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Company 07068088 Active
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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.
6 directors on the board
- Mark Adrian Towers Director · appointed 2009
- John Paul Austin Director · appointed 2009
- Carl Whistlecraft Director · appointed 2022
- Katherine O'Brien Harclerode Director · appointed 2025
- Susan Jane Biddle Director · appointed 2018
- Hall, Matthew William, Mr. Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Mark Adrian Towers Director · appointed 2009
- John Paul Austin Director · appointed 2009
- Susan Jane Biddle Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- John Paul Austin Director · appointed 2009
- Carl Whistlecraft Director · appointed 2022
- Katherine O'Brien Harclerode Director · appointed 2025
- Susan Jane Biddle Director · appointed 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Mark Adrian Towers Director · appointed 2009
- Hall, Matthew William, Mr. Director · appointed 2023
Left in the last 12 months
- Copus, Colin Michael, Professor Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Diane Sims Director · appointed 2024 · 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
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- The Investor Relations Society 1 shared director
- Local Governance Services Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 07068088 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 05/11/2009 |
| Address | 3RD FLOOR, 16 BLACK FRIARS LANE, LONDON, EC4V 6EB |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Officers (23)
- Katherine O'Brien Harclerode Director · appointed 2025
- Hall, Matthew William, Mr. Director · appointed 2023
- Mark Adrian Towers Secretary · appointed 2022
- Carl Whistlecraft Director · appointed 2022
- Susan Jane Biddle Director · appointed 2018
- Peter Andrew Sass Secretary · appointed 2015
- Mark Adrian Towers Director · appointed 2009
- John Paul Austin Director · appointed 2009
Show 15 former officers
- Diane Sims Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
- Michelle Beaumont Secretary · appointed 2020 · resigned 2021
- Priya Patel Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2022
- Priya Patel Secretary · appointed 2020 · resigned 2022
- Joanna Boaler Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2023
- Copus, Colin Michael, Professor Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Peter Robert Savage Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
- Peter Savage Secretary · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
- Wayne Chandai Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
- David Burn Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
- Laura Anne Latham Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2016
- John Quinton Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
- Thomas Van Der Hoven Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
- John Lynch Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2022
- Susan Patricia Keogh Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2018
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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