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Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Ian Daniel RiceDirector · since 2025
- Dame Janet Helen ParaskevaDirector · since 2022
- Emma Louise Ham-RicheDirector · since 2020
- Dr Frederick Thomas Edward LangfordDirector · since 2019
- Mary MacleodDirector · since 2009
- James Anthony LakeDirector · since 2009
- Christine Mary AtkinsonDirector · since 2009
- The UK Interactive Entertainment Association LimitedCorporate-director · since 2009
- British Association for Screen EntertainmentCorporate-director · since 2009
- Entertainment Retailers AssociationCorporate-director · since 2009
- Iain David MusprattDirector
- Bethany LowrieSecretary · since 2020
Previous officers 94
- Natalie Frances Ellen Amosu 2017–2019 View profile
- Paul Bennun 2013–2017 View profile
- Nicole Claire Ward 2012–2013 View profile
- Harry Marsh 2010–2025 View profile
- Thomas Simon Williams Soffe 2009–2012 View profile
- Nicole Claire Styles 2009–2009 View profile
- Daniel John Gordon Davies 2006–2009 View profile
- Paul Stafford Jackson 2006–2009 View profile
- Keith James Coxon 2006–2009 View profile
- Anthony Joseph Leo Peet 2006–2009 View profile
- Baroness Gillian Patricia Shephard 2005–2014 View profile
- Gerry Hooper 2005–2008 View profile
- Steven Mcgunigel 2005–2009 View profile
- Charles Webster 2005–2019 View profile
- Michael John Elliott 2005–2006 View profile
- Thomas Murphy 2005–2006 View profile
- Mark Thompson 2004–2005 View profile
- Roger Guy Noel 2004–2009 View profile
- Barry Geoffrey Robinson 2004–2009 View profile
- Rachel Elizabeth Russell 2004–2005 View profile
- Helen Squire 2003–2005 View profile
- Kim Sarah Bayley 2003–2009 View profile
- Joseph Edward Cunningham 2003–2006 View profile
- Neil Boote 2003–2004 View profile
- Suresh Wasant Banarse 2002–2005 View profile
- Trevelyan Robert Cobb 2002–2009 View profile
- James Morton 2002–2006 View profile
- Anthony John Kane 2002–2002 View profile
- Andrew Mark Grant 2002–2003 View profile
- Helen Randles 2001–2003 View profile
- Michael John Rawlinson 2001–2009 View profile
- Warren Mason 2000–2004 View profile
- Mark Hindley Williamson 2000–2002 View profile
- Anthony Roland Brown 2000–2005 View profile
- Roy Charles Fossett 2000–2000 View profile
- Alexander James Ewart Sparks 2000–2006 View profile
- Judith Swales 2000–2001 View profile
- William Norman Gillies Smith 1999–2000 View profile
- Anthony Turnbull 1999–2001 View profile
- Heather Lawson 1999–2000 View profile
- Simon Nicholas Pook 1999–2002 View profile
- Marek Antoniak 1999–2003 View profile
- Paul Chesney 1999–2000 View profile
- Marlyce Townley 1999–2001 View profile
- Julie Mary Sneddon 1998–2006 View profile
- Robert Gordon William Milles 1998–2005 View profile
- Bryan Bevin 1998–1999 View profile
- Phillip Arthur Robinson 1997–1999 View profile
- Stephen Robert Jones 1997–2000 View profile
- Gary Ferguson 1997–1999 View profile
- David Mark Hollander 1997–2007 View profile
- Jonathan Beardsworth 1997–1999 View profile
- Joanna Scott-Dalgleish 1996–1998 View profile
- Matthew Cherry 1996–1997 View profile
- Colin Lionel Frey 1996–1997 View profile
- Roland Trevor Stokes 1996–2004 View profile
- Michael John Diprose 1996–1997 View profile
- Alan James Kilby 1996–1996 View profile
- Julia Symonds 1996–1999 View profile
- Stephen Graham Mold 1995–1996 View profile
- John Nigel Young 1995–1996 View profile
- Anthony John Lamont Brown 1995–1999 View profile
- John Andrew Valentine 1995–1996 View profile
- Mark Jonathan Charles Livingstone 1995–1998 View profile
- Maqbool Hussain Rasul 1995–1998 View profile
- Philip Andrew Jackson 1995–1997 View profile
- Nigel Travis 1994–1995 View profile
- Philip Alexander Parker 1994–1996 View profile
- Roger Charles Robert Hall 1994–2008 View profile
- Alasdair Mcdonald Ogilvie 1993–1997 View profile
- John Joseph Bickley 1993–1995 View profile
- Keith Raymond Hupfield 1993–1995 View profile
- Roger Walter George Bennett 1993–2006 View profile
- Anthony Christopher Knight 1993–2000 View profile
- Gerald Richard Geddis 1992–1994 View profile
- Geoffrey Spink 1992–2005 View profile
- Alan Hodson 1992–1993 View profile
- Thomas Patrick Toomey 1992–1996 View profile
- Christopher John Ash 1994 View profile
- Barry Raymond Wiles 1996 View profile
- Dilip Patel 1993 View profile
- Barrie Louis Gold 2008 View profile
- Richard Damian Gray 1999 View profile
- Stephen Thomas Moore 1995 View profile
- Beverley Ripley 1995 View profile
- Michael Charles Toll 1992 View profile
- Right Hon Lord Merlyn-Rees of Morley 2006 View profile
- Anthony Paul Luckman 1992 View profile
- Timothy John Forrester 1995 View profile
- Keith Simkins 2002 View profile
- Robert George Lewis 2003 View profile
- John Nelligan 1993 View profile
- Derek Mann 1992 View profile
- Laurence John Hall 2020 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 11/07/1989
- Registered office
- Stevenage
- Previous names
- The Video Standards Council (until 30/09/2024)
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.
8 directors on the board
- Dr Frederick Thomas Edward Langford Director · appointed 2019
- Iain David Muspratt Director
- Ian Daniel Rice Director · appointed 2025
- James Anthony Lake Director · appointed 2009
- Emma Louise Ham-Riche Director · appointed 2020
- Mary Macleod Director · appointed 2009
- Dame Janet Helen Paraskeva Director · appointed 2022
- Christine Mary Atkinson Director · appointed 2009
Directors past 6 years
- Dr Frederick Thomas Edward Langford Director · appointed 2019
- James Anthony Lake Director · appointed 2009
- Emma Louise Ham-Riche Director · appointed 2020
- Mary Macleod Director · appointed 2009
- Christine Mary Atkinson Director · appointed 2009
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Christine Mary Atkinson Director · appointed 2009
Portfolio (7)
- Dr Frederick Thomas Edward Langford Director · appointed 2019
- Iain David Muspratt Director
- Ian Daniel Rice Director · appointed 2025
- James Anthony Lake Director · appointed 2009
- Emma Louise Ham-Riche Director · appointed 2020
- Mary Macleod Director · appointed 2009
- Dame Janet Helen Paraskeva Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
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.
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
- 02402805
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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