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Gladstone's Library

Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 53

  1. Sir David Nicholas Cannadine 2023–2025 Director View profile
  2. Virginia Davies 2023–2025 Director View profile
  3. Damian Leighton Barr 2023–2026 Director View profile
  4. Professor Linda Jane Pauline Woodhead 2015–2016 Director View profile
  5. Anthony William James Hall 2015–2022 Director View profile
  6. Elizabeth Anne Juliet Shield 2014–2016 Director View profile
  7. Caroline Mali Gladstone 2014–2016 Director View profile
  8. Stella Frances Duffy 2014–2016 Director View profile
  9. Professor Julie Elizabeth Smith 2014–2016 Director View profile
  10. Percy, Martyn, the Very Revd Canon Prof 2013–2016 Director View profile
  11. Philip Sykes 2013–2016 Director View profile
  12. Freddie Baveystock 2013–2016 Director View profile
  13. Julie Tina Booth 2013–2014 Director View profile
  14. Alison Joy Henshaw 2012–2022 Director View profile
  15. Patrick Sibley Jan Derham 2011–2016 Director View profile
  16. Professor Sir David Nicholas Cannadine 2011–2016 Director View profile
  17. Maxine Melling 2011–2013 Director View profile
  18. Zia Uddin Chaudhry 2011–2016 Director View profile
  19. Professor Richard James Aldous 2009–2010 Director View profile
  20. Avril Helen Robarts 2008–2015 Director View profile
  21. Richard Alan Kelsey Hoppins 2006–2019 Director View profile
  22. Prof Thomas Caton Ormerod 2005–2012 Director View profile
  23. William Rhidian Morris Griffiths 2005–2008 Director View profile
  24. Lloyd Daniel Gilman Grossman 2003–2007 Director View profile
  25. Revd Professor Leslie John Francis 2002–2011 Director View profile
  26. Juliet Anne Blows 2000–2010 Director View profile
  27. William Francis Edward Hall 2000–2015 Director View profile
  28. Robert Nicolas Gladstone 2000–2011 Director View profile
  29. Kenyon, Lloyd, Councillor 2000–2011 Director View profile
  30. Bracegirdle, Cynthia Wendy Mary, the Reverend Canon 2000–2010 Director View profile
  31. Right Reverend Rowan Douglas Williams 2000–2003 Director View profile
  32. Rt Rev Dr Peter Robert Forster 1998–2009 Director View profile
  33. Mervyn Hugh Phillips 1997–2005 Director View profile
  34. Professor Michael David Wheeler 1994–2019 Director View profile
  35. Dr John Lionel Madden 1994–2009 Director View profile
  36. Christopher John Hunt 1993–2004 Director View profile
  37. Thomas Bruce Bickerton 2000 Director View profile
  38. Christopher Henry Woodbine Parish 2010 Director View profile
  39. Professor Arthur David Mills 2009 Director View profile
  40. Davies, Thomas Philip, the Reverend Canon 1992 Director View profile
  41. Professor Kenneth Owen Morgan 1997 Director View profile
  42. Dr Brynley Francis Roberts 1994 Director View profile
  43. Most Reverend Alwyn Rice Jones 1999 Director View profile
  44. Professor Glynne William Gladstone Wickham 2001 Director View profile
  45. John Brian Elphick 2006 Director View profile
  46. Right Reverend Alan David Chesters 1999 Director View profile
  47. Preston, Ronald Haydn, Rev Canon Professor 1993 Director View profile
  48. Frederick William Ratcliffe 1999 Director View profile
  49. Michael Richard Daniell Foot 2000 Director View profile
  50. Sir Erskine William Gladstone 2000 Director View profile
  51. Owain Llyr Williams 2022–2022 Secretary View profile
  52. Reverend Peter Brereton Francis 1997–2022 Secretary View profile
  53. Peter John Jagger 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
21/03/1989
Also a registered charity
Gladstone's Library
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.

9 directors on the board

6.1y median 4y
average tenure
15.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (7)

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.

Professional services 5Arts and leisure 4Education 3Other services 2Agriculture 1Business services 1Construction 1Finance 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
02363642
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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