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Musicians Benevolent Fund

Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

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Previous officers 67

  1. Lorna Clarke 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Hoda Judah Armani 2021-2023 Director View profile
  3. Silvia Merrylees Montello 2021-2024 Director View profile
  4. Edward Alexander Kershaw 2019-2025 Director View profile
  5. Anne Tereasa Mitchener 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Jason Frederick Carter 2018-2025 Director View profile
  7. Charisse Yvette Andria Beaumont 2018-2026 Director View profile
  8. Dr Melanie Annette Grundy 2018-2025 Director View profile
  9. Jane Beese 2018-2018 Director View profile
  10. Richard Jeremy Wigley 2018-2023 Director View profile
  11. Stephen David Daltrey 2018-2024 Director View profile
  12. Alex Spofforth 2018-2024 Director View profile
  13. Carolyn Jane Ward 2016-2017 Director View profile
  14. David Anthony Williams 2016-2023 Director View profile
  15. Sandeep Dwesar 2015-2024 Director View profile
  16. Suzi Williams 2014-2018 Director View profile
  17. Jonathan Charles Lutwyche Morrish 2014-2017 Director View profile
  18. Dr Jonathan Howard Sheldon 2014-2017 Director View profile
  19. Judy Grahame 2014-2017 Director View profile
  20. Baroness Judith Anne Jolly 2014-2018 Director View profile
  21. Graham Edward Sheffield 2013-2022 Director View profile
  22. Adrian Charles Bradbury 2013-2017 Director View profile
  23. Felicity Anne Osmond 2012-2022 Director View profile
  24. Kathryn Louise Langridge 2010-2024 Director View profile
  25. Caragh Merrick 2009-2017 Director View profile
  26. David Charles Chester Sulkin 2009-2013 Director View profile
  27. Honourable Richard Cavendish Lyttelton 2008-2014 Director View profile
  28. Richard Johnson 2006-2008 Director View profile
  29. John Temperley Axon 2006-2021 Director View profile
  30. Martin Andrew Campbell-White 2006-2017 Director View profile
  31. Ian Duncan Charles Smith 2002-2007 Director View profile
  32. Ronald Geoffrey Corp 2000-2016 Director View profile
  33. Thomas Anthony Edward Sharpe 1999-2017 Director View profile
  34. Audrey Gladys Hills 1999-2012 Director View profile
  35. Christopher Malcolm Yates 1998-2008 Director View profile
  36. William Northrop Parker 1996-2012 Director View profile
  37. David Antony Lester 1995-2013 Director View profile
  38. John Norton Braithwaite Whitney 1995-2001 Director View profile
  39. Mervyn Frederick John Dobson 1994-1995 Director View profile
  40. Daryl Bernard Runswick 1994-2003 Director View profile
  41. Sir John Tooley 1993-1999 Director View profile
  42. Martin Gerard James Neary 1993-2015 Director View profile
  43. Albert Meredith Davies 1993-1995 Director View profile
  44. Lady Lynette Garland 1991-1995 Director View profile
  45. Philip Mark Jones 1991-2000 Director View profile
  46. Lady Lisle Lesley Lewis 2000 Director View profile
  47. Lady Evelyn Alice Barbirolli 1994 Director View profile
  48. John Law Denison 1992 Director View profile
  49. John Richard Lill 2002 Director View profile
  50. Dr Jane Marian Manning 2014 Director View profile
  51. Robert Andrew Lloyd 1994 Director View profile
  52. Margaret Keswick Jencks 1992 Director View profile
  53. Stephen Russell Race 1995 Director View profile
  54. Dr William Charles Cole 1993 Director View profile
  55. Christopher Terence Sinclair-Stevenson 2010 Director View profile
  56. Ian Isaac Stoutzker 2004 Director View profile
  57. Thomas Jeffrey Hemsley 2002 Director View profile
  58. Andrew William Murdoch 2004 Director View profile
  59. Robert Lush 1998 Director View profile
  60. Sir Ian Bruce Hope Hunter 1995 Director View profile
  61. Ursula Joan Penton Vaughan Williams 1993 Director View profile
  62. Patrick Benner 1999 Director View profile
  63. Dr Allen Dain Percival 1992 Director View profile
  64. Martin John Ensom 2008-2016 Secretary View profile
  65. Rosanna Charlotte Preston 2005-2008 Secretary View profile
  66. Helen Faulkner 1994-2005 Secretary View profile
  67. Martin Blue Macintosh Williams 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Incorporated
16/12/1930
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
Musicians Benevolent Fund
Previous names
Musicians' Benevolent Fund (until 10/08/2011)

Grants received

3 grants · £2,550,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,550,000 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £650,0002022-01-06
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £900,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,000,0002020-04-01
Board analysis

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.

12 directors on the board

3.4y median 3.7y
average tenure
5.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Arts and leisure 3Finance 3Professional services 2Tech and media 2Business services 1Construction 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00252783
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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