Registered charity · London
The British Omani Society
- 12 trustees
- Income £394k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Christopher Mark BreezeTrustee · since 2021
- Colonel Gordon Derek Allen QGM Wkhm-GTrustee · since 2023
- Deborah Helen MartinTrustee · since 2019
- Elisabeth Patricia Mab SimpsonTrustee · since 2019
- Lady Serena Clare BrowneTrustee · since 2025
- Major General Richard James Aethelstan Stanford CB MBETrustee · since 2021
- Martyn Cuthbert BishopTrustee
- Oliver Edward Simon BlakeTrustee · since 2011
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- Riyad Kamal Mohamed DaudTrustee · since 2023
- Sarika Grace Suzanna BreezeTrustee · since 2025
- Scott Forsyth DicksonTrustee · since 2019
- Sheikh Ma'an Al RawahiTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- City Of Westminster, Oman
- Website
- www.britishomani.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The British Omani Society
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£394k£470k
- 2024£457k£509k
- 2023£664k£500k
Earlier years
- 2022£488k£589k
- 2021£523k£463k
Charitable objects
(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE BRITISH PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF LEARNING AND A WIDER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OMAN, ITS PEOPLE, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMY, LITERATURE, ART, MUSIC, ANTIQUITIES, LANGUAGES, CULTURES, RELIGIONS, BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS BY ARRANGING LECTURES, SEMINARS AND MEETINGS, WHICH MAY BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; AND BY ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS BY PROVIDING BURSARIES, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND FINANCIAL AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT IN ORDER TO HELP THEM ATTAIN A WIDER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OMAN.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF OMANI NATIONALS ABOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ITS PEOPLE, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMY, LITERATURE, ART, MUSIC, HERITAGE, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, CULTURES, RELIGIONS, BELIEFS, CUSTOMS, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE BY ARRANGING LECTURES AND MEETINGS, WHICH MAY BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; AND BY ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS BY PROVIDING BURSARIES, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIPS AND FINANCIAL AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OMAN.
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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.
12 trustees on the board
- Christopher Mark Breeze since 2021
- Colonel Gordon Derek Allen QGM Wkhm-G since 2023
- Deborah Helen Martin since 2019
- Elisabeth Patricia Mab Simpson since 2019
- Lady Serena Clare Browne since 2025
- Martyn Cuthbert Bishop
- Major General Richard James Aethelstan Stanford CB MBE since 2021
- Oliver Edward Simon Blake since 2011
- Riyad Kamal Mohamed Daud since 2023
- Sarika Grace Suzanna Breeze since 2025
- Scott Forsyth Dickson since 2019
- Sheikh Ma'an Al Rawahi since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Deborah Helen Martin since 2019
- Elisabeth Patricia Mab Simpson since 2019
- Oliver Edward Simon Blake since 2011
- Scott Forsyth Dickson since 2019
- Sheikh Ma'an Al Rawahi since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Christopher Mark Breeze since 2021
- Colonel Gordon Derek Allen QGM Wkhm-G since 2023
- Deborah Helen Martin since 2019
- Elisabeth Patricia Mab Simpson since 2019
- Lady Serena Clare Browne since 2025
- Martyn Cuthbert Bishop
- Major General Richard James Aethelstan Stanford CB MBE since 2021
- Oliver Edward Simon Blake since 2011
- Riyad Kamal Mohamed Daud since 2023
- Sarika Grace Suzanna Breeze since 2025
- Scott Forsyth Dickson since 2019
- Sheikh Ma'an Al Rawahi since 2019
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
- 1127561
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 SEPTEMBER 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 JUL 2013 as amended on 14 Aug 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 06708685 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0203 141 1763 · manager@britishomani.org
- 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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