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

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Previous officers 34

  1. Professor Matthew James Kelly 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Dr Su Lin Lewis 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Professor Gary Gerstle 2021-2024 Director View profile
  4. Prof John Hugh Arnold 2019-2025 Director View profile
  5. Professor Patricia Clavin 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Prof Michael Jonathan Braddick 2019-2021 Director View profile
  7. Professor Alexandra Jane Shepard 2017-2018 Director View profile
  8. Paul Betts 2017-2018 Director View profile
  9. Dr Selina Todd 2016-2017 Director View profile
  10. Professor Colin David Hugh Jones 2016-2017 Director View profile
  11. Professor Christopher John Wickham 2013-2021 Director View profile
  12. Professor Michael Jonathan Braddick 2011-2012 Director View profile
  13. Professor Shantashil Rajyeswar Mitter 2010-2021 Director View profile
  14. Professor Rana Mitter 2010-2010 Director View profile
  15. Dr Ruth Harris 2006-2019 Director View profile
  16. Stephen Anthony Smith 2002-2009 Director View profile
  17. Professor Judith Eleanor Herrin 2001-2013 Director View profile
  18. Professor Sir David Nicholas Cannadine 2000-2019 Director View profile
  19. Dame Janet Laughland Nelson 1999-2002 Director View profile
  20. Professor Robert Fitzroy Foster 1997-2001 Director View profile
  21. Sherratt, Andrew George, Doctor 1997-2006 Director View profile
  22. Harris, Ruth, Doctor 1997-1999 Director View profile
  23. Dr Paul Alexander Slack 1996-2013 Director View profile
  24. Professor Alan Knight 1995-1999 Director View profile
  25. Joanna Mary Innes 1995-2024 Director View profile
  26. Professor Peter Roderick Coss 1994-2016 Director View profile
  27. Professor Terence Osborn Ranger 1997 Director View profile
  28. Joan Thirsk 1992 Director View profile
  29. Professor John Huxtable Elliott 2000 Director View profile
  30. Sir Keith Vivian Thomas 1996 Director View profile
  31. Professor John Antony Bossy 1997 Director View profile
  32. Professor Matthew Hilton 2022-2024 Secretary View profile
  33. Professor Stephen Anthony Smith 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  34. Dr Christopher John Wickham 1992-2009 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
17/08/1989
Also a registered charity
The Past and Present Society
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

6.8y median 5y
average tenure
17.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

0
left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02414260
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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