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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

5
directors on the board
4.1y median 2.6y
average tenure
6.8y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
0 vs 5 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 7Professional services 3Health and social care 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

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Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number00028264
StatusActive
TypePublic Limited Company
Incorporated15/02/1889
AddressCANNON PLACE, 78 CANNON STREET, LONDON, EC4N 6AG
Accounts next due31/10/2026
Accounts last made up30/04/2025

Industry (SIC)

64999 - Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Ownership - persons with significant control (0)

No persons with significant control recorded.

Officers (30)

  • King, Zoe Director · appointed 2024
  • Barrett, Bulbul Director · appointed 2023
  • Grewal, Randeep Singh Director · appointed 2023
  • Bannerman, Nicholas Alastair Charles Director · appointed 2019
  • Oldroyd, Christopher Graham Director · appointed 2019
  • Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited Corporate-secretary · appointed 2014
  • Balfour, Anja Maria Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
  • Stileman, David Frederic Miles Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2023
  • Dixon, Josephine Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2024
  • White, Mark Barry Ewart Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Adcock, Andrew John Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2019
  • Cullen, Leslie Gray Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2015
  • Tozer, Jane Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2020
  • Townsend, John Anthony Victor Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2020
  • Grimstone, Gerald Edgar, Lord Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2007
  • Barker, Andrew Charles Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
  • Farmer, Edwin Bruce, Dr Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2007
  • Leibenfrost, Franz Jorg, Dr Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2014
  • Curry, John Arthur Hugh Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2004
  • Hogg, Sarah Elizabeth Mary, Baroness Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2002
  • Storey, Richard, Hon Sir Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2002
  • F & C Management Limited Former Corporate-secretary · resigned 2014
  • Hart, Michael John Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Green, Owen, Sir Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Talbot Rice, Nicholas Charles Former Director · resigned 2005
  • Baer, Derek Alfred Howard Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Kerridge, John Stewart Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Tigue, Jeremy John Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Herbert, Robin Arthur Elidyr Former Director · resigned 2001
  • Hordern, Peter, Sir Former Director · resigned 1999

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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