Friends of Benjamin Franklin House

Company 01362091 Active

Registered charity: Friends of Benjamin Franklin House

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Board DNA

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directors on the board

12.1y median 6.1y

average tenure

33.5y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

8 vs 1 portfolio

first-time directors

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Arts and leisure 4Tech and media 1

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Gaps to watch

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Narrow spread of sectors across the board

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Castle Howard Foundation 1 shared director

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Company details

Number	01362091
Status	Active
Type	PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated	10/04/1978
Address	BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HOUSE, 36 CRAVEN STREET, LONDON, WC2N 5NF
Accounts next due	31/12/2026
Accounts last made up	31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

85590 - Other education n.e.c.91030 - Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

Officers (37)

Kanazeh, Lama Director · appointed 2024
Sheldrick, Michael William, Mr. Director · appointed 2024
Huey Evans CBE, Gay Director · appointed 2021
Errera, Gerard, Ambassador Director · appointed 2020
Morse, David Allan Director · appointed 2020
Sutherland, Roderick Henry, Mr. Director · appointed 2010
AW, Tudor Director · appointed 2008
Studzinski, John Joseph Director · appointed 2007
Prescott Keigher, Anne Director · appointed 1993
Bokova, Irina Georgieva Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
Miller, Andrew Arthur Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2019
Hawkins, David Michael Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2019
Allen, Maria Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
Volz Wien, Anita Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2019
Fanton, Jonathan, Mr. Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2022
Phelan, Joe Patrick, Mr. Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2018
Jacobi, Mary Jo Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
Tirone, Elizabeth Rose Former Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2025
Nixon, Graham Andrew Former Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2009
Morgan, Arthur William Crawford Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2007
Chalmers, Sandra Locke Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2008
Quartano, Ralph Nicholas Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2007
Reid, Robert Paul, Sir Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2007
Reid, Joan Mary, Lady Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2011
Duxbury, Polly Carver Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1994
Gough, Nancy Dayton Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
Pray, Samuel Wendell Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
Neuflize, Frederick Edward, the Earl of Bessborough Former Director · resigned 1993
Buckley-Sharp, Ezsel Former Director · resigned 1994
Beery, James Ralph Former Director · resigned 1996
Hunter-Jones, Evangline Former Director · resigned 2001
Wright, Beatrice, Lady Former Director · resigned 1993
Walker, Richard Williamson Former Director · resigned 2002
Wright, Esmond, Professor Former Director · resigned 2002
Rudd, Ethne Etain Former Director · resigned 2002
Bessborough, Mary, the Countess of Bessborough Former Secretary · resigned 2012
Sinnot, Stephen Desmond Former Director · resigned 1996

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

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