Jane Evans 2008-2016 Director View profile
  28. Kym Milne 2007-2009 Director View profile
  29. Fiona Morrison 2007-2016 Director View profile
  30. Laura Louise Jewell 2007-2013 Director View profile
  31. Lynne Sherriff 2007-2013 Director View profile
  32. Jay Youmans 2005-2008 Director View profile
  33. Elizabeth Gabay 2005-2008 Director View profile
  34. Siobhan Turner 2004-2013 Director View profile
  35. Jane Emma Masters 2003-2018 Director View profile
  36. Mark O'Bryen 2002-2005 Director View profile
  37. Dr Josef Schuller 2002-2010 Director View profile
  38. Hugo David Rose 2002-2008 Director View profile
  39. Simon William Michael Thorpe 2001-2010 Director View profile
  40. Margaret Anne Mcnie 2000-2004 Director View profile
  41. Jane Alison Brocket 2000-2003 Director View profile
  42. Lucinda Jane Carr 2000-2003 Director View profile
  43. Joanna Mary Locke 1999-2008 Director View profile
  44. Michael Doodan 1999-2002 Director View profile
  45. Arne Ronold 1998-2007 Director View profile
  46. David Ernest Wood 1997-2000 Director View profile
  47. Robin David Kinahan 1997-2004 Director View profile
  48. James Clive Orrok Simpson 1996-2004 Director View profile
  49. Patrick William Mcgrath 1996-2006 Director View profile
  50. Frank Charles Minoprio 1996-2003 Director View profile
  51. Anthony William Gunn 1995-1998 Director View profile
  52. Anthony David Hanson 1995-1999 Director View profile
  53. David Charles Gleave 1994-1997 Director View profile
  54. Samantha Jane Skilton 1994-1996 Director View profile
  55. Francis John Avery 1994-2002 Director View profile
  56. Robert Hugh Walters 1994-1997 Director View profile
  57. Elizabeth Robertson 1993-2002 Director View profile
  58. Laurence Alan Webber 1993-1995 Director View profile
  59. Marcia Frances Randall 1993-2000 Director View profile
  60. Colin William Anderson 1993-1996 Director View profile
  61. Andrew John Sebastian Payne 1993-1996 Director View profile
  62. David Franklin Stevens 1993-1997 Director View profile
  63. Mark Pardoe 1992-1993 Director View profile
  64. Moray James Southey John 1994 Director View profile
  65. Dr Arabella Thomasine Woodrow 1993 Director View profile
  66. Conal Robert Gregory 1996 Director View profile
  67. Jasper Titus Carlile Morris 1994 Director View profile
  68. Patrick Jean Francois Millet 1992 Director View profile
  69. Maureen Natalie Ashley 1996 Director View profile
  70. Kenneth Baille Christie 1994 Director View profile
  71. Iain Lorne Henderson Mackillop 1993 Director View profile
  72. Julian Hardy Brind 1995 Director View profile
  73. John Frederick Barton Brownsdon 1996 Director View profile
  74. Charles Edward Hugh Crawfurd 1996 Director View profile
  75. Clive Coates 1993 Director View profile
  76. Patrick Jan Critchley-Salmonson 1992 Director View profile
  77. David John Gill 1997 Director View profile
  78. John Patrick 1999 Director View profile
  79. Philip Harden 2021-2025 Secretary View profile
  80. Jane Skilton 2009-2018 Secretary View profile
  81. Laura Loise Evans 2007-2021 Secretary View profile
  82. Jack Mcdonald Whitaker 1994-2007 Secretary View profile
  83. Louise Deborah Du Bosky 1991-1993 Secretary View profile
  84. John Fraser Casson 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
28/06/1972

Financials

Net assets
£341,526
Total assets
£360,277
Cash
£825,577
Employees
0.13
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Small company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2026-03-31. 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.

13 directors on the board

4.4y median 1.8y
average tenure
18.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
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 2

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
01059707
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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