Oriental Ceramic Society(the)

Active00306924 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
11 November 1935 (90 years)
Industry
Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c. (94990)
Directors
Katharine Sophia Butler
Ivy Yi Yan Chan
Jan Emile De Bruijn
Controlled by
Ann Elizabeth Gardiner
Sarah-Ann Kah Wai Wong
Ian Jeremy Gaunt
Accounts type
Total exemption full
Region
Greater London
Address
The Society Of Antiquaries
Burlington House
Piccadilly
W1J 0BE

Filing status

Accounts due
30 June 2027
Last accounts
30 September 2025
Conf. stmt due
12 July 2027
Last conf. stmt
28 June 2026

Officers 18 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Butler, Katharine Sophia
Director · Appointed 3 June 2026
British
Born November 1967
Chan, Ivy Yi Yan, Dr.
Director · Appointed 3 June 2026
British
Born January 1988 (38)
De Bruijn, Jan Emile
Director · Appointed 3 June 2026
Dutch
Born November 1970
Priestley, David Martin
Director · Appointed 3 June 2026
British
Born January 1962 (64)
Glaister, Helen, Dr
Director · Appointed 10 June 2025
British
Born March 1969 (57)
Salzberg, Brian Matthew, Professor
Director · Appointed 10 June 2025
American
Born September 1942 (84)
Winskill, Helen Elizabeth
Secretary · Appointed 8 April 2025
Director · Appointed 11 June 2024
British
Born December 1959 (66)
Director · Appointed 11 June 2024
British
Born February 1965 (61)
Lin, Cheng-Sheng, Dr
Director · Appointed 11 June 2024
British,Taiwanese
Born April 1965 (61)
Director · Appointed 15 June 2021
Also at Maritime London Limited, 61 Cadogan Square (Freehold) Limited
British
Born May 1951 (75)
Director · Appointed 8 December 2020
Also at The Museum of East Asian Art
British
Born June 1948 (78)
Li, Xiaoxin, Ms.
Director · Appointed 11 June 2019
Chinese
Born July 1986 (40)
Canepa, Maria Teresa, Mrs.
Director · Appointed 6 June 2018
Chilean
Born June 1964 (62)
Gardiner, Ann Elizabeth
Director · Appointed 6 June 2018
British
Born February 1964 (62)
Director · Appointed 14 June 2017
Also at Irish Landmark Trust Limited - the
Irish
Born December 1971 (54)
Director · Appointed 14 June 2017
Also at Eskenazi Limited
British
Born August 1963 (63)
Director · Appointed 18 June 2003
British
Born March 1965 (61)
Officer history (143 former)
3 June 2026
Resigned Jacotine, Clive Ivan as Director
3 June 2026
Appointed Chan, Ivy Yi Yan, Dr. as Director
3 June 2026
Appointed De Bruijn, Jan Emile as Director
3 June 2026
Appointed Priestley, David Martin as Director
3 June 2026
Resigned Williamson, Alice as Director
3 June 2026
Resigned Hyman, Asaph as Director
3 June 2026
Resigned Balmer, Stuart Duncan as Director
3 June 2026
Resigned Hunt, Kate as Director
3 June 2026
Appointed Butler, Katharine Sophia as Director
25 June 2025
Resigned Ip, Alan Henrik Luke, Mr. as Secretary
10 June 2025
Resigned Mcneill, Malcolm, Dr as Director
10 June 2025
Resigned Bradlow, Robert Anthony as Director
10 June 2025
Appointed Glaister, Helen, Dr as Director
10 June 2025
Resigned Chan, Ivy Yi Yan, Dr as Director
10 June 2025
Appointed Salzberg, Brian Matthew, Professor as Director
8 April 2025
Appointed Winskill, Helen Elizabeth as Secretary
12 March 2025
Appointed Hunt, Kate as Director
3 January 2025
Resigned Pierson, Stacey, Dr as Director
11 June 2024
Appointed Howard-Sneyd, Henry Lyulph as Director
11 June 2024
Resigned Mcateer, Angela as Director
11 June 2024
Appointed Gibson, Melanie Jane, Dr as Director
11 June 2024
Resigned Butler, Katharine Sophia as Director
11 June 2024
Resigned Moás, Ana Cardoso Maia as Director
11 June 2024
Appointed Lin, Cheng-Sheng, Dr as Director
14 June 2023
Resigned Hodges, Catherine as Director
13 June 2023
Appointed Balmer, Stuart Duncan as Director
13 June 2023
Appointed Hyman, Asaph as Director
13 June 2023
Appointed Williamson, Alice as Director
13 June 2023
14 June 2022
Resigned Howard-Sneyd, Henry, Mr. as Director
14 June 2022
Resigned Hyman, Asaph as Director
14 June 2022
Appointed Chan, Ivy Yi Yan, Dr as Director
14 June 2022
Appointed Mcneill, Malcolm, Dr as Director
14 June 2022
Appointed Bradlow, Robert Anthony as Director
14 June 2022
Resigned Buck, Elaine, Dr. as Director
15 June 2021
Appointed Gaunt, Ian Jeremy as Director
15 June 2021
Appointed Moás, Ana Cardoso Maia as Director
15 June 2021
Resigned Van Noord, Willemijnne Jeltje La Veme as Director
15 June 2021
15 June 2021
Appointed Butler, Katharine Sophia as Director
15 June 2021
Appointed Hodges, Catherine as Director
15 June 2021
Resigned Mcneill, Malcolm, Dr as Director
15 June 2021
Resigned White, Peter Richard, Mr. as Director
15 June 2021
Resigned Balmer, Stuart Duncan, Mr. as Director
31 May 2021
Resigned Painter, Mary Lynn as Secretary
4 January 2021
Appointed Ip, Alan Henrik Luke, Mr. as Secretary
8 December 2020
Appointed Scott, Rosemary Elspeth as Director
11 June 2019
Appointed Li, Xiaoxin, Ms. as Director
11 June 2019
Resigned Hart, Vaughan, Professor (Dr.) as Director
11 June 2019
Appointed Howard-Sneyd, Henry, Mr. as Director
11 June 2019
Appointed Buck, Elaine, Dr. as Director
11 June 2019
Resigned Wilson, Ming as Director
6 June 2018
Appointed Jacotine, Clive Ivan as Director
6 June 2018
Appointed Canepa, Maria Teresa, Mrs. as Director
6 June 2018
Appointed Mckillop, Elizabeth Dorothy, Mrs. as Director
6 June 2018
Appointed Gardiner, Ann Elizabeth as Director
6 June 2018
Resigned Coolidge, Nicole Rousmaniere, Professor as Director
14 June 2017
Resigned Li, Baoping, Dr. as Director
14 June 2017
Appointed Wong, Sarah-Ann Kah Wai as Director
14 June 2017
Resigned Ginsberg, Mary Sue, Ms. as Director
14 June 2017
Appointed Canty, David as Director
14 June 2017
Appointed Mcneill, Malcolm, Dr as Director
14 June 2017
Resigned Redfern, Mary Anne as Director
14 June 2017
Appointed Hyman, Asaph as Director
14 June 2017
Resigned Stronge, Susan Elaine, Mrs. as Director
14 June 2017
Appointed Balmer, Stuart Duncan, Mr. as Director
14 June 2017
Resigned Buck, Elaine, Dr. as Director
15 June 2016
Resigned Mcpherson, Robert, Mr. as Director
15 June 2016
Resigned Jellinek, Dominic Peter, Mr. as Director
15 June 2016
16 June 2015
Resigned Wood, Nigel David, Professor as Director
16 June 2015
Appointed Coolidge, Nicole Rousmaniere, Professor as Director
16 June 2015
Resigned Krahl, Regina, Mrs. as Director
18 June 2014
Appointed Hart, Vaughan, Professor (Dr.) as Director
18 June 2014
Appointed Buck, Elaine, Dr. as Director
18 June 2014
Appointed Van Noord, Willemijnne Jeltje La Veme as Director
18 June 2014
Resigned Allen, Phillip Nathan as Director
18 June 2014
Appointed Stronge, Susan Elaine, Mrs. as Director
18 June 2014
Appointed Redfern, Mary Anne as Director
18 June 2014
Resigned Newnham, Katherine Frances as Director
18 June 2014
Appointed Ginsberg, Mary Sue, Ms. as Director
18 June 2014
Resigned Gibson, Melanie Jane, Dr as Director
18 June 2014
Appointed Li, Baoping, Dr. as Director
18 June 2014
Resigned Lightfoot, Sonia, Mrs. as Director
18 June 2014
18 June 2014
Resigned Michaelson, Carol Jeanne, Mrs. as Director
19 June 2013
Appointed Jellinek, Dominic Peter, Mr. as Director
19 June 2013
Resigned Sheaf, Colin David as Director
19 June 2013
Appointed Chiang, Nicole Ter-Chuang, Doctor as Director
19 June 2013
Resigned Curtis, Julia B as Director
19 June 2013
19 June 2013
Appointed Mcateer, Angela as Director
19 June 2013
Resigned Wang, Mei Xin, Ms. as Director
19 June 2013
Resigned Mengoni, Luisa, Ms. as Director
6 June 2012
Resigned Vainker, Shelagh Jane, Mrs. as Director
6 June 2012
Appointed Wood, Nigel David, Professor as Director
15 June 2011
Resigned Bradlow, Robert Anthony as Director
15 June 2011
Appointed Lightfoot, Sonia, Mrs. as Director
15 June 2011
Resigned Lee, Michel Doug as Director
15 June 2011
Appointed Gibson, Melanie Jane, Dr as Director
15 June 2011
15 June 2011
Resigned Rosser-Owen, Mariam, Dr as Director
15 June 2011
Appointed Michaelson, Carol Jeanne, Mrs. as Director
15 June 2011
Appointed Newnham, Katherine Frances as Director
15 June 2011
Resigned Pollard, Clare, Dr as Director
15 June 2011
Appointed Mcpherson, Robert, Mr. as Director
16 June 2010
Resigned Beecher, Cyril as Director
16 June 2010
Appointed Krahl, Regina, Mrs. as Director
16 June 2010
Appointed Mengoni, Luisa, Ms. as Director
16 June 2010
Resigned Mckillop, Euzabeth as Director
16 June 2010
Resigned Ezekiel, David Richard Simon as Director
16 June 2010
Resigned Manginis, George as Director
16 June 2010
Appointed Wang, Mei Xin, Ms. as Director
16 June 2010
Resigned Battie, David as Director
16 June 2010
Appointed Sheaf, Colin David as Director
9 December 2009
Appointed White, Peter Richard, Mr. as Director
10 November 2009
Resigned Lang, Charles Anthony Gordon as Director
3 July 2009
Resigned White, Peter Richard, Mr. as Director
17 June 2009
Appointed Vainker, Shelagh Jane, Mrs. as Director
17 June 2009
Resigned Wood, Elisabeth Frances, Dr as Director
17 June 2009
Resigned Scott, Rosemary Elspeth as Director
19 June 2008
Resigned White, Mary Angela as Director
19 June 2008
Resigned Faulkner, Rupert Frederk John, Dr as Director
19 June 2008
Appointed Lang, Charles Anthony Gordon as Director
19 June 2008
Appointed Bradlow, Robert Anthony as Director
19 June 2008
Appointed Lee, Michel Doug as Director
19 June 2008
Appointed Pollard, Clare, Dr as Director
19 June 2008
Appointed Rosser-Owen, Mariam, Dr as Director
19 June 2008
Resigned Polter, Regina as Director
19 June 2008
Resigned Mcpherson, Robert, Mr. as Director
19 June 2008
Resigned Marsh, Stephen Alastair as Director
19 June 2008
Resigned Espir, Helen Margaret as Director
19 June 2008
Resigned Ginsberg, Mary Sue, Ms. as Director
20 June 2007
Resigned Thompson, Nicolas De La Mare as Director
20 June 2007
20 June 2007
Resigned Guy, John as Director
20 June 2007
Resigned Chin, Lillian Chen Ming as Director
20 June 2007
Appointed Mckillop, Euzabeth as Director
20 June 2007
Resigned Kerr, Rose as Director
20 June 2007
Appointed Battie, David as Director
20 June 2007
Appointed Manginis, George as Director
20 June 2007
Appointed Wilson, Ming as Director
20 June 2007
Appointed Ezekiel, David Richard Simon as Director
20 June 2007
Appointed Beecher, Cyril as Director
20 June 2007
Resigned Eskenazi, Joseph Errol as Director
20 June 2007
Resigned Eng, Clarence as Director
21 June 2006
Resigned Solomon, David Joseph as Director
21 June 2006
Resigned Little, Michelle Rachel as Director
21 June 2006
Resigned Michaelson, Carol Jeanne, Mrs. as Director
31 January 2006
Resigned Ferguson, Robert Smith as Director
31 January 2006
Appointed White, Peter Richard, Mr. as Director
1 October 2005
Appointed Painter, Mary Lynn as Secretary
30 September 2005
Resigned Martin, Jean as Secretary
22 June 2005
Resigned White, Peter Richard, Mr. as Director
22 June 2005
Resigned Janssens, Bernard Emile Franciscus as Director
22 June 2005
Appointed White, Mary Angela as Director
22 June 2005
Appointed Faulkner, Rupert Frederk John, Dr as Director
22 June 2005
Resigned Wilson, Ming as Director
22 June 2005
Appointed Marsh, Stephen Alastair as Director
22 June 2005
Appointed Pierson, Stacey, Dr as Director
22 June 2005
Appointed Espir, Helen Margaret as Director
22 June 2005
Appointed Ginsberg, Mary Sue, Ms. as Director
22 June 2005
Appointed Mcpherson, Robert, Mr. as Director
22 June 2005
Resigned Beecher, Cyril as Director
22 June 2005
Appointed Polter, Regina as Director
16 June 2004
Appointed Eng, Clarence as Director
16 June 2004
Resigned Sheaf, Colin David as Director
16 June 2004
16 June 2004
Appointed Eskenazi, Joseph Errol as Director
16 June 2004
Appointed Thompson, Nicolas De La Mare as Director
16 June 2004
Appointed Scott, Rosemary Elspeth as Director
16 June 2004
Resigned Booth, John Leonard as Director
16 June 2004
Resigned Marsham, Leslie Bertie Fitzroy, Major as Director
16 June 2004
Resigned Crowe, Yolande, Dr as Director
16 June 2004
Resigned Rogers, John Michael, Professor as Director
16 June 2004
Resigned Healey, Desmond Charles as Director
16 June 2004
Resigned Faulkner, Rupert Frederk John, Dr as Director
18 June 2003
18 June 2003
Appointed Solomon, David Joseph as Director
18 June 2003
Appointed Little, Michelle Rachel as Director
18 June 2003
Appointed Wilson, Ming as Director
19 July 2002
Resigned White, Mary Angela as Director
19 June 2002
Appointed Allen, Phillip Nathan as Director
19 June 2002
Appointed White, Peter Richard, Mr. as Director
19 June 2002
Appointed Janssens, Bernard Emile Franciscus as Director
19 June 2002
Appointed Beecher, Cyril as Director
19 June 2002
Resigned Canby, Sheila, Doctor as Director
19 June 2002
Resigned Espir, Helen Margaret as Director
19 June 2002
Resigned Eskenazi, Joseph Errol as Director
20 June 2001
Resigned Solomon, David Joseph as Director
20 June 2001
Appointed Healey, Desmond Charles as Director
20 June 2001
Appointed Booth, John Leonard as Director
20 June 2001
Resigned Scott, Rosemary as Director
20 June 2001
Appointed Crowe, Yolande, Dr as Director
20 June 2001
Appointed Sheaf, Colin David as Director
20 June 2001
Resigned Mcpherson, Robert as Director
20 June 2001
Appointed Marsham, Leslie Bertie Fitzroy, Major as Director
20 June 2001
Resigned Allen, Phillip Nathan as Director
20 June 2001
Resigned Mackay, Colin as Director
21 June 2000
Appointed Rogers, John Michael, Professor as Director
14 June 2000
Resigned Beecher, Cyril as Director
14 June 2000
Resigned Impey, Oliver Richard as Director
14 June 2000
Appointed Chin, Lillian Chen Ming as Director
14 June 2000
Appointed Guy, John as Director
14 June 2000
Appointed Faulkner, Rupert Frederk John, Dr as Director
14 June 2000
Resigned Barry, Jennifer Austen as Director
14 June 2000
16 June 1999
Appointed Eskenazi, Joseph Errol as Director
16 June 1999
Resigned Crowe, Yolande as Director
16 June 1999
Appointed Canby, Sheila, Doctor as Director
16 June 1999
Appointed Espir, Helen Margaret as Director
16 June 1999
Resigned Cowen, Pamela Ann as Director
16 June 1999
Appointed White, Mary Angela as Director
17 June 1998
Appointed Mcpherson, Robert as Director
17 June 1998
Resigned Ward, Rachel as Director
17 June 1998
Appointed Solomon, David Joseph as Director
17 June 1998
Appointed Mackay, Colin as Director
17 June 1998
Resigned Alleyne, Selwyn Eugene as Director
17 June 1998
Appointed Allen, Phillip Nathan as Director
17 June 1998
Resigned Butler, Michael Dacres, Sir as Director
17 June 1998
Resigned Sheaf, Colin David as Director
17 June 1998
Resigned Chin, Lincoln Li-Jen, Dr as Director
17 June 1998
Resigned Cushion, Margaret Ann as Director
17 June 1998
Resigned Crauford, Georgina Anne, Lady as Director
19 June 1997
Resigned Espir, Helen Margaret as Director
19 June 1997
Resigned Krahl, Regina as Director
18 June 1997
Resigned Rawson, Jessica, Doctor as Director
18 June 1997
Resigned Smith, Lawrence Roger Hines as Director
18 June 1997
18 June 1997
18 June 1997
18 June 1997
Resigned Allen, Philip as Director
18 June 1997
Appointed Barry, Jennifer Austen as Director
18 June 1997
Resigned Rogers, John Michael, Professor as Director
18 June 1997
Appointed Beecher, Cyril as Director
18 June 1997
Resigned Solomon, David Joseph as Director
19 June 1996
Appointed Crowe, Yolande as Director
19 June 1996
Resigned Gleave, John Albert Edward as Director
19 June 1996
Resigned Clunas, Alistair Craig, Doctor as Director
19 June 1996
Resigned Booth, John Leonard as Director
19 June 1996
Appointed Impey, Oliver Richard as Director
19 June 1996
Resigned Blurton, Thomas Richard as Director
19 June 1996
Appointed Cowen, Pamela Ann as Director
14 June 1995
Appointed Chin, Lincoln Li-Jen, Dr as Director
14 June 1995
Resigned Vainker, Shelagh as Director
14 June 1995
Resigned Kilburn, Richard Southern as Director
14 June 1995
Appointed Alleyne, Selwyn Eugene as Director
14 June 1995
Appointed Cushion, Margaret Ann as Director
14 June 1995
Appointed Sheaf, Colin David as Director
14 June 1995
Appointed Crauford, Georgina Anne, Lady as Director
14 June 1995
Appointed Butler, Michael Dacres, Sir as Director
14 June 1995
Appointed Ward, Rachel as Director
15 June 1994
Appointed Ferguson, Robert Smith as Director
15 June 1994
Appointed Allen, Philip as Director
15 June 1994
Resigned Richards, Christine-Ann as Director
15 June 1994
Appointed Krahl, Regina as Director
15 June 1994
Resigned Porter, Venetia Ann as Director
15 June 1994
Appointed Rogers, John Michael, Professor as Director
15 June 1994
Resigned Da Silva, John Burke as Director
15 June 1994
Appointed Solomon, David Joseph as Director
26 October 1993
Appointed Scott, Rosemary as Director
30 June 1993
Resigned Whitfield, Roderick, Professor as Director
16 June 1993
Appointed Gleave, John Albert Edward as Director
16 June 1993
Appointed Rawson, Jessica, Doctor as Director
16 June 1993
Appointed Blurton, Thomas Richard as Director
16 June 1993
Appointed Booth, John Leonard as Director
16 June 1993
Appointed Clunas, Alistair Craig, Doctor as Director
16 June 1993
Appointed Carswell, John William, Professor as Director
16 June 1993
16 June 1993
Appointed Espir, Helen Margaret as Director
16 June 1993
Resigned Medley, Rachel Margaret as Director
16 June 1993
Resigned Chin, Lillian Chen Ming as Director
16 June 1993
Resigned Gillman, Derek Anthony as Director
16 June 1993
Resigned Guy, John Stanley as Director
17 June 1992
Resigned Sheikhi, Ahmad as Director
17 June 1992
Appointed Vainker, Shelagh as Director
17 June 1992
Appointed Kilburn, Richard Southern as Director
17 June 1992
Resigned Reynolds, Arthur Simpson as Director
17 June 1992
Appointed Martin, Jean as Secretary
17 June 1992
Resigned Morgan, Brian John St Martin as Director
17 June 1992
Resigned Laurence, Desmond Roger, Dr as Director
17 June 1992
Resigned Krahl, Regina as Director
17 June 1992
17 June 1992
Resigned Gray, John, Vice Admiral Sir as Secretary

Ownership 4 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Ann Elizabeth Gardiner
Individual · Notified 3 June 2026
Has significant influence or control (as a trust)
British
Born February 1964 (62)
Individual · Notified 11 June 2024
Has significant influence or control
Has significant influence or control (as a trust)
Has significant influence or control (as a firm)
British
Born August 1963 (63)
Individual · Notified 11 June 2024
Has significant influence or control (as a trust)
British
Born May 1951 (75)
Individual · Notified 15 June 2021
Has significant influence or control
Has significant influence or control (as a firm)
Irish
Born December 1971 (54)
Former controllers (5)
3 June 2026
Ceased Clive Ivan Jacotine — Has significant influence or control
12 June 2024
Ceased Stacey Pierson — Has significant influence or control
14 June 2022
Ceased Elizabeth Dorothy Mckillop — Has significant influence or control
15 June 2021
Ceased Peter Richard White — Has significant influence or control (as a trust)
6 June 2018
Ceased Jessica Lucy Kilgour Harrison-Hall — Has significant influence or control (as a trust)

What Oriental Ceramic Society say about themselves

“The Oriental Ceramic Society (OCS) is the leading international society for the study and appreciation of Asian art, with a special focus on ceramics.”

— from orientalceramicsociety.org.uk

Filings

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DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
2 November 2026Director's details changed
30 June 2026Confirmation statement with no updates28 June 2026
24 June 2026Total exemption full accounts30 September 2025
17 June 2026Director's details changed
17 June 2026Notification of a person with significant control
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