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Variety, the Children's Charity
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rory James De Poulton FergusonDirector · since 2026
- Philip John YatesDirector · since 2026
- Stefanie Mcleod ReidDirector · since 2025
- Andrew CarnieDirector · since 2025
- Helen Louise Davies KcDirector · since 2024
- Andrew Gordon GeddesDirector · since 2024
- Tania Sara BryerDirector · since 2023
- Candice Laura SammeroffDirector · since 2023
- Benjamin Thomas WhittleDirector · since 2022
- Tesula MohindraDirector · since 2021
- Laurence GuinnessSecretary · since 2025
- Talya Kim ShalsonSecretary · since 2023
Previous officers 87
- Guy Antony Remond 2021-2025 View profile
- Harold Peter Tillman 2019-2020 View profile
- Dilaram Kitchlew-Williamson 2016-2026 View profile
- James Oliver Martin 2016-2020 View profile
- Jonathan Paul Gold 2016-2019 View profile
- Duncan Sinclair Syers 2016-2019 View profile
- Eliot Moses Cohen 2015-2017 View profile
- Tushar Sudhakar Prabhu 2015-2025 View profile
- Jane Vivian Kerner 2013-2015 View profile
- Raymond Brian Curtis 2013-2013 View profile
- Rodney Victor Natkiel 2013-2018 View profile
- Ronald Nathan 2012-2022 View profile
- Russell Alexander Kahn 2012-2014 View profile
- Trevor Henry Green 2012-2020 View profile
- William James Sangster 2012-2020 View profile
- Robert Simon Beecham 2011-2012 View profile
- Nicholas Simon Keith Shattock 2011-2019 View profile
- Jason Grant Rees Lewis 2010-2022 View profile
- Stanley Anthony Salter 2010-2023 View profile
- Joseph Williams 2010-2012 View profile
- Lloyd Barr 2010-2015 View profile
- John Raymond Sachs 2009-2012 View profile
- Malcolm Howard Brenner 2009-2022 View profile
- Anne Jacqueline Wadsworth 2009-2011 View profile
- Anthony Henry-Lyons 2008-2010 View profile
- Anthony Wainwright Blackburn 2008-2013 View profile
- Jonathan Ian Barnett 2008-2009 View profile
- Keith John Andrews 2007-2015 View profile
- Philip Austin 2007-2009 View profile
- Filan Henderson Fraser 2006-2012 View profile
- Gary Mervyn William Beckwith 2006-2012 View profile
- Professor Jonathan Sigmund Shalit OBE 2005-2025 View profile
- Laurence Howard Davis 2005-2020 View profile
- Charles Edward Kenneth Beddow 2005-2007 View profile
- Norman Leslie Kaphan 2005-2014 View profile
- Manuel Fontenla Novoa 2004-2009 View profile
- Lionel Theodore Rosenblatt 2004-2014 View profile
- John David Webber 2003-2004 View profile
- Richard Irwin Harrington 2003-2004 View profile
- John Evan Barnett 2003-2012 View profile
- Kenneth Richard Mustoe 2003-2012 View profile
- Philip George Burley 2002-2012 View profile
- Richard Anthony Mackenzie Freeman 2002-2012 View profile
- Edward Langton 2002-2002 View profile
- Thomas Patrick O'Connor 2002-2003 View profile
- James William Whittell 2002-2004 View profile
- Ivor Charles Stocker 2002-2003 View profile
- Jack Carle Taylor 2001-2001 View profile
- Patricia Diana Bloomfield 2001-2003 View profile
- Paul David Lawrence 2000-2010 View profile
- Anthony Peter Hatch 1999-2018 View profile
- Pamela Sinclair 1999-2022 View profile
- Stanley Fishman 1999-1999 View profile
- Marsha Rae Ratcliff 1998-1999 View profile
- Chaim Zabludowicz 1998-1999 View profile
- Ian Norman Riches 1998-2000 View profile
- Hugo Amaya Torres 1998-2008 View profile
- Angela May Rippon 1997-2004 View profile
- Gloria Hunniford 1997-2001 View profile
- John Edward Ratcliff 1996-2011 View profile
- Stephen Maurice Crown 1996-2012 View profile
- Jarvis Joseph Astaire 1996-2015 View profile
- Anthony Christopher Frame 1996-2003 View profile
- Charles Murray 1996-2000 View profile
- Dennis Julian Selinger 1996-1998 View profile
- Stephen Louis Gerald Gottlieb 1996-1997 View profile
- Michael Edward Wylie Samuelson 1996-1998 View profile
- Dennis Micheal 1996-1997 View profile
- George Christopher Biggs 1996-1997 View profile
- Norman John Garrod 1996-1998 View profile
- Hedy-Joy Joy Babani 1996-2005 View profile
- Eric Douglas Morley 1996-2000 View profile
- Ronald Neil Sinclair 1996-2022 View profile
- Anthony Leonard Harris 1995-2022 View profile
- Julia Evelyn Morley 1994-2000 View profile
- Michael John Woods 1994-1997 View profile
- Terence Regan 1993-1995 View profile
- Charles Harold Murray 1991-2006 View profile
- Raymond John Dutfield 1991 View profile
- Paul Richard Gregg 1992 View profile
- Alan Robert Jennings 2003-2004 View profile
- Anthony Simmonds 2003-2010 View profile
- Pamela Ann Robertson 2002-2003 View profile
- Bernard Michael Mcgrath 2002-2002 View profile
- Martin Alan Shaw 2001-2002 View profile
- Eric Melvyn Weinrabe 1997-2001 View profile
- Robert Aird Webster 1991 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
- 16/07/1952
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- Variety the Children's Charity
- Previous names
- Variety the Children's Charity (until 19/06/2012)
The Variety Club Children's Charity (until 28/05/2012)
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Variety, the Children's Charity on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
2 other companies in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Grants received
3 grants · £28,310 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £28,310 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
10 directors on the board
- Rory James De Poulton Ferguson Director · appointed 2026
- Philip John Yates Director · appointed 2026
- Tesula Mohindra Director · appointed 2021
- Helen Louise Davies Kc Director · appointed 2024
- Andrew Gordon Geddes Director · appointed 2024
- Candice Laura Sammeroff Director · appointed 2023
- Benjamin Thomas Whittle Director · appointed 2022
- Stefanie Mcleod Reid Director · appointed 2025
- Tania Sara Bryer Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew Carnie Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Tania Sara Bryer Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew Carnie Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (8)
- Rory James De Poulton Ferguson Director · appointed 2026
- Philip John Yates Director · appointed 2026
- Tesula Mohindra Director · appointed 2021
- Helen Louise Davies Kc Director · appointed 2024
- Andrew Gordon Geddes Director · appointed 2024
- Candice Laura Sammeroff Director · appointed 2023
- Benjamin Thomas Whittle Director · appointed 2022
- Stefanie Mcleod Reid Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Dilaram Kitchlew-Williamson Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2026
- Professor Jonathan Sigmund Shalit OBE Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2025
- Tushar Sudhakar Prabhu Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
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.
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
- 00509811
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- 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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