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The British Museum Company Limited

Retail sale of books in specialised stores

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

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Previous officers 49

  1. Laura Lucy Cooke 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Nicholas Foster 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Jessica Lauren Frey 2024-2025 Director View profile
  4. Dr Robert Nicholas Cullinan 2024-2024 Director View profile
  5. Henrietta Kate Blaxland Martin-Fisher 2024-2024 Director View profile
  6. Dr Christopher Michaels 2014-2017 Director View profile
  7. Jane Louise Whittaker 2013-2024 Director View profile
  8. Timothy Robert John Plyming 2013-2013 Director View profile
  9. Andrew Michael Burnett 2012-2013 Director View profile
  10. Dr Jonathan Hugh Creer Williams 2009-2024 Director View profile
  11. Bonnie Greer 2009-2012 Director View profile
  12. Christopher Paul Yates 2007-2024 Director View profile
  13. Dr Joanna Mackle 2007-2019 Director View profile
  14. Brian Leslie Oldman 2007-2012 Director View profile
  15. Niall William Arthur Fitzgerald 2006-2010 Director View profile
  16. David Clive Lindsell 2005-2012 Director View profile
  17. Christopher Paul Herring 2005-2007 Director View profile
  18. Sir David Ronald Norgrove 2004-2005 Director View profile
  19. Dawn Jacquelyn Austwick 2003-2005 Director View profile
  20. Neil Macgregor 2003-2009 Director View profile
  21. Sir John Tusa 2002-2009 Director View profile
  22. Philippa Mary Harrison 2002-2009 Director View profile
  23. Lord Charles David Powell 2002-2003 Director View profile
  24. Professor Barrington Windsor Cuncliffe 2002-2009 Director View profile
  25. Andrew John Thatcher 2001-2007 Director View profile
  26. Eric Ralph Salama 2001-2007 Director View profile
  27. Sir Keith Vivian Thomas 1999-2001 Director View profile
  28. William Arthur Hobhouse 1997-2003 Director View profile
  29. Nicholas Charles Faithorn Barber 1996-2003 Director View profile
  30. Patrick Michael Mckee Wright 1994-2001 Director View profile
  31. Dame Gillian Patricia Kempster Beer 1994-2002 Director View profile
  32. Dr John Edward Curtis 1993-1998 Director View profile
  33. John The Lord Egremont 1993-1998 Director View profile
  34. Rt Hon Sir Timothy Hugh Francis Raison 1993-1999 Director View profile
  35. Graham Carleton Greene 2002 Director View profile
  36. William Vivian Davies 1993 Director View profile
  37. Hugh James Foster Campbell 1994 Director View profile
  38. Sir David Frederick Attenborough 1998 Director View profile
  39. Hrh the Duke of Gloucester 1998 Director View profile
  40. Sir Peter Harrop 1998 Director View profile
  41. Peter Hill Bagnall 1997 Director View profile
  42. Lasko, Peter Erik, Profressor 1995 Director View profile
  43. Lord Claus Moser 1998 Director View profile
  44. Rt Hon Lord Windlesham Cvo Pc 1996 Director View profile
  45. Hugh Alexander Stevenson 2006 Director View profile
  46. Ian Anthony Doubleday 2012-2019 Secretary View profile
  47. Penelope Lesley Hughes 2007-2012 Secretary View profile
  48. Helen Kay Watts 2000-2012 Secretary View profile
  49. Douglas Allan Holford 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Retail sale of books in specialised stores; Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet; Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets; Book publishing
Incorporated
02/11/1972
Registered office
London

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The British Museum Company Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 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

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.

3 directors on the board

3.8y median 1.7y
average tenure
8.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

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.

Retail and trade 2Tech and media 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01079888
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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