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The Prayer Book Society
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Kershaw, Johanna, the Rev'D DrDirector · since 2025
- Swyer, Rebecca Jane, the Reverend CanonDirector · since 2021
- Reverend Adam GauntDirector · since 2020
- Christopher Michael Jefferies HancockDirector · since 2020
- Bradley Francis SmithDirector · since 2020
- Jonathan David RidingDirector · since 2019
- Iain Richard Johnson MilneDirector · since 2017
- Revd Dr Daniel Robert NewmanDirector · since 2016
- Revd Dr Stephen EdmondsDirector · since 2016
- Paul Jonathan MeitnerDirector · since 2011
Previous officers 49
- Kuin Lawton, Theresa Helena Nancy, the Reverend Canon Dr 2021-2025 View profile
- Kathryn Ann King 2020-2021 View profile
- Fiona Rita Anne Rosen 2020-2026 View profile
- David Anthony Richardson 2018-2021 View profile
- Roberts, Cyril, the Revd Canon 2015-2020 View profile
- Richard Denys Wilkinson 2015-2020 View profile
- Revd Andrew Simon Montgomerie 2015-2017 View profile
- Rev David Anthony Harris 2013-2019 View profile
- Ashley John Perraton-Williams 2013-2016 View profile
- Revd Lars Fredrik Nowen 2012-2013 View profile
- Reverend Robert Anthony Desics 2010-2015 View profile
- Revd Richard Dunstan Hoyal 2010-2016 View profile
- Reverend John William Masding 2009-2015 View profile
- Ian Clive Robinson 2008-2011 View profile
- Rev Dr Roger Thomas Beckwith 2008-2011 View profile
- John Rupert Scrivener 2007-2020 View profile
- Woods, Eric John, the Reverend Canon 2007-2009 View profile
- Reverend Carl Fredrick Arvidsson 2007-2009 View profile
- Christopher Hyder 2007-2012 View profile
- Peter Alan Hardingham 2007-2020 View profile
- Revd Karl Andrzej Przywala 2007-2013 View profile
- Revd Derek Arthur Hailes 2007-2008 View profile
- Revd Neil Sydney Patterson 2006-2010 View profile
- Nicholas Charles Noel Hurst 2006-2020 View profile
- Rita Packe Drury Lowe 2006-2006 View profile
- Rt Revd Paul Richard Thomas 2006-2016 View profile
- Christopher Jonathan Edward Jefferies 2006-2006 View profile
- Philip Peter Corbett 2006-2007 View profile
- Philip Gore 2006-2007 View profile
- John Francis Yaxley 2005-2006 View profile
- Hall, Christopher Roxby, Doctor 2005-2007 View profile
- Ian Edward Woodhead 2003-2006 View profile
- Stephen James Evans 2003-2014 View profile
- Roger Kenneth Evans 2003-2006 View profile
- Nicholas Edwin Bradbury 2003-2006 View profile
- John Mckinlay Service 2003-2005 View profile
- Charles William Farrow 2003-2004 View profile
- Stephen George Paxton 2003-2005 View profile
- Reverend Paul Richard Thomas 2003-2006 View profile
- Prudence Mary Prior Dailey 2003-2020 View profile
- Peter Michael Bolton 2003-2006 View profile
- Ian Kenneth Lang 2003-2005 View profile
- Reverend Professor Raymond Chapman 2003-2005 View profile
- John Ryder Wimpress 2003-2018 View profile
- John Patrick Martin 2003-2006 View profile
- Hilary Margaret Rudge 2011-2020 View profile
- Peter Alan Hardingham 2010-2011 View profile
- Nicola Mary Sales 2005-2010 View profile
- Ann Margaret Pointer 2003-2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 04/06/2003
- Also a registered charity
- The Prayer Book Society
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Prayer Book Society 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.
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
- Swyer, Rebecca Jane, the Reverend Canon Director · appointed 2021
- Revd Dr Daniel Robert Newman Director · appointed 2016
- Reverend Adam Gaunt Director · appointed 2020
- Jonathan David Riding Director · appointed 2019
- Revd Dr Stephen Edmonds Director · appointed 2016
- Kershaw, Johanna, the Rev'D Dr Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Jonathan Meitner Director · appointed 2011
- Christopher Michael Jefferies Hancock Director · appointed 2020
- Iain Richard Johnson Milne Director · appointed 2017
- Bradley Francis Smith Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Revd Dr Daniel Robert Newman Director · appointed 2016
- Reverend Adam Gaunt Director · appointed 2020
- Jonathan David Riding Director · appointed 2019
- Revd Dr Stephen Edmonds Director · appointed 2016
- Paul Jonathan Meitner Director · appointed 2011
- Christopher Michael Jefferies Hancock Director · appointed 2020
- Iain Richard Johnson Milne Director · appointed 2017
- Bradley Francis Smith Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Swyer, Rebecca Jane, the Reverend Canon Director · appointed 2021
- Revd Dr Daniel Robert Newman Director · appointed 2016
- Reverend Adam Gaunt Director · appointed 2020
- Jonathan David Riding Director · appointed 2019
- Revd Dr Stephen Edmonds Director · appointed 2016
- Kershaw, Johanna, the Rev'D Dr Director · appointed 2025
- Iain Richard Johnson Milne Director · appointed 2017
- Bradley Francis Smith Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Paul Jonathan Meitner Director · appointed 2011
- Christopher Michael Jefferies Hancock Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
- Reverend Adam Gaunt Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation, Together Middlesbrough and Cleveland
- Revd Dr Stephen Edmonds The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wimbledon
- Paul Jonathan Meitner The Levantine Foundation, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity With ALL Saints, South Kensington
- Bradley Francis Smith The Friends of Aldingbourne, Barnham and Eastergate Churches
Left in the last 12 months
- Fiona Rita Anne Rosen 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04786973
- 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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