Registered charity · London
Franco-British Council - British Section
- 11 trustees
- Income £192k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Lord Peter Forbes RickettsChair · since 2020
- Catriona Jane SethTrustee · since 2022
- Christopher James LuckTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Benjamin GuedjTrustee · since 2024
- Marion LaboureTrustee · since 2025
- Marisha RayTrustee · since 2017
- Oriel Elizabeth PetryTrustee · since 2022
- Philippe DornanoTrustee · since 2024
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- The Rt HON Dominic Charles Roberts GrieveTrustee · since 2026
- The Rt Hon Stephen CrabbTrustee · since 2024
- Victoria EastmanTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 4 other charities:
- The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies · 1 shared trustee
- The British Irish Association · 1 shared trustee
- Alliance for Lawyers AT Risk CIO · 1 shared trustee
- Tall Ships Youth Trust · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 2 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, France
- Website
- www.francobritish.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Franco-British Council - British Section (the)
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£192k£191k
- 2024£189k£171k
- 2023£122k£177k
Earlier years
- 2022£92k£96k
- 2021£92k£96k
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AND THE PROMOTION OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE BRITISH AND FRENCH WAYS OF LIFE
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Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Lord Peter Forbes Ricketts Chair since 2020
- Catriona Jane Seth since 2022
- Christopher James Luck since 2026
- Dr Benjamin Guedj since 2024
- Marion Laboure since 2025
- Marisha Ray since 2017
- Oriel Elizabeth Petry since 2022
- Philippe Dornano since 2024
- The Rt HON Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve since 2026
- The Rt Hon Stephen Crabb since 2024
- Victoria Eastman since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Lord Peter Forbes Ricketts Chair since 2020
- Marisha Ray since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Catriona Jane Seth since 2022
- Christopher James Luck since 2026
- Dr Benjamin Guedj since 2024
- Marion Laboure since 2025
- Marisha Ray since 2017
- Oriel Elizabeth Petry since 2022
- The Rt Hon Stephen Crabb since 2024
- Victoria Eastman since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Lord Peter Forbes Ricketts Chair since 2020
- Philippe Dornano since 2024
- The Rt HON Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1042395
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 AUGUST 1973 AMENDED 25 NOVEMBER 1974, 31 DECEMBER 1974, 24 MARCH 1978 AND 12 OCTOBER 1994 as amended on 26 Jun 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 01126882 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02045483309 · info@francobritishcouncil.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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