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

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Previous officers 169

  1. Jeannette Plummer Sires 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Danika Parikh 2023-2026 Director View profile
  3. John Schofield 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Kirsty Mccarrison 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Fiona Elizabeth Gale 2018-2025 Director View profile
  6. Jeremy William Edward Taylor 2017-2023 Director View profile
  7. Dr Simon John Elliott 2017-2023 Director View profile
  8. Kenneth Ronald Smith 2017-2024 Director View profile
  9. Professor Keith Douglas Lilley 2017-2024 Director View profile
  10. Susan Jane Dormer 2017-2022 Director View profile
  11. Professor Carenza Lewis 2016-2024 Director View profile
  12. Professor David Austin 2016-2017 Director View profile
  13. Alison Spaull 2016-2024 Director View profile
  14. Susan Mary Rodgers 2016-2017 Director View profile
  15. Edward Bace 2015-2018 Director View profile
  16. Timothy James Hedley-Jones 2015-2022 Director View profile
  17. Marjoleine Ingeborg Butler 2015-2022 Director View profile
  18. Dyson, Lis, Doctor 2015-2022 Director View profile
  19. Prof Jane Clare Grenville 2013-2016 Director View profile
  20. Dr Michael Dafydd Nevell 2013-2019 Director View profile
  21. George James Thomas 2012-2016 Director View profile
  22. Helen Margaret Maclagan 2012-2019 Director View profile
  23. Dr Ian Baxter 2011-2011 Director View profile
  24. Peter Connelly 2011-2019 Director View profile
  25. Dr Joseph Caspar Flatman 2009-2015 Director View profile
  26. Dr Emma Catherine Plunkett Dillon 2008-2016 Director View profile
  27. John Robert Hunt 2008-2013 Director View profile
  28. Bob Sydes 2008-2017 Director View profile
  29. Professor Marilyn Palmer 2008-2017 Director View profile
  30. Diana Elizabeth Maudslay Cross 2007-2016 Director View profile
  31. David Andrew Stocker 2007-2016 Director View profile
  32. Dr Katharine Alice Whitaker 2007-2016 Director View profile
  33. Professor Christopher John Scarre 2007-2013 Director View profile
  34. Dr Sian Jones 2006-2015 Director View profile
  35. Jan Wills 2006-2015 Director View profile
  36. Stephen Anthony Moorhouse 2006-2009 Director View profile
  37. Stephen Philip Carter 2005-2011 Director View profile
  38. Dr Nicholas John Merriman 2005-2008 Director View profile
  39. Dr Helen Clarke 2004-2007 Director View profile
  40. Dr Katherine Bridget Pretty 2004-2013 Director View profile
  41. Roy Malcolm Friendship Taylor 2003-2006 Director View profile
  42. Geoffrey Waters 2003-2006 Director View profile
  43. Francis Richard Stamford Taylor 2003-2012 Director View profile
  44. Dr Rowan Pirrie Whimster 2003-2012 Director View profile
  45. Claire Foley 2000-2003 Director View profile
  46. Donald George Benson 2000-2005 Director View profile
  47. Dr Francis Manning Marlborough Pryor 2000-2005 Director View profile
  48. David Brian Baker 2000-2008 Director View profile
  49. David Anthony Lefevre Cranstone 2000-2003 Director View profile
  50. Alan Saville 2000-2003 Director View profile
  51. Christopher Robert Musson 2000-2007 Director View profile
  52. Anthony John Patrick Blackman 2000-2007 Director View profile
  53. Frances Marian Lynch Llewelyn 2000-2007 Director View profile
  54. Dr Margaret Lindsay Faull 2000-2008 Director View profile
  55. Dr Frances Margaret Alton Healy 2000-2003 Director View profile
  56. John Bruce Watson 2000-2004 Director View profile
  57. Howard Martin Stuchfield 2000-2000 Director View profile
  58. Stephen Grafton Bullas 1999-2000 Director View profile
  59. Rhona Mary Sampson 1999-2000 Director View profile
  60. Andrew Vaughan Hood Patterson 1999-1999 Director View profile
  61. Ixer, Robert Alexander Frederick Francis Xavier, Doctor 1999-1999 Director View profile
  62. Dr Richard Andrew Hall 1998-2008 Director View profile
  63. Professor Keith Branigan 1998-2000 Director View profile
  64. Christopher Charles Taylor 1998-2000 Director View profile
  65. Richard Nigel Bailey 1998-2000 Director View profile
  66. Michael Andrew Stokes 1998-2000 Director View profile
  67. Meriel Fiona Stokoe 1997-2000 Director View profile
  68. Professor Ian Beith Mclaren Ralston 1997-1999 Director View profile
  69. Jean Elizabeth Mellor 1997-2000 Director View profile
  70. Samantha Joanne Middleton 1997-1997 Director View profile
  71. Andrew Downing Saunders 1997-2000 Director View profile
  72. Brian Robin Galt Turner 1996-1997 Director View profile
  73. David Alban Hinton 1996-2000 Director View profile
  74. Dr Robert Anthony Higham 1996-1997 Director View profile
  75. Dr Simon Andrew Timberlake 1996-1997 Director View profile
  76. Michael Edward Farley 1996-2003 Director View profile
  77. Paul Evan Oldham 1996-2000 Director View profile
  78. Leslie Elizabeth Webster 1995-1996 Director View profile
  79. Roland John Charles Smith 1995-1997 Director View profile
  80. Robert John Silvester 1995-2000 Director View profile
  81. Dr Michael Welman Thompson 1995-1996 Director View profile
  82. Gavin Mark Edwards 1995-2000 Director View profile
  83. Dr Robert Vincent Davis 1995-1999 Director View profile
  84. Angela Pauline Thomas 1995-2000 Director View profile
  85. Philip John Wise 1995-1999 Director View profile
  86. Frances Griffith 1995-2000 Director View profile
  87. Philippa Anne Henry 1995-2000 Director View profile
  88. Stephen Harold Henry Clarke 1995-1999 Director View profile
  89. Peter Arthur Clayton 1995-2000 Director View profile
  90. David Cunliffe Pointer 1995-1998 Director View profile
  91. Christopher John Dunn 1995-1996 Director View profile
  92. Max Adams 1994-1997 Director View profile
  93. Dr David William Roger Thackray 1994-1996 Director View profile
  94. Mark Redknap 1994-2000 Director View profile
  95. Michael Joan Corbishley 1994-1997 Director View profile
  96. Dudley William Arthur Startin 1994-1998 Director View profile
  97. Dr Elizabeth Slater 1994-1995 Director View profile
  98. Dr Henry Forester Cleere 1994-2000 Director View profile
  99. Carl Francesco Bianco 1994-1996 Director View profile
  100. Stewart Rex Bryant 1994-1996 Director View profile
  101. Linda Elizabeth Smith 1994-2006 Director View profile
  102. Alcock, Nathaniel Warren, Doctor 1993-1994 Director View profile
  103. Roger Palmer 1993-1995 Director View profile
  104. Professor Martin John Millett 1993-1996 Director View profile
  105. Carolyn Heighway 1993-1995 Director View profile
  106. Dr Robert John Martyn Carr 1993-1994 Director View profile
  107. Timothy John Thomas Copeland 1993-1997 Director View profile
  108. Penelope Ann Stokes 1993-1997 Director View profile
  109. Professor Nancy Margaret Edwards 1993-1996 Director View profile
  110. Dorothy Morgan 1993-1994 Director View profile
  111. Katherine Buxton 1993-1994 Director View profile
  112. Dr Timothy Champion 1993-1994 Director View profile
  113. Ann Patricia Phillips 1993-1995 Director View profile
  114. Sean Hugh Goddard 1993-1994 Director View profile
  115. Sebastian Payne 1993-1997 Director View profile
  116. Dr Mary Ede 1993-1994 Director View profile
  117. Hamlin, Ann Elizabeth, Doctor 1993-1996 Director View profile
  118. Richard John Ivers 1993-1994 Director View profile
  119. Professor Rosemary Jean Cramp 1992-2000 Director View profile
  120. Dr Peter Vincent Addyman 1992-1995 Director View profile
  121. Dr Christopher Richard John Currie 1992-1993 Director View profile
  122. Valerie Howard Fenwick 1992-1995 Director View profile
  123. Neil Richard Sinden 1992-1993 Director View profile
  124. David Miles 1992-1996 Director View profile
  125. Edward Ashley Martin 1992-1999 Director View profile
  126. Michael Frank Hughes 1992-1996 Director View profile
  127. Jean Margaret Miller Dagnall 1992-2000 Director View profile
  128. Sylvia Phyllis Beamon 1992-1993 Director View profile
  129. Jill Harden 1994 Director View profile
  130. Professor Martin K Jones 1995 Director View profile
  131. Ida Mary Manning 2000 Director View profile
  132. Dr William Hanson 1998 Director View profile
  133. Arnold, Christopher John, Doctor 1994 Director View profile
  134. Dr Graham Alexander Webster 2000 Director View profile
  135. Mark William Cory Hassall 2000 Director View profile
  136. Frances Lynch Llewellyn 1992 Director View profile
  137. Richard John Brewer 1997 Director View profile
  138. Caroline Powell 1994 Director View profile
  139. Josephine Pentney 1991 Director View profile
  140. Patricia Mary Wilkinson 2000 Director View profile
  141. Dr John Amyas Alexander 1993 Director View profile
  142. Dennis John Turner 2004 Director View profile
  143. Professor Philip Willis Dixon 1998 Director View profile
  144. Roger James Mercer 1994 Director View profile
  145. Stephen Richard Coleman 1993 Director View profile
  146. Michael Ponsford 1992 Director View profile
  147. Dr Stephen Bassett 1995 Director View profile
  148. Professor Alan Mark Pollard 1993 Director View profile
  149. Hugh Vernon Radcliffe 2000 Director View profile
  150. John Hawkes 1995 Director View profile
  151. Albert Charles Sparrow 2000 Director View profile
  152. John Gilbert Hurst 1992 Director View profile
  153. Huberta Robinson 1992 Director View profile
  154. John Brydie Stevenson 2000 Director View profile
  155. Ben Edwards 1993 Director View profile
  156. Henrietta Quinnell 1993 Director View profile
  157. Antony Charles Thomas 2000 Director View profile
  158. John Cottle 1992 Director View profile
  159. Beatrice Eileen De Cardi 2000 Director View profile
  160. Philip Catherall 1992 Director View profile
  161. Professor Peter Jon Fowler 2000 Director View profile
  162. Professor Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe 2000 Director View profile
  163. Kevin John Cale 1994 Director View profile
  164. Aj Lawson 1995 Director View profile
  165. Dr Michael Heyworth 2015-2020 Secretary View profile
  166. Peter Charles Olver 1996-2015 Secretary View profile
  167. Harriet Mary Gambles 1994-1995 Secretary View profile
  168. Harriet Mary Wilson 1993-1994 Secretary View profile
  169. Peter Anthony Marchant 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
10/10/1983
Also a registered charity
The Council for British Archaeology

Grants received

43 grants · £3,621,322 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,436,600 (10 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £724,552 (17 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £326,037 (8 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £86,583 (5 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £47,550 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £128,5002024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £45,1742024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £25,0002024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £7,0002024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £68,6492024-04-01
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.

12 directors on the board

2.3y median 2.4y
average tenure
4.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (10)

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.

Construction 2Education 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Professional services 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01760254
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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