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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 84

  1. Rajiv Pravinchandra Vyas 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Amina Folarin 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Dr Kendi Guantai 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Caleb William Mark Stevens 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Nasima Khatun 2021-2022 Director View profile
  6. Felicia Anne Willow 2021-2022 Director View profile
  7. Srabani Sen 2020-2022 Director View profile
  8. Doris Afreh 2020-2021 Director View profile
  9. Paul Damian George 2020-2023 Director View profile
  10. Eva Appelbaum 2020-2022 Director View profile
  11. Professor Shantha Sinha 2019-2023 Director View profile
  12. Katherine Anne Abrahams 2018-2022 Director View profile
  13. Marie Rita Staunton 2018-2020 Director View profile
  14. Dr Helen Sylvia Tarik Pankhurst 2016-2021 Director View profile
  15. Sophie Healy-Thow 2016-2024 Director View profile
  16. Noelie Audi-Dor 2016-2019 Director View profile
  17. Alexander George Anthony Cobham 2015-2019 Director View profile
  18. Catharine Denise Brown 2015-2022 Director View profile
  19. Byrne, Colin A,P 2015-2017 Director View profile
  20. Joanna Maycock 2014-2022 Director View profile
  21. David Andrew Thompson Todd 2014-2022 Director View profile
  22. Margaret Henrietta Augusta Casely-Hayford 2014-2018 Director View profile
  23. Marilyn Ama Aniwa 2014-2018 Director View profile
  24. John Michael Monks 2013-2021 Director View profile
  25. Giles Fernando 2013-2019 Director View profile
  26. Mark Derrick Haysom 2011-2013 Director View profile
  27. Gemma Charlotte Peters 2011-2018 Director View profile
  28. Tennyson Jonathan Claude Williams 2010-2013 Director View profile
  29. Rosalind Eyben 2010-2017 Director View profile
  30. Patricia Levi Hicks Whaley 2010-2019 Director View profile
  31. Dr Andrew James Purkis 2009-2015 Director View profile
  32. Dr Michael Forrest 2008-2014 Director View profile
  33. Frank Mccloughlin 2008-2014 Director View profile
  34. Jane Buckley 2008-2014 Director View profile
  35. Prashant Mohan Naik 2007-2013 Director View profile
  36. Jane Esuantsiwa Goldsmith 2007-2014 Director View profile
  37. Professor Patricia Caplan 2006-2009 Director View profile
  38. Michael Upton Jacobs 2004-2007 Director View profile
  39. Richard Wayne Lewis 2004-2010 Director View profile
  40. Adriano Campolina De Oliveira Soares 2004-2010 Director View profile
  41. Annie Moreton 2004-2011 Director View profile
  42. Dr Robert John Haylock Chambers 2003-2008 Director View profile
  43. Karen Veronica Brown 2003-2009 Director View profile
  44. Peter Alan Cutlack Moore 2002-2008 Director View profile
  45. Banda, Mary Kaphweleza, Minister/ Hon Memeber of Parliament 2001-2003 Director View profile
  46. Dr Yiroshikumari Naidoo 2001-2004 Director View profile
  47. Jon Ungphakorn 2001-2002 Director View profile
  48. Camdido Grzybowski 2001-2003 Director View profile
  49. Adotey Bing 2001-2002 Director View profile
  50. Anna Feuchtwang 2001-2004 Director View profile
  51. Janie L Ligon 2001-2003 Director View profile
  52. David Lindon Lammy 2000-2006 Director View profile
  53. Dawn Airey 2000-2003 Director View profile
  54. Ramu (Muthukrishnan) Ramaswami 1999-2003 Director View profile
  55. Richard John Blackburn 1999-2005 Director View profile
  56. Kaleeba, Noerine, Doctor 1999-2003 Director View profile
  57. Barbara Harriss-White 1998-2005 Director View profile
  58. Rodney Stewart Buse 1998-1998 Director View profile
  59. Dr Josephine Dianne Beall 1997-2002 Director View profile
  60. Veronica Hope-Hailey 1996-2002 Director View profile
  61. Sir Timothy Patrick Lankester 1996-1998 Director View profile
  62. Kenneth Phimister Burnett 1995-2003 Director View profile
  63. Malcolm Lewis Raiser 1994-2000 Director View profile
  64. Patrick Mowbray Mulvany 1994-2001 Director View profile
  65. Roger Frederick Lees 1999 Director View profile
  66. Maurice Edward Thompsett 1999 Director View profile
  67. Sir Christopher Chataway 2000 Director View profile
  68. Rt Hon Sir John Paul Stanley 1999 Director View profile
  69. Marian Foster 1997 Director View profile
  70. Professor Paul Mosley 1998 Director View profile
  71. John David Stephen 1992 Director View profile
  72. Harold Walter Lawrence Sumption 1993 Director View profile
  73. David Gerald Vivien Rogers 1993 Director View profile
  74. Alfred Dubs 1997 Director View profile
  75. Gonzalo Crespi De Valldaura 2003 Director View profile
  76. Rasheda Nicholson 2025-2026 Secretary View profile
  77. Holly Patricia Bowden 2023-2024 Secretary View profile
  78. Victoria Skinner 2020-2023 Secretary View profile
  79. Jessica Holifield 2015-2020 Secretary View profile
  80. Stephen John Eddy 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  81. David Mark Woodbine 2007-2013 Secretary View profile
  82. Rodolfo Lewin 2006-2007 Secretary View profile
  83. Richard Nigel Saxby-Soffe 1994-2005 Secretary View profile
  84. Peter James Brearley 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
21/01/1977
Also a registered charity
Actionaid

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Actionaid on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company 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

17 grants · £10,251,115 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £8,434,649 (14 grants)
  • Comic Relief · £1,816,466 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Comic Relief £300,0002018-11-06
  • Comic Relief £806,5182015-11-25
  • Comic Relief £709,9482015-05-27
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £483,5102015-03-21
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £524,4312014-06-26
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.

14 directors on the board

2y median 1.7y
average tenure
6.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Professional services 5Finance 3Health and social care 3Retail and trade 3Business services 1Education 1Property 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
01295174
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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