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Previous officers 73

  1. Alastair Walton 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Peter James Sargent 2018-2023 Director View profile
  3. Neil Graham Morgan Redcliffe 2016-2021 Director View profile
  4. Keith Graeme Newton 2015-2024 Director View profile
  5. Julianne Davis 2013-2019 Director View profile
  6. Edwin Wong 2013-2023 Director View profile
  7. Matthew Johnson 2012-2014 Director View profile
  8. Peter Michael Benson 2011-2019 Director View profile
  9. Pauline Mavyn Lyle-Smith 2011-2012 Director View profile
  10. Vivien Elaine Matthews 2011-2018 Director View profile
  11. John Allen 2010-2012 Director View profile
  12. Baroness Helen Liddell 2010-2013 Director View profile
  13. Judith Crompton 2010-2012 Director View profile
  14. George Vestey 2010-2017 Director View profile
  15. Michael David Kirk 2009-2013 Director View profile
  16. Andrew Hugh Craig 2009-2011 Director View profile
  17. Richard William Pavitt 2006-2014 Director View profile
  18. Noel Ashcroft 2006-2008 Director View profile
  19. Sir Christopher John Benson 2005-2010 Director View profile
  20. Rt Hon Lord Alastair Robertson Goodlad 2005-2007 Director View profile
  21. Frances Adamson 2005-2009 Director View profile
  22. Bradley John Fitzmaurice 2005-2006 Director View profile
  23. Buckinghamshire, George Miles, Earl of Buckinghamshire 2004-2011 Director View profile
  24. Dale Anthony Eaton 2003-2018 Director View profile
  25. Paula Mary Hardgrave 2002-2010 Director View profile
  26. William Thomas Ross Tweddell 2002-2005 Director View profile
  27. Very Rev Derek Norman Hole 2001-2005 Director View profile
  28. John Kelvin Dawson 2001-2007 Director View profile
  29. Sir Michael Carleton Smith 2000-2002 Director View profile
  30. Michael Douglas Whalley 2000-2010 Director View profile
  31. Brian Nicholas Harris 2000-2003 Director View profile
  32. Kay Barbara Fairfax Burton 2000-2006 Director View profile
  33. Brian Hall 1999-2013 Director View profile
  34. David Alexander Ritchie 1999-2002 Director View profile
  35. David Lewis Malcolm Alwyn 1998-2000 Director View profile
  36. Sir Roger Carrick 1998-2001 Director View profile
  37. Rohan Richard Courtney 1997-2006 Director View profile
  38. Dermot Mcmanus 1997-2000 Director View profile
  39. Patrick Edmund The Earl of Limerick 1996-1999 Director View profile
  40. Michael John Wolton 1996-2004 Director View profile
  41. Margaret Rosaleen Mcgovern 1996-1999 Director View profile
  42. William Ralph Boucher Hassell 1995-1997 Director View profile
  43. David Colin Goss 1993-1996 Director View profile
  44. Geoffrey Nowell Walls 1992-1995 Director View profile
  45. Alan Ernest Seabrooke 1992-1999 Director View profile
  46. Sir John Henry Gladstone Leahy 1997 Director View profile
  47. Alastair Brian Clarke Harrison 1992 Director View profile
  48. June Emelda Trafford 1992 Director View profile
  49. Sir Bruce Rodda Williams 1992 Director View profile
  50. Simpson, John James Hope, Brigadier 1992 Director View profile
  51. Rt Hon Lord Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton 1992 Director View profile
  52. David John William Anthony 1992 Director View profile
  53. Austin Cecil Edwin Spraggs 1998 Director View profile
  54. Professor Sam Scroton Richardson 1992 Director View profile
  55. Slim, John Douglas, the Rt Hon Viscount 1992 Director View profile
  56. Stephen John Hood 1992 Director View profile
  57. Sir Peter Drury Haggerston Gadsden 1992 Director View profile
  58. John Alwyn Lewis 1992 Director View profile
  59. Sir Eric Grant Yarrow 1992 Director View profile
  60. Sir Donald Claude Tebbit 1992 Director View profile
  61. Richard Edward Walter Lumley 1992 Director View profile
  62. Sir Jack Leslie Rampton 1994 Director View profile
  63. Thomas William Borges 1992 Director View profile
  64. Richard James Livingstone Altham 1992 Director View profile
  65. Lady Beverley Mckay 2000 Director View profile
  66. Ian David Gibbins 1996 Director View profile
  67. Hari Haran Iyer 2015-2020 Secretary View profile
  68. Kate Kirby 2010-2012 Secretary View profile
  69. Jay Jeyakumar 2010-2010 Secretary View profile
  70. George Richard Vernon Robins 2009-2018 Secretary View profile
  71. Sir Geoffrey Frederick Errington 1998-2010 Secretary View profile
  72. Peter Brind 1996-1997 Secretary View profile
  73. Stuart, Stephen Alexander, Captain 1991-1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Incorporated
09/11/1971
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. The Britain - Australia Society is controlled by Peter Michael Benson
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-10-13, ceased 2019-03-18 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Peter Michael Benson.

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.

Financials

Total assets
£204,809
Cash
£212,227
Employees
1
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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

3.6y median 2.7y
average tenure
8.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

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.

Arts and leisure 4Professional services 2Business services 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

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01030451
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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