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Chawton House Library

Library activities

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 30

  1. Professor Fiona Stafford 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Professor Karen Elizabeth O'Brien 2018-2021 Director View profile
  3. Anthony Davis 2017-2019 Director View profile
  4. David Robert Stanley Pearson 2017-2018 Director View profile
  5. Catherine Bennett 2017-2018 Director View profile
  6. Rishi Bhattacharya 2017-2023 Director View profile
  7. Toni Shaw 2017-2017 Director View profile
  8. Christopher George Martin 2016-2017 Director View profile
  9. Professor Laurie Kaplan 2015-2017 Director View profile
  10. Professor Joan Ray 2014-2017 Director View profile
  11. Richard Ovenden 2013-2016 Director View profile
  12. Joyce Eileen Harrison 2009-2014 Director View profile
  13. Linda Jane Bree 2007-2018 Director View profile
  14. Reginald Philip Carr 2006-2012 Director View profile
  15. Professor Isobel Mary Grundy 1999-2014 Director View profile
  16. Nigel Craven Humphreys 1999-2007 Director View profile
  17. Gillian Vera Drummond 1999-2016 Director View profile
  18. Richard Edward Brodnax Knight 1995-2024 Director View profile
  19. Leonard Bosack 1993-2017 Director View profile
  20. Sandy Lerner 1993-2016 Director View profile
  21. Christopher Lee Kaufman 1993-1998 Director View profile
  22. Dr Gillian Elizabeth Dow 2014-2019 Secretary View profile
  23. Stephen Roy Lawrence 2008-2014 Secretary View profile
  24. Heather Shearer 2006-2008 Secretary View profile
  25. Graeme Robin Cottam 2000-2006 Secretary View profile
  26. Jane Elizabeth Alderson 1999-2004 Secretary View profile
  27. Adrian Thatcher 1999-1999 Secretary View profile
  28. Wendy Anne Thompson 1998-1999 Secretary View profile
  29. Susan Ann Maher 1995-1997 Secretary View profile
  30. Richard Stratton 1993-1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Library activities; Museums activities
Incorporated
03/09/1993
Registered office
Alton
Also a registered charity
Chawton House Library

Grants received

2 grants · £106,800 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £106,800 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £35,6002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £71,2002020-10-14
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.

9 directors on the board

4.8y median 3y
average tenure
9.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (5)

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.

Arts and leisure 2Business services 1Construction 1Education 1Health and social care 1Other services 1Property 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
02851718
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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