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The Institute of Professional Investigators Limited

The Institute of Professional Investigators Limited is an active UK company (number 01386248), incorporated 1978, with 7 current directors including Guy Cooper and Nicole Benorthan. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Previous officers 44

  1. Richard Arthur Lee 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Stephen John Smith 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. Roy Herridge 2017-2019 Director View profile
  4. Richard John Newman 2017-2018 Director View profile
  5. Stephen John Langley 2017-2019 Director View profile
  6. Susan Ward 2015-2019 Director View profile
  7. Richard Ian Bradshaw 2013-2016 Director View profile
  8. Brendan William Tolan 2013-2019 Director View profile
  9. James Donald Cole 2012-2013 Director View profile
  10. Ian John Hopkins 2011-2013 Director View profile
  11. James William Harrison-Griffiths 2010-2017 Director View profile
  12. Paul Hughes 2009-2010 Director View profile
  13. Michael Christopher John Whittington 2004-2009 Director View profile
  14. Ruth Hoffmann 2002-2009 Director View profile
  15. John William Black 2001-2004 Director View profile
  16. Roger Eric Bunting 2001-2011 Director View profile
  17. Nicola Helen Amsel 2001-2009 Director View profile
  18. Richard Charles Akehurst 2001-2007 Director View profile
  19. Jane Smith 2000-2003 Director View profile
  20. Tom Lewis Davies 1999-2001 Director View profile
  21. Andrew Paul Blackwell 1999-2001 Director View profile
  22. Peter Lewis 1999-2001 Director View profile
  23. Stuart John Rich 1998-2000 Director View profile
  24. James Brian Michael Gannon 1998-2000 Director View profile
  25. David Charles Palmer 1996-2019 Director View profile
  26. Dudley Rideough 1995-1998 Director View profile
  27. Alan John Marr 1994-2001 Director View profile
  28. Peter James Wright 1993-1996 Director View profile
  29. John Albert Hanchett 1993-1996 Director View profile
  30. Michael Robert Gough 1992-1998 Director View profile
  31. Stephen John Grant 1999 Director View profile
  32. Alexander Walker 1999 Director View profile
  33. John William Barrow 1995 Director View profile
  34. Frank Bowker Scaife Fitchett 1994 Director View profile
  35. Hamish Donald Cole 1997 Director View profile
  36. Peter Hall Jones 1997 Director View profile
  37. Malcolm Watson Thomson 1994 Director View profile
  38. Christopher John Horne 1994 Director View profile
  39. Barbara Tolan 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  40. Simon Mclaren Smith 2010-2018 Secretary View profile
  41. David John Pryke 2004-2014 Secretary View profile
  42. Peter Edward Wigginton 2001-2003 Secretary View profile
  43. Richard Peter Carratu 1998-1999 Secretary View profile
  44. Brian Andrew Walker 1998-2018 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
31/08/1978

Financials

Net assets
£83,876
Total assets
£83,876
Cash
£82,912
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.

7 directors on the board

7y median 7y
average tenure
12.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity
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.

Business services 3Dormant 1Property 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.

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
01386248
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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