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The Friends of the Royal Academy

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Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 68

  1. Natasha Kate Maclaine Mitchell 2024–2025 Director View profile
  2. Peter Randall=Page 2020–2023 Director View profile
  3. Axel Christian RÜGer 2019–2024 Director View profile
  4. Siobhan Teresa Moriarty-Macdonnell 2018–2026 Director View profile
  5. Nigel Abbas 2018–2024 Director View profile
  6. Verity Jane Harding 2017–2023 Director View profile
  7. Oliver Guy Kenneth Rawlins 2017–2021 Director View profile
  8. Richard Philipps 2017–2023 Director View profile
  9. Rebecca Margaret Salter 2015–2020 Director View profile
  10. Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith 2014–2018 Director View profile
  11. Diana Lisa Carney 2014–2018 Director View profile
  12. Nicola Elizabeth Bannister 2014–2021 Director View profile
  13. Benjamin Ian Joseph 2014–2019 Director View profile
  14. Clive Robert Humby 2014–2023 Director View profile
  15. Gregory Patrick Villiers Sanderson 2014–2021 Director View profile
  16. Eileen Cooper 2012–2015 Director View profile
  17. Karen Ann Frank 2009–2015 Director View profile
  18. Edwina Valentine Sassoon 2009–2017 Director View profile
  19. Denise Pamela Wilson 2008–2017 Director View profile
  20. Tim Blythe 2008–2015 Director View profile
  21. Kelly, Geraldine Patricia, Ms. 2008–2016 Director View profile
  22. Sian Elizabeth Evans 2006–2009 Director View profile
  23. Alexandra Owen 2006–2007 Director View profile
  24. Mark Seaman 2006–2016 Director View profile
  25. Caroline Jennifer Nash 2003–2006 Director View profile
  26. Anthony Eric Sandall Green 2003–2012 Director View profile
  27. Lawton Fitt 2003–2005 Director View profile
  28. Professor Chris Orr 2003–2018 Director View profile
  29. Sarah Jane Cook 2002–2004 Director View profile
  30. Professor Phillip Kenneth King 1999–2004 Director View profile
  31. Ronald William Zeghibe 1999–2014 Director View profile
  32. Sarah Jane St Clair Weir 1999–2000 Director View profile
  33. Charles Peter Coates 1999–2003 Director View profile
  34. Roger Frederick Hymas 1998–2003 Director View profile
  35. David John Rees Haythorn 1998–2004 Director View profile
  36. David Francis Lawson 1998–1999 Director View profile
  37. Anthony Henry Weldon 1997–2006 Director View profile
  38. David Sorrell Gordon 1996–2002 Director View profile
  39. John Denis Nickson 1996–1999 Director View profile
  40. Ben Gerald Philip Levene 1995–1999 Director View profile
  41. Patricia Edna Mclean 1995–2009 Director View profile
  42. Michael James Kenny 1995–1999 Director View profile
  43. Ann Christopher 1995–1999 Director View profile
  44. Ronald Michael Woodhouse 1995–2003 Director View profile
  45. Patricia Maureen Grayburn 1995–2004 Director View profile
  46. Dr John Bellany 1995–2003 Director View profile
  47. Sir Philip Manning Dowson 1994–1999 Director View profile
  48. Sir Roger De Grey 1997 Director View profile
  49. Lady Margaret Casson 1997 Director View profile
  50. John Stanton Ward 1997 Director View profile
  51. Kenneth Tanner 1998 Director View profile
  52. Coral Cynthia Samuel 2000 Director View profile
  53. Eric Brittain 1997 Director View profile
  54. Andrew Piers Wingate Rodgers 1996 Director View profile
  55. Bernard Dunstan 1997 Director View profile
  56. Professor Carel Victor Morlais Weight 1997 Director View profile
  57. Reverend William Baddeley 1997 Director View profile
  58. Sir Philip Powell 1997 Director View profile
  59. Donald Hamilton Fraser 1997 Director View profile
  60. Benedict John Anstey 2025–2026 Secretary View profile
  61. Annie May Leonard 2025–2025 Secretary View profile
  62. Benedict John Anstey 2019–2025 Secretary View profile
  63. Sarah Iddon 2018–2019 Secretary View profile
  64. Susan Jane Gent 2017–2018 Secretary View profile
  65. Jonathon Cornaby 2013–2017 Secretary View profile
  66. Dominic Paul Anghileri 2000–2013 Secretary View profile
  67. Ian Craig Blatchford 1997–2000 Secretary View profile
  68. Trevor George Clark 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
21/12/1976
Also a registered charity
The Friends of the Royal Academy
Board analysis for researchers

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.

8 directors on the board

3y median 2.8y
average tenure
7.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity

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 3Retail and trade 2Other services 1Professional 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
01291535
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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