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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 40

  1. Dr Simon Christopher Smith 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Mark Thornton Burnett 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. Susannah Joan Best 2019-2025 Director View profile
  4. Philip Charles Bowen 2019-2025 Director View profile
  5. Professor Lisa Hopkins 2018-2024 Director View profile
  6. Dr Eleanor Katharine Rycroft 2017-2022 Director View profile
  7. Helen Mears 2017-2020 Director View profile
  8. Dr Helen Tracy Irish 2017-2019 Director View profile
  9. Dr Brett Danie Greatley-Hirsch 2017-2021 Director View profile
  10. Dr Elizabeth Louise Glyn 2016-2021 Director View profile
  11. Karen Joan Eckersall 2016-2022 Director View profile
  12. Christopher Edward John Green 2016-2024 Director View profile
  13. Professor Marion Ward 2014-2019 Director View profile
  14. Dr Susan Anderson 2014-2019 Director View profile
  15. James Harriman-Smith 2014-2018 Director View profile
  16. Professor Alison Findlay 2014-2022 Director View profile
  17. Dr Paul Prescott 2011-2018 Director View profile
  18. Dr Peter Philip Kirwan 2011-2017 Director View profile
  19. Dr Sarah Elizabeth Jowett 2011-2017 Director View profile
  20. Andrew William Jarvis 2011-2017 Director View profile
  21. Dr Ramona Wray 2011-2017 Director View profile
  22. Liisa Ann Milada Spinks 2011-2011 Director View profile
  23. Dr Erin Sullivan 2011-2017 Director View profile
  24. Dr Gabriel Egan 2011-2018 Director View profile
  25. Benjamin William Spiller 2011-2011 Director View profile
  26. Dr Peter Smith 2011-2017 Director View profile
  27. Professor Stuart Hampton-Reeves 2009-2017 Director View profile
  28. Margaret Anna Buckham Bartley 2008-2009 Director View profile
  29. Dr Andrew Hiscock 2008-2014 Director View profile
  30. Dr Sonia Na Massai 2008-2010 Director View profile
  31. Professor Kathleen Elizabeth Mcluskie 2007-2010 Director View profile
  32. Dr James Edward Stredder 2007-2011 Director View profile
  33. Ian Robert Martin 2007-2011 Director View profile
  34. Dr Abigail Rokison 2007-2010 Director View profile
  35. Dr Kathryn Prince 2007-2008 Director View profile
  36. Professor Emma Lucy Elizabeth Rees 2007-2008 Director View profile
  37. Professor John Drakakis 2007-2014 Director View profile
  38. Professor John Joseph Joughin 2007-2011 Director View profile
  39. Felicity Jones 2009-2020 Secretary View profile
  40. Susan Robin Balerdi Ronald 2007-2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
05/12/2007
Also a registered charity
The British Shakespeare Association
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.

15 directors on the board

4.9y median 3.7y
average tenure
13.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (14)

Portfolio (1)

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.

Property 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.

Gaps to watch

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

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
06446230
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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