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

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Previous officers 51

  1. Jonathan Paul Johnson 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Lisa Peter 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Dr Anna Mairead Fleming 2019-2024 Director View profile
  4. Johanna Goode 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Professor Sir Drummond James Bone 2017-2026 Director View profile
  6. Professor Fiona Ruth Sampson 2013-2016 Director View profile
  7. David Michael Heal 2013-2025 Director View profile
  8. Dr Lynn Barbara Shepherd 2013-2018 Director View profile
  9. Judith Helen Cooke 2013-2025 Director View profile
  10. Charles Adam Laurie Sebag-Montefiore 2013-2018 Director View profile
  11. Professor Nicholas Hugh Roe 2011-2017 Director View profile
  12. Mary Chuck 2010-2022 Director View profile
  13. Diana Ruth Matthews 2009-2021 Director View profile
  14. Eileen Rebecca Ainscough 2008-2016 Director View profile
  15. Dr Lucy Peltz 2008-2021 Director View profile
  16. Jennifer Sheila Uglow 2007-2021 Director View profile
  17. Lucasta Frances Elizabeth Miller 2006-2009 Director View profile
  18. Pamela Shirley Woof 2005-2007 Director View profile
  19. Dr David Wilson 2004-2006 Director View profile
  20. John Spencer Collier 2003-2019 Director View profile
  21. Dr Seamus Perry 2002-2018 Director View profile
  22. Penelope Hughes Hallett 2002-2007 Director View profile
  23. Claire Tomalin 2001-2002 Director View profile
  24. Linda Kelly 2001-2007 Director View profile
  25. Rt Hon Lord Of Finsbury Pc Smith 2001-2017 Director View profile
  26. Charles Timothy Sturgis 2000-2010 Director View profile
  27. Stewart Charles Hamilton Douglas-Mann 2000-2007 Director View profile
  28. Richard Delbridge 2000-2007 Director View profile
  29. Sir John Dixon Ikle Boyd 2000-2013 Director View profile
  30. Professor Grevel Charles Garrett Lindop 1997-2001 Director View profile
  31. Rt Hon Lord Cecil Edward Parkinson 1997-2002 Director View profile
  32. Peter Jubb 1997-2001 Director View profile
  33. Lord Melvyn Bragg 1997-2001 Director View profile
  34. Sir Geoffrey Bindman 1997-2013 Director View profile
  35. Ronald Vladimir Gorlin 1997-2001 Director View profile
  36. John Francis Kerrigan 1997-2001 Director View profile
  37. Lady Anne Camilla Eveline Nevill 1997-2001 Director View profile
  38. Sir Henry Brooke 1997-2001 Director View profile
  39. James Allan Nightingale 1997-1999 Director View profile
  40. Oliver Turnbull 1997-2001 Director View profile
  41. Iain Stuart Bain 1997-2001 Director View profile
  42. John Murdoch 1997-2002 Director View profile
  43. Sir William Eric Kinloch Anderson 1997-1998 Director View profile
  44. Laurence Harwood OBE 1997-2013 Director View profile
  45. Professor Stephen Charles Gill 1997-2013 Director View profile
  46. John Henry Fryer-Spedding 1997-2001 Director View profile
  47. Jonathan Fletcher Wordsworth 1997-2002 Director View profile
  48. Amanda Jane Pickup 2016-2023 Secretary View profile
  49. Adrian John Cowl 2007-2016 Secretary View profile
  50. Charles Anthony Waddington 2005-2007 Secretary View profile
  51. Dr Robert Samuel Woof 1997-2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
30/09/1997
Also a registered charity
The Wordsworth Trust

Grants received

10 grants · £8,642,823 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £8,158,200 (7 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £484,623 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £89,2002023-11-02
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £121,1302021-10-22
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £242,3552020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £121,1382020-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £5,133,8002016-01-19

Contracts awarded

1 contract · £60,000 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

  • Unknown supplier · £60,000

Most recent

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.

12 directors on the board

3.8y median 4.2y
average tenure
7.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

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 2Professional services 2Education 1Retail and trade 1Tech and media 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
03442086
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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