Company
The History of Advertising Trust
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Simon Philip MichaelidesDirector · since 2026
- Brinsley Julian Casper DresdenDirector · since 2025
- Orlando Benedict WoodDirector · since 2025
- Kathryn Margaret JacobDirector · since 2025
- Victoria Phillippa ThompsonDirector · since 2025
- Katharine StannersDirector · since 2023
- Sabina UsherDirector · since 2023
- Harjot SinghDirector · since 2023
- Joanne Louise ArdenDirector · since 2023
- Sally Sui Ying ChanDirector · since 2022
- Thomas Francis Needham KnoxDirector · since 2020
- Paul Jeffrey BainsfairDirector · since 2017
Previous officers 55
- Rosie Arnold 2019–2023 View profile
- Philip Anthony Smith 2017–2025 View profile
- Shirley Watson 2016–2025 View profile
- Rupert Langton Earle 2015–2025 View profile
- Peter Michael Buchanan 2014–2023 View profile
- John Michael Billett 2014–2023 View profile
- Patrick James Hanson-Lowe 2013–2014 View profile
- Stephen William John Woodford 2013–2025 View profile
- Sarah Hazell 2013–2018 View profile
- James Leigh Stuart Best 2013–2023 View profile
- David Jonathon Hanger 2013–2020 View profile
- Alexandra Patricia Mckie 2011–2013 View profile
- Sally Ann Mckechnie 2009–2020 View profile
- Dr Sean James Nixon 2009–2012 View profile
- Mark Montgomery Collier 2008–2012 View profile
- Geoffrey George Russell 2008–2023 View profile
- Dr Ian David Twinn 2008–2017 View profile
- Trevor Stephen Beattie 2008–2012 View profile
- Raoul Michael Pinnell 2007–2010 View profile
- John Martin Tylee 2005–2023 View profile
- Simon Goode 2005–2023 View profile
- John Francis Perriss 2005–2006 View profile
- Lund, OBE, Mark 2003–2014 View profile
- John Peter Blakemore 2003–2005 View profile
- Nicholas Hood Phillips 2001–2004 View profile
- Street, John Richard, Doctor 2001–2004 View profile
- Michael Brockbank 1999–2008 View profile
- Deborah Morrison 1997–2008 View profile
- Professor Michael James Thomas 1997–1998 View profile
- Graham Peter Henry Hinton 1996–2023 View profile
- Dr Avner Offer 1995–1998 View profile
- Professor Anthony Roy Church 1995–2000 View profile
- Andrew William Brown 1995–2008 View profile
- David Esme Bernstein 1993–2017 View profile
- Jack Rubins 1991–1996 View profile
- Geoffrey Darby 1996 View profile
- Brian Glynne Henry 1993 View profile
- Professor Terence Richard Nevett 2004 View profile
- Brian Antony Smith 2008 View profile
- Reginald Leslie Best 1996 View profile
- John Anthony Bagnall-Smith 1993 View profile
- Harry Henry 2008 View profile
- Clive William Leach 1994 View profile
- John Aidan Cunningham 2012 View profile
- Kenneth Charles Matthews 2012 View profile
- Dr Ian John Ernest Keil 1993 View profile
- Archibald Ernest Pitcher 2014 View profile
- Stephen Paul Bayley 1996 View profile
- Timothy Frederick Bell 1993 View profile
- Dr John Albert Penberthy Treasure 2003 View profile
- James Steward 2015–2017 View profile
- Chloe Veale 2013–2015 View profile
- Barry Stewart Cox 2005–2013 View profile
- Diana Jill Sharp 2004–2005 View profile
- Michael John Cudlipp 2004 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 23/02/1978
- Also a registered charity
- History of Advertising Trust
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.
12 directors on the board
- Brinsley Julian Casper Dresden Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Jeffrey Bainsfair Director · appointed 2017
- Sabina Usher Director · appointed 2023
- Harjot Singh Director · appointed 2023
- Simon Philip Michaelides Director · appointed 2026
- Sally Sui Ying Chan Director · appointed 2022
- Orlando Benedict Wood Director · appointed 2025
- Katharine Stanners Director · appointed 2023
- Joanne Louise Arden Director · appointed 2023
- Thomas Francis Needham Knox Director · appointed 2020
- Kathryn Margaret Jacob Director · appointed 2025
- Victoria Phillippa Thompson Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Paul Jeffrey Bainsfair Director · appointed 2017
- Thomas Francis Needham Knox Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Sally Sui Ying Chan Director · appointed 2022
- Katharine Stanners Director · appointed 2023
- Thomas Francis Needham Knox Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (9)
- Brinsley Julian Casper Dresden Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Jeffrey Bainsfair Director · appointed 2017
- Sabina Usher Director · appointed 2023
- Harjot Singh Director · appointed 2023
- Simon Philip Michaelides Director · appointed 2026
- Orlando Benedict Wood Director · appointed 2025
- Joanne Louise Arden Director · appointed 2023
- Kathryn Margaret Jacob Director · appointed 2025
- Victoria Phillippa Thompson Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Philip Anthony Smith Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
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.
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
- 01354445
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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