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

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Previous officers 70

  1. Dinah Gwen Lison Rose 2021-2023 Director View profile
  2. John Simon Bowers Qc 2019-2023 Director View profile
  3. Professor Edmund Martin Herzig 2015-2023 Director View profile
  4. Professor Anna Brechta Sapir Abulafia 2015-2023 Director View profile
  5. Professor Jan Joosten 2014-2015 Director View profile
  6. Michael Philipp Ullmann 2013-2015 Director View profile
  7. Sir Ivor Crewe 2008-2012 Director View profile
  8. Marc Andre Lorin Polonsky 2008-2018 Director View profile
  9. Dr David Ariel 2008-2014 Director View profile
  10. Stuart Grant Roden 2008-2023 Director View profile
  11. David Philip Joseph 2007-2019 Director View profile
  12. Guthrie, Charles Ronald Llewelyn, Field Marshal the Lord 2007-2019 Director View profile
  13. Sir Bernard Anthony Rix 2006-2019 Director View profile
  14. Daniel Peltz 2006-2023 Director View profile
  15. Raviv, Moshe, Ambassador Ret 2005-2008 Director View profile
  16. BEN-AMI, Shlomo, Professor D Phil 2004-2010 Director View profile
  17. Charles Adam Laurie Sebag-Montefiore 2004-2019 Director View profile
  18. Dr David Guy Kenneth Taylor 2003-2012 Director View profile
  19. Roger Wingate 2003-2011 Director View profile
  20. Muddiman, John Bernard, Revd Doctor 2003-2011 Director View profile
  21. Diana Marion Walford 2003-2007 Director View profile
  22. Prof Ritchie Neil Ninian Robertson 2002-2005 Director View profile
  23. Martin Blackman 2002-2010 Director View profile
  24. Dr Lisbet Rausing 2002-2002 Director View profile
  25. Dr Glenda Abramson 2000-2002 Director View profile
  26. Peter Morris Oppenheimer 2000-2008 Director View profile
  27. Dr Paul Michael Joyce 1999-2012 Director View profile
  28. Lord Simon Richard Marks 1998-2012 Director View profile
  29. Professor David Marquand 1997-2002 Director View profile
  30. Professor Averil Millicent Cameron 1996-1999 Director View profile
  31. Dr Bernard Wasserstein 1996-2000 Director View profile
  32. Sir Richard Greenbury 1996-2010 Director View profile
  33. Lord Arthur George Weidenfeld 1996-2010 Director View profile
  34. Alfred Gottschalk 1995-2009 Director View profile
  35. Brichto, Sidney, Rabbi Dr 1994-2002 Director View profile
  36. Clive Maurice Marks 1994-2002 Director View profile
  37. Eric Michael Garston 1994-2010 Director View profile
  38. Professor John Barton 1994-1999 Director View profile
  39. Baroness Ruth Lynn Deech 1993-2000 Director View profile
  40. Richard Cooper Repp 1993-2003 Director View profile
  41. Professor Philip Stephen Alexander 1993-1995 Director View profile
  42. Morris Harvey Bergreen 1992-2001 Director View profile
  43. Dame Shirley Porter 1992-1998 Director View profile
  44. Dennis John Trevelyan 1992-2007 Director View profile
  45. William Frankel 1995 Director View profile
  46. David Hyman 2005 Director View profile
  47. Ernest Wilson Nicholson 1995 Director View profile
  48. Felix D Posen 1999 Director View profile
  49. Professor Sally Herbert Frankel 1996 Director View profile
  50. Frank Green 1995 Director View profile
  51. Levin, Arthur, Doctor 1995 Director View profile
  52. Professor George Kozmetsky 1993 Director View profile
  53. Sir Sigmund Sternberg 1995 Director View profile
  54. Professor Derek Arthur Roe 1997 Director View profile
  55. Lord David Ivor Young-of-Graffham 1995 Director View profile
  56. Professor Geza Vermes 1992 Director View profile
  57. Professor Alan Jones 2012 Director View profile
  58. Sir Zelman Cowen 1995 Director View profile
  59. Patterson, David, Doctor 2002 Director View profile
  60. Professor Cecil Grayson 1992 Director View profile
  61. Dr Godfrey Harry Stafford 1992 Director View profile
  62. Woolf, Harry Kenneth, the Rt Hon the Lord Woolf 1995 Director View profile
  63. Blumberg, Baruch Samuel, Rofessor 2011 Director View profile
  64. Sir Isaiah Berlin 1995 Director View profile
  65. Lord Claus Moser 1995 Director View profile
  66. Corob, Elizabeth, Mrs. 2007 Director View profile
  67. George Richard Pinto 2018 Director View profile
  68. Lord Ralf Dahrendorf 1994 Director View profile
  69. Sir Maurice Shock 1995 Director View profile
  70. Martin David Paisner 2020 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
18/04/1973
Also a registered charity
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Ownership

Owned by (7) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • David John Lewis
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Daniel Patterson
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Anne Rachel Webber
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Zoe Vania Waxman
    significant influence · notified 2025-10-15
  • Martin David Paisner ceased 2023-04-01
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Daniel Peltz ceased 2023-07-04
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • George Richard Pinto ceased 2018-09-30
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies is controlled by David John Lewis
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by David John Lewis.

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.

11 directors on the board

18.4y median 14y
average tenure
34.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (5)

0
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.

Finance 14Tech and media 8Property 7Professional services 6Education 5Business services 2Construction 2Retail and trade 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

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01109384
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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