Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies(the)

Active01629916 Private company limited by guarantee

Incorporated: 19 April 1982 (44 years)
Industry: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. (74909)
General secondary education (85310)
Post-graduate level higher education (85422)
Directors: Caroline Maria Gibb
Edward Peter John Herbert
Jane Tunesi
all 6 directors
Controlled by: Jane Elizabeth Smyth
Accounts type: Total exemption full
Region: South East
Address: 80 - 82 Northgate
80 - 82 Northgate
Canterbury
CT1 1BA

Filing status

Accounts due: 31 March 2027
Last accounts: 30 June 2025
Conf. stmt due: 14 July 2027
Last conf. stmt: 30 June 2026

Officers 7 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Gibb, Caroline Maria

Director · Appointed 31 January 2026

British

Born August 1964 (62)

Herbert, Edward Peter John

Director · Appointed 19 August 2025

British

Born April 1989 (37)

Smyth, Jane Elizabeth

Secretary · Appointed 21 May 2024

Tunesi, Jane

Director · Appointed 30 July 2022

British

Born May 1965 (61)

Babington-Smith, David Andrew Bruce

Director · Appointed 30 April 2022

British

Born August 1968 (58)

Grassick, William David

Director · Appointed 16 October 2021

British

Born September 1994 (32)

Fox, Paul Andrew, Dr

Director · Appointed 23 July 2005

British

Born March 1964 (62)

Officer history (32 former)

13 July 2026

Resigned Broomfield, David as Director

31 January 2026

Appointed Gibb, Caroline Maria as Director

31 January 2026

Resigned Cottrell, Amanda Arianwen Cecilia as Director

6 October 2025

Resigned Sigacheva, Maria as Director

19 August 2025

Appointed Herbert, Edward Peter John as Director

19 July 2025

Resigned Titford, John Stuart as Director

26 April 2025

Appointed Sigacheva, Maria as Director

25 January 2025

Resigned Willenbruch, Anthony George as Director

21 May 2024

Appointed Smyth, Jane Elizabeth as Secretary

20 May 2024

Resigned Wright, David Alan, Dr as Secretary

29 May 2023

Appointed Willenbruch, Anthony George as Director

29 May 2023

Resigned Allen-Petrie, John as Director

30 July 2022

Appointed Tunesi, Jane as Director

30 April 2022

Appointed Babington-Smith, David Andrew Bruce as Director

18 January 2022

Resigned Heren, Patrick Anthony Francis as Director

16 October 2021

Appointed Grassick, William David as Director

1 August 2020

Appointed Wright, David Alan, Dr as Secretary

1 August 2020

Resigned Baker, Richard Charles Frederick, Dr as Secretary

31 July 2020

Resigned Wright, David Alan, Dr as Director

20 July 2020

Appointed Allen-Petrie, John as Director

25 January 2020

Resigned Beauclerk-Dewar, Peter De Vere as Director

9 July 2019

Resigned Wright, David Alan, Dr as Director

21 April 2018

Appointed Broomfield, David as Director

21 April 2018

Appointed Wright, David Alan, Dr as Director

27 January 2018

Appointed Wright, David Alan, Dr as Director

21 January 2017

Appointed Heren, Patrick Anthony Francis as Director

12 December 2016

Resigned Young, Robert Desmond as Director

1 October 2016

Resigned Massey, Peregrine Tatton Eyre as Director

23 January 2016

Resigned Blessing, Edward Warfield as Director

30 June 2014

Resigned Humphery Smith, Ian as Director

21 January 2012

Appointed Blessing, Edward Warfield as Director

21 January 2012

Appointed Massey, Peregrine Tatton Eyre as Director

21 January 2012

Resigned Rooke, Giles Hugh, His Honour as Director

22 January 2011

Resigned Humphery Smith, Cecil Raymond as Director

24 July 2010

Appointed Titford, John Stuart as Director

24 July 2010

Appointed Young, Robert Desmond as Director

1 January 2010

Resigned Wright, Michael, Professor as Director

24 January 2009

Resigned Watson-Gandy, Mark, Prof as Director

24 January 2009

Appointed Wright, Michael, Professor as Director

26 January 2008

Resigned Connell, William Howard as Director

10 October 2007

Appointed Cottrell, Amanda Arianwen Cecilia as Director

27 October 2005

Resigned Lloyd-Roberts, Robert Edmund, Dr as Director

23 July 2005

Appointed Fox, Paul Andrew, Dr as Director

23 April 2004

Resigned Brooke-Little, John Philip as Director

23 April 2004

Appointed Watson-Gandy, Mark, Prof as Director

13 April 2000

Resigned Brown, Paul Tyndale, Dr as Director

13 April 2000

Appointed Humphery Smith, Ian as Director

8 March 2000

Resigned Dexter Tissington, Malcolm as Director

1 May 1999

Appointed Dexter Tissington, Malcolm as Director

1 May 1999

Resigned Smyth, Alfred Patrick, Professor as Director

15 May 1997

Resigned Cole, Alexander Colin, Sir as Director

15 February 1997

Appointed Brown, Paul Tyndale, Dr as Director

5 February 1994

Appointed Baker, Richard Charles Frederick, Dr as Secretary

5 February 1994

Resigned Swinfield, Geoffrey Mark, Dr as Secretary

5 January 1994

Appointed Connell, William Howard as Director

5 January 1994

Appointed Lloyd-Roberts, Robert Edmund, Dr as Director

31 December 1993

Resigned Bickersteth, Ursula Mary as Director

31 December 1993

Resigned Chesshyre, David Hubert Boothby as Director

22 October 1992

Resigned Monckton Of Brenchley, Gilbert Walter Riversdale, Viscount as Director

22 October 1992

Resigned Kinsey, Ronald Stuart, Major as Director

22 October 1992

Appointed Beauclerk-Dewar, Peter De Vere as Director

22 October 1992

Appointed Smyth, Alfred Patrick, Professor as Director

Ownership 1 active

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

Jane Elizabeth Smyth

Individual · Notified 21 May 2024

Has significant influence or control

British

Born October 1959 (67)

Former controllers (2)

20 May 2024

Ceased David Alan Wright — Has significant influence or control

30 May 2023

Ceased Anthony George Willenbruch — Has significant influence or control

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

Date	Description	Made Up To
13 July 2026	Termination of appointment of a director
13 July 2026	Confirmation statement with no updates	30 June 2026
18 February 2026	Total exemption full accounts	30 June 2025
9 February 2026	Termination of appointment of a director
4 February 2026	Appointment of a director