The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Britain - Australia Society(the)

Company 01030451 Active

Company details

Number01030451
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated09/11/1971
AddressAUSTRALIA CENTRE, MELBOURNE PLACE, LONDON, WC2B 4LG
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

94990 - Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (4)


  • Mr Peter Michael Benson ceased Australian,Irish
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Dale Anthony Eaton ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Damian John Walsh ceased Australian
    significant influence or control

Officers (84)

  • Hoddle, Edward Roydon John Director · appointed 2026
  • Swanston, James Director · appointed 2026
  • Cohen CVO, OBE, Samantha Director · appointed 2024
  • Grill, Andrew Ronald Director · appointed 2023
  • O'Neill, Kate Director · appointed 2023
  • Mulley, Louise Director · appointed 2023
  • Lopes, Jeannie, the Hon Director · appointed 2022
  • Ames, Elizabeth Secretary · appointed 2021
  • Ames, Elizabeth Louisa Director · appointed 2020
  • Wadley, Patricia Gwynneth Director · appointed 2019
  • Walsh, Damian John, Mr. Director · appointed 2018
  • Walton, Alastair Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
  • Sargent, Peter James Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2023
  • Redcliffe, Neil Graham Morgan Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2021
  • Iyer, Hari Haran Former Secretary · appointed 2015 · resigned 2020
  • Newton, Keith Graeme Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2024
  • Davis, Julianne Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2019
  • Wong, Edwin Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2023
  • Johnson, Matthew Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
  • Benson, Peter Michael Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2019
  • Lyle-Smith, Pauline Mavyn Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
  • Matthews, Vivien Elaine Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2018
  • Allen, John Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Liddell, Helen, Baroness Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2013
  • Crompton, Judith Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Kirby, Kate Former Secretary · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Vestey, George Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2017
  • Jeyakumar, Jay Former Secretary · appointed 2010 · resigned 2010
  • Robins, George Richard Vernon Former Secretary · appointed 2009 · resigned 2018
  • Kirk, Michael David Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
  • Craig, Andrew Hugh Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
  • Pavitt, Richard William Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2014
  • Ashcroft, Noel Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
  • Benson, Christopher John, Sir Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2010
  • Goodlad, Alastair Robertson, Rt Hon the Lord Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
  • Adamson, Frances Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
  • Fitzmaurice, Bradley John Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
  • Buckinghamshire, George Miles, Earl of Buckinghamshire Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2011
  • Eaton, Dale Anthony Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2018
  • Hardgrave, Paula Mary Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2010
  • Tweddell, William Thomas Ross Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2005
  • Hole, Derek Norman, the Very Rev Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
  • Dawson, John Kelvin Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2007
  • Carleton Smith, Michael, Sir Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
  • Whalley, Michael Douglas Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2010
  • Harris, Brian Nicholas Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
  • Fairfax Burton, Kay Barbara Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2006
  • Hall, Brian Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2013
  • Ritchie, David Alexander Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2002
  • Errington, Geoffrey Frederick, Sir Former Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2010
  • Alwyn, David Lewis Malcolm Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
  • Carrick, Roger, Sir Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
  • Courtney, Rohan Richard Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2006
  • Mcmanus, Dermot Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • The Earl of Limerick, Patrick Edmund Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
  • Wolton, Michael John Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2004
  • Brind, Peter Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
  • Mcgovern, Margaret Rosaleen Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
  • Hassell, William Ralph Boucher Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
  • Goss, David Colin Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
  • Walls, Geoffrey Nowell Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1995
  • Seabrooke, Alan Ernest Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1999
  • Stuart, Stephen Alexander, Captain Former Secretary · appointed 1991 · resigned 1996
  • Leahy, John Henry Gladstone, Sir Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Harrison, Alastair Brian Clarke Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Trafford, June Emelda Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Williams, Bruce Rodda, Sir Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Simpson, John James Hope, Brigadier Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Shackleton, Edward Arthur Alexander, Rt Hon the Lord Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Anthony, David John William Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Spraggs, Austin Cecil Edwin Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Richardson, Sam Scroton, Professor Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Slim, John Douglas, the Rt Hon Viscount Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Hood, Stephen John Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Gadsden, Peter Drury Haggerston, Sir Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Lewis, John Alwyn Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Yarrow, Eric Grant, Sir Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Tebbit, Donald Claude, Sir Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Lumley, Richard Edward Walter Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Rampton, Jack Leslie, Sir Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Borges, Thomas William Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Altham, Richard James Livingstone Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Mckay, Beverley, Lady Former Director · resigned 2000
  • Gibbins, Ian David Former Director · resigned 1996

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

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