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

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Previous officers 110

  1. Robert Andrew Ruthven 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Kate Catherine Kelly 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. Gary John Elliott-Cirigottis 2020-2024 Director View profile
  4. Andrew Carey Barker 2020-2025 Director View profile
  5. Marilyn Clarke 2020-2024 Director View profile
  6. Patricia Mary Christie 2019-2020 Director View profile
  7. Elizabeth Adrienne Homer 2019-2019 Director View profile
  8. John Joseph Cox 2019-2021 Director View profile
  9. Dr Nicholas David Barratt 2018-2020 Director View profile
  10. James Gordon Anthony-Edwards 2018-2025 Director View profile
  11. Stella Vera Frances Butler 2018-2020 Director View profile
  12. Susan Jean Ashworth 2018-2022 Director View profile
  13. Rosie Jones 2018-2021 Director View profile
  14. Lesley Dorothy Castens 2018-2021 Director View profile
  15. Christopher Pressler 2017-2020 Director View profile
  16. Richard Parsons 2017-2018 Director View profile
  17. Alison Ruth Harding 2017-2022 Director View profile
  18. Steven Edward Rose 2017-2018 Director View profile
  19. Elizabeth Jane Waller 2017-2020 Director View profile
  20. Caroline Jane Taylor 2016-2020 Director View profile
  21. Frances Boyle 2016-2019 Director View profile
  22. Roisin Gwyer 2016-2018 Director View profile
  23. Elizabeth Brown Kerr 2016-2017 Director View profile
  24. Caroline Brazier 2016-2018 Director View profile
  25. Dr Judith Keene 2015-2019 Director View profile
  26. Alison Baud 2015-2018 Director View profile
  27. Alison Mary Stevenson 2014-2018 Director View profile
  28. Peter John Ryan 2014-2020 Director View profile
  29. Jonathan Philip Tuck 2014-2017 Director View profile
  30. Sheila Gobnait O'Riordan 2013-2019 Director View profile
  31. Kathryn Mary Robinson 2013-2016 Director View profile
  32. Stephen Richard Williams 2013-2017 Director View profile
  33. Robert Brian Hall 2013-2018 Director View profile
  34. Oliver John Pritchard 2012-2016 Director View profile
  35. Susan Anne Hodges 2012-2015 Director View profile
  36. Fiona Ross 2012-2013 Director View profile
  37. Joanne Patricia Norry 2012-2016 Director View profile
  38. Kitty Inglis 2012-2017 Director View profile
  39. Alison Ann Mackenzie 2012-2015 Director View profile
  40. Susan Adreienne White 2012-2015 Director View profile
  41. Mark Patrick Toole 2011-2017 Director View profile
  42. Maja Maricevic 2011-2015 Director View profile
  43. Rosemary Catherine Lynch 2010-2014 Director View profile
  44. Diane Margaret Job 2010-2013 Director View profile
  45. Maire Lanigan 2009-2012 Director View profile
  46. Emma Jane Bull 2009-2013 Director View profile
  47. Payne, Philip Michael, Ba 2009-2012 Director View profile
  48. Elizabeth Clare Jolly 2009-2025 Director View profile
  49. Peter Jeremy Atkinson 2009-2012 Director View profile
  50. David John Thornton Ball 2009-2012 Director View profile
  51. Sara Louise Marsh 2009-2014 Director View profile
  52. Alison Fiona Parsons 2008-2012 Director View profile
  53. Professor John Martin Lancaster 2008-2010 Director View profile
  54. Bridget Mary Fisher 2007-2008 Director View profile
  55. Julia Henrietta Munro 2006-2009 Director View profile
  56. Christopher Moir West 2006-2009 Director View profile
  57. Maxine Melling 2006-2009 Director View profile
  58. Christine Fyfe 2006-2009 Director View profile
  59. Elizabeth Anne Chapman 2006-2009 Director View profile
  60. Michael Lenox Breaks 2006-2009 Director View profile
  61. Alun Lewis Jenkins 2005-2011 Director View profile
  62. Susan Roberts 2004-2007 Director View profile
  63. Professor Jane Core 2004-2011 Director View profile
  64. Anne Bell 2004-2009 Director View profile
  65. Vanessa Dorothy Crane 2004-2007 Director View profile
  66. Dr John Tristan Dalton Hall 2003-2006 Director View profile
  67. Christine Anne Bailey 2003-2006 Director View profile
  68. Ann Elizabeth Margaret Heaps 2003-2006 Director View profile
  69. Dr Angela Dorothy Conyers 2002-2003 Director View profile
  70. John Adam Edwards 2002-2002 Director View profile
  71. Marie Patricia Reddan 2002-2005 Director View profile
  72. Janet Mary Peters 2001-2004 Director View profile
  73. Suzanne Mary Enright 2001-2007 Director View profile
  74. Helen Mary Workman 2001-2004 Director View profile
  75. Michael Philip Day 2000-2004 Director View profile
  76. Mary Heaney 2000-2003 Director View profile
  77. Mary Danes Morley 2000-2003 Director View profile
  78. Philip Sykes 1999-2008 Director View profile
  79. Jacqueline Mary Whiteside 1999-2002 Director View profile
  80. Sean Phillips 1999-2002 Director View profile
  81. Nicola Jane Kershaw 1998-2001 Director View profile
  82. Dr Timothy David Hobbs 1998-2001 Director View profile
  83. Lester, Raymond George, Doctor 1998-2001 Director View profile
  84. Professor Andrew Charles Mcdonald 1997-2000 Director View profile
  85. Andrew Michael Walter Green 1997-2005 Director View profile
  86. Jean Margaret Sykes 1996-2004 Director View profile
  87. Margaret Muir Coutts 1996-1999 Director View profile
  88. Alasdair Talbert Paterson 1995-1998 Director View profile
  89. Graham Bulpitt 1995-1998 Director View profile
  90. Ian Richard Winkworth 1994-1995 Director View profile
  91. Christine Elizabeth Moon 1994-2000 Director View profile
  92. Kevin Robert Ellard 1994-1996 Director View profile
  93. Sheila Mary Corrall 1994-1997 Director View profile
  94. Nicholas Parker Pollard 1994-1998 Director View profile
  95. Martin Geoffrey Ford 1993-2001 Director View profile
  96. Christopher John Hunt 1993-1998 Director View profile
  97. William John Simpson 1993-1994 Director View profile
  98. Stuart John Ede 1993-1994 Director View profile
  99. Arthur Davies 1994 Director View profile
  100. John Michael Smethurst 1992 Director View profile
  101. Professor Derek George Law 1992 Director View profile
  102. Henry Joseph Heaney 1996 Director View profile
  103. Ian Mowat 1993 Director View profile
  104. Thomas Watson Graham 1994 Director View profile
  105. Peter Kendrew Fox 1993 Director View profile
  106. Brian Burch 1994 Director View profile
  107. Dr Malcolm Brian Stevenson 1993 Director View profile
  108. Anthony Quinsee 1992 Director View profile
  109. Alastair John Charles Bainton 1995-2010 Secretary View profile
  110. Gillian Mary Pentelow 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
13/07/1979
Also a registered charity
The Society of College, National and University Libraries

Ownership

Owned by (43) 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.

  • Ann Helen Rossiter
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Anna-Marie O'Neill
    significant influence · notified 2019-06-11 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Emma Lucy Walton
    significant influence · notified 2020-03-12
  • Regina Everitt
    significant influence · notified 2020-09-09
  • Robin Farrer Armstrong Viner
    significant influence · notified 2020-12-10
  • Andrew John Preater
    significant influence · notified 2021-09-15
  • Katherine Woolfenden
    significant influence · notified 2022-07-13
  • Rachel Teresa Beckett
    significant influence · notified 2022-07-13
  • Martina Mcchrystal
    significant influence · notified 2024-03-12
  • Amy Christine Straker
    significant influence · notified 2024-05-22
  • Mark Jeffrey Hughes
    significant influence · notified 2025-07-14
  • Janet Elizabeth Peden
    significant influence · notified 2025-07-14
  • Lorraine Joanne Beard
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2025-07-14
  • Gary Joseph Steele
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2025-07-14
  • Allison Kavanagh
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2025-07-14
  • Alison Baud ceased 2018-06-12
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Kitty Inglis ceased 2017-08-31
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Sheila Gobnait O'Riordan ceased 2019-02-26
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Peter John Ryan ceased 2020-09-09
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Mark Patrick Toole ceased 2017-09-21
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Stephen Richard Williams ceased 2017-07-14
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Caroline Brazier ceased 2018-06-30
    significant influence · notified 2016-05-12
  • Roisin Gwyer ceased 2018-12-31
    significant influence · notified 2016-06-24
  • Frances Boyle ceased 2019-06-11
    significant influence · notified 2016-06-24 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Elizabeth Brown Kerr ceased 2017-07-14
    significant influence · notified 2016-06-24
  • Caroline Jane Taylor ceased 2020-03-31
    significant influence · notified 2016-08-02 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Elizabeth Jane Waller ceased 2020-09-09
    significant influence · notified 2017-06-05 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Steven Edward Rose ceased 2018-06-12
    significant influence · notified 2017-06-06
  • Alison Ruth Harding ceased 2022-12-05
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2017-07-14
  • Richard Parsons ceased 2018-06-12
    significant influence · notified 2017-09-05 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Christopher Pressler ceased 2020-03-31
    significant influence · notified 2017-09-13
  • Lesley Dorothy Castens ceased 2021-12-02
    significant influence · notified 2018-06-12
  • James Gordon Anthony-Edwards ceased 2025-07-14
    significant influence · notified 2018-06-12
  • Stella Vera Frances Butler ceased 2020-12-31
    significant influence · notified 2018-06-12
  • Susan Jean Ashworth ceased 2022-07-13
    significant influence · notified 2018-06-12
  • Rosie Jones ceased 2021-09-15
    significant influence · notified 2018-06-12 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Elizabeth Clare Jolly ceased 2025-07-14
    significant influence · notified 2018-09-27
  • John Joseph Cox ceased 2021-09-22
    significant influence · notified 2019-02-26 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Patricia Mary Christie ceased 2020-09-09
    significant influence · notified 2019-06-11 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Elizabeth Adrienne Homer ceased 2025-07-14
    significant influence · notified 2019-06-11
  • Gary John Elliott-Cirigottis ceased 2024-07-15
    significant influence · notified 2020-09-09
  • Andrew Carey Barker ceased 2025-07-14
    significant influence · notified 2020-09-09
  • Marilyn Clarke ceased 2024-05-22
    significant influence · notified 2020-09-09 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • 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.
  • 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 - 6 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 6 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - 7 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 7 people share this name on the public record. 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. The Society of College, National and University Libraries is controlled by Ann Helen Rossiter
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Ann Helen Rossiter.

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.

17 directors on the board

3.2y median 2.3y
average tenure
7.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (15)

Portfolio (2)

4
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.

Education 1Professional services 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

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01436951
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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