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The Society for Nautical Research

Company 02848095 Active

Registered charity: Society for Nautical Research

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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.

15
directors on the board
3.7y median 3.1y
average tenure
7.1y
longest tenure
1
directors past 6 years
13 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
5
also govern a charity
0
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.

Education 1

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Gaps to watch

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

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Company details

Number02848095
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated26/08/1993
Address6TH FLOOR, 9 APPOLD STREET, LONDON, EC2A 2AP
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (118)

  • Parker, Katherine, Dr. Director · appointed 2025
  • Hewitt, Nick Director · appointed 2025
  • Stockton, Hannah Melissa Director · appointed 2024
  • Bugden, Paul Michael Director · appointed 2024
  • Jowitt, Claire, Professor Director · appointed 2023
  • Heaslip, Matthew, Dr Director · appointed 2023
  • Fisher, Stephen Director · appointed 2023
  • Barton, Mark Secretary · appointed 2023
  • Cunliffe, Hannah Director · appointed 2023
  • Nudd, Derek Victor Director · appointed 2022
  • Telfer, Alison Averil Director · appointed 2022
  • Scheybeler, Catherine Director · appointed 2021
  • Jamieson, Kate Director · appointed 2021
  • King, Peter Henry, Captain Director · appointed 2020
  • Davies, John David, Dr Director · appointed 2020
  • Brandon, Christopher John Director · appointed 2019
  • Ball, Nick Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
  • Michell, Jeremy Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2024
  • Barton, Mark, Commander Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
  • Bligh, Stuart Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2021
  • Campbell, Lorna Mary Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
  • Roach, Alistair Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2023
  • Mcmurray, Henry Campbell Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2021
  • Mcleod, Anne Byrne, Dr. Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
  • Bateman, Richard Montague Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2021
  • Hughes, Paul, Capt. Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
  • Pulvertaft, David Martin, Rear Admiral Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2020
  • Bellamy, Martin John, Dr Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
  • Heighton, Martin John Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
  • Holt, Christopher Paul, Dr Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2023
  • Sutcliffe, Raymond Ernest Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
  • Reay, John Malcolm Justin Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2017
  • Davey, James, Dr Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2023
  • Eaton, Kenneth John, Admiral Sir Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2020
  • Pearce, Cathryn Jean, Dr Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2021
  • Sheldon, Matthew Patrick Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2014
  • Jones, Barbara Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Llewellyn-Jones, Malcolm, Dr Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
  • Clement, David Brian Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
  • Ashley, Peter Robert Charles, Lt Cdr Rn Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
  • Brodhurst, Robin Hugh Aliham Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
  • Murphy, Hugh, Dr Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Prescott, Robert George Whitelock Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Knox-Johnston, Robin Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Grey, Ralph James Michael Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
  • Hobbs, David Andrew, Commander Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
  • Cook, Andrew Stanley, Dr Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
  • Wraight, Jennifer Mary Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2011
  • DOE, Helen Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
  • Brady, Mark Rowland, Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2010
  • Robinson, John Corin Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
  • Coats, Ann Veronica, Dr. Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2022
  • Winterbottom, Peter Debenham Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
  • Bingeman, John Mervyn, Commander Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
  • Riley, Stephen Michael Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2008
  • Ritchie, Lionel Alexander Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2008
  • Dunn, Emma Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2004
  • Wilson, Barry Nigel, Sir Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2007
  • Thomson, Peter Alexander Bremner Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2007
  • Gardiner, Robert John Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
  • Johnman, Lewis, Dr Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
  • Lavery, Brian Borthwick Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
  • Brown, David Keith Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
  • Hore, Peter Geoffrey Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2010
  • Channon, Richard Francis Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
  • Lincoln, Margarette Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2004
  • Owen, Christopher Hugh Hely, Captain Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2004
  • Verity, Liza Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2004
  • Page, David Malyon Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2004
  • Crimmin, Patricia Kathleen Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
  • Pearsall, Alan William Halliday Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2006
  • Hughes, Gillian Mary Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
  • Palmer, Sarah Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
  • Parry, Roger Henry, Captin Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2002
  • Howarth, Stephen William Russell Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
  • Aberg, Frederick Alan Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2013
  • Williams, David Malcolm Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
  • Harding, Richard Henry, Professor Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2011
  • Starkey, David John, Doctor Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
  • Garvey, Michael Peter Jack Former Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 2012
  • Marsden, Peter Richard Valentine Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
  • Tapper, Michael John Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
  • Lambert, Andrew David, Professor Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
  • Deacon, Margaret Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
  • Nash, Peter Victor, Dr Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2024
  • Gardner, William John Reid Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2000
  • Tibbles, Anthony John Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
  • Grove, Eric John Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2013
  • Harris, Roy Edgar George Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
  • Fenwick, Valerie Howard Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
  • Nockolds, Susanna Lindsay Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
  • Lewin, Terence Thornton, the Lord Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
  • White, Colin Saunders Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
  • Stammers, Michael Kingsley Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
  • Watt, James, Sir Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
  • Sainsbury, Anthony Birch, Captain Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2006
  • David, Andrew Cattwg Francis, Lieutenant Commander Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
  • Credland, Arthur Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
  • Campbell, Eila Muriel Joice, Professor Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
  • Lyon, David John Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997

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