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The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Limited
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Who leads it
- Dr Will SmithDirector · since 2026
- Mairi Christine OliverDirector · since 2024
- Andrew HutchingsDirector · since 2024
- Isobel Jane CarlileDirector · since 2024
- Philip Steven GoodsonDirector · since 2023
- Debbie JamesDirector · since 2022
- Meryl Jane HallsDirector · since 2018
- Nicholas Robert BottomleyDirector · since 2016
- William PettingerDirector · since 2014
- Alexander De BerryDirector · since 2010
- Renata FormosoSecretary · since 2025
Previous officers 55
- Hazel Broadfoot 2020-2024 View profile
- Fleur Louise Sinclair 2020-2026 View profile
- Maria Gabriela Mcnally 2018-2020 View profile
- Andrew Keith Rossiter 2018-2022 View profile
- Lucy Rebecca Menendez 2016-2017 View profile
- Rosamund Margaret Elizabeth De La Hay 2015-2018 View profile
- Timothy Philip Walker 2014-2016 View profile
- Patrick John Neale 2012-2014 View profile
- Saleem Husain 2012-2015 View profile
- Philippa Mary Harrison 2011-2014 View profile
- Thomas Charles Catton 2010-2023 View profile
- Thomas Charles Catton 2010-2010 View profile
- Robert Jackson 2010-2012 View profile
- David Julian Brian Prescott 2010-2016 View profile
- William Edgar Foyle Samuel 2009-2024 View profile
- Philip John Downer 2009-2010 View profile
- Peter Fraser Tanner 2007-2024 View profile
- Philip David Wicks 2007-2009 View profile
- Stuart Thomas Mathews 2007-2010 View profile
- Joanne Marie Willetts 2006-2007 View profile
- Simon Allan Blacklock 2005-2007 View profile
- Timothy Jon Trigg 2004-2010 View profile
- Sheryl Shurville 2004-2007 View profile
- Paul Malcolm Henderson 2004-2005 View profile
- Peter Brian Donaldson 2004-2007 View profile
- Trevor Robert Ogilvie Goul-Wheeker 2003-2005 View profile
- Sheila Mary Wood 2003-2006 View profile
- Philip Basil Blackwell 2003-2007 View profile
- David Lawrence Roche 2003-2007 View profile
- Graham Martin Rand 2003-2009 View profile
- Jane Streeter 2003-2012 View profile
- William Taylor Campbell Anderson 2002-2011 View profile
- John Mcnamee 2002-2007 View profile
- Sally Ann Palmer 2002-2005 View profile
- Ron Stanley Johns 2002-2007 View profile
- Sharon Hiller Murray 2001-2010 View profile
- Catherine Ferrier 2001-2003 View profile
- Kristian Johannes Berggreen 2001-2007 View profile
- David O'Mahony 1999-2002 View profile
- Jonathan Charles Pakenham Chowen 1999-2003 View profile
- Christine Hanson 1999-2007 View profile
- John Cormode 1999-2001 View profile
- Malcolm Alec Ritchie Gibson 1999-2002 View profile
- Elizabeth Caroline Victoria Mcwatters 1999-2007 View profile
- Martin Grindley 1999-2002 View profile
- Gemma Mary Barry 1999-2003 View profile
- Colin James Marshall 1999-2007 View profile
- Susan Ann Butterworth 1999-2001 View profile
- Sonia Benster 1999-2003 View profile
- Timothy Edmund Godfray 1999-2019 View profile
- David William Taylor 1999-2004 View profile
- Brian George Worrall 1999-2001 View profile
- Maggie Kay 2018-2025 View profile
- Alison Mary Pinder 2009-2018 View profile
- John Patrick Parke 1999-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of business and employers membership organizations
- Incorporated
- 23/09/1999
- Registered office
- London
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Grants received
2 grants · £55,000 total360Giving 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 · £35,000
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £20,000
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
10 directors on the board
- Alexander De Berry Director · appointed 2010
- Nicholas Robert Bottomley Director · appointed 2016
- Debbie James Director · appointed 2022
- Meryl Jane Halls Director · appointed 2018
- Mairi Christine Oliver Director · appointed 2024
- Philip Steven Goodson Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Will Smith Director · appointed 2026
- Andrew Hutchings Director · appointed 2024
- Isobel Jane Carlile Director · appointed 2024
- William Pettinger Director · appointed 2014
Directors past 6 years
- Alexander De Berry Director · appointed 2010
- Nicholas Robert Bottomley Director · appointed 2016
- Meryl Jane Halls Director · appointed 2018
- William Pettinger Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Dr Will Smith Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (9)
- Alexander De Berry Director · appointed 2010
- Nicholas Robert Bottomley Director · appointed 2016
- Debbie James Director · appointed 2022
- Meryl Jane Halls Director · appointed 2018
- Mairi Christine Oliver Director · appointed 2024
- Philip Steven Goodson Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew Hutchings Director · appointed 2024
- Isobel Jane Carlile Director · appointed 2024
- William Pettinger Director · appointed 2014
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Fleur Louise Sinclair Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- 03849680
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 31/07/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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