Registered charity · London
The Francis Bacon Society Incorporated
- 4 trustees
- Income £7k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Edi BilimoriaTrustee · since 2020
- Gary KeeganTrustee · since 2022
- Jonathon FreemanTrustee · since 2023
- Sylvia Helen EzenTrustee · since 2011
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.francisbaconsociety.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Francis Bacon Society Incorporated
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£7k£39k
- 2023£5k£16k
- 2022£5k£12k
Earlier years
- 2021£5k£10k
- 2020£6k£13k
Charitable objects
TO ENCOURAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE STUDY OF THE WORKS OF FRANCIS BACON AS PHILOSOPHER, LAWYER, STATESMEN AND POET; ALSO HIS CHARACTER, GENIUS AND LIFE; HIS INFLUENCE ON HIS OWN AND SUCCEEDING TIMES, AND THE TENDENCIES AND RESULTS OF HIS WRITINGS. (2) TO ENCOURAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE GENERAL STUDY OF THE EVIDENCE IN FAVOUR OF FRANCIS BACON'S AUTHORSHIP OF THE PLAYS COMMONLY ASCRIBED TO SHAKESPEARE AND TO INVESTIGATE HIS CONNECTION WITH OTHER WORKS OF THE ELIZABETHAN PERIOD
Board analysis for researchers
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Edi Bilimoria since 2020
- Gary Keegan since 2022
- Jonathon Freeman since 2023
- Sylvia Helen Ezen since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Edi Bilimoria since 2020
- Sylvia Helen Ezen since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Gary Keegan since 2022
- Jonathon Freeman since 2023
- Sylvia Helen Ezen since 2011
Portfolio (1)
- Edi Bilimoria since 2020
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 209426
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM DATED 20 AUGUST 1903 AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 22 JUNE 1950 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS OF 11 MARCH 1952, 11 MARCH 1953, 9 JANUARY 1963 AND 28 MAY 1965 AND 14TH JULY 1999. as amended on 15 Jan 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 00078368 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07818602302 · francis.bacon.society@gmail.com
- 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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