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

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Previous officers 20

  1. Dr Lisa Socrates 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Mehrunissa Shah 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Joanna Theresa Brown 2018-2021 Director View profile
  4. Dr Sarah Elizabeth Barrow 2015-2018 Director View profile
  5. Anna Ettaline Sarchet 2015-2019 Director View profile
  6. David Brendon Sheppard 2013-2022 Director View profile
  7. Raymond Leslie Barker 2012-2018 Director View profile
  8. Elizabeth Jane Crump 2011-2021 Director View profile
  9. Anne Marie Turvey 2011-2021 Director View profile
  10. St.John James Starkie 2010-2014 Director View profile
  11. Professor David Dennis Buckingham 2009-2014 Director View profile
  12. Sue Ellis 2009-2018 Director View profile
  13. Helen Inez Hancock 2007-2008 Director View profile
  14. Dr Simon James Gibbons 2006-2011 Director View profile
  15. John Ronald Hickman 2002-2021 Director View profile
  16. Jane Ogborn 2013 Director View profile
  17. Jane Elizabeth Miller 2007 Director View profile
  18. Terence John Furlong 2002 Director View profile
  19. Sir Peter Newsam 2005 Director View profile
  20. Michael Simons 2014 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
02/02/1990
Also a registered charity
The English and Media Centre
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.

8 directors on the board

4.9y median 4.6y
average tenure
10.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

2
also govern a charity
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
02466244
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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