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Friends of Benjamin Franklin House

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 28

  1. Irina Georgieva Bokova 2020-2025 Director View profile
  2. Andrew Arthur Miller 2013-2019 Director View profile
  3. David Michael Hawkins 2013-2019 Director View profile
  4. Maria Elizabeth Allen 2013-2017 Director View profile
  5. Anita Volz Wien 2012-2019 Director View profile
  6. Jonathan Fanton 2012-2022 Director View profile
  7. Joe Patrick Phelan 2010-2018 Director View profile
  8. Mary Jo Jacobi 2007-2010 Director View profile
  9. Arthur William Crawford Morgan 2002-2007 Director View profile
  10. Sandra Locke Chalmers 1998-2008 Director View profile
  11. Ralph Nicholas Quartano 1998-2007 Director View profile
  12. Sir Robert Paul Reid 1997-2007 Director View profile
  13. Lady Joan Mary Reid 1995-2011 Director View profile
  14. Polly Carver Duxbury 1994-1994 Director View profile
  15. Nancy Dayton Gough 1993-1994 Director View profile
  16. Samuel Wendell Pray 1993-1996 Director View profile
  17. Neuflize, Frederick Edward, the Earl of Bessborough 1993 Director View profile
  18. Ezsel Buckley-Sharp 1994 Director View profile
  19. James Ralph Beery 1996 Director View profile
  20. Evangline Hunter-Jones 2001 Director View profile
  21. Lady Beatrice Wright 1993 Director View profile
  22. Richard Williamson Walker 2002 Director View profile
  23. Professor Esmond Wright 2002 Director View profile
  24. Ethne Etain Rudd 2002 Director View profile
  25. Stephen Desmond Sinnot 1996 Director View profile
  26. Elizabeth Rose Tirone 2007-2025 Secretary View profile
  27. Graham Andrew Nixon 2002-2009 Secretary View profile
  28. Bessborough, Mary, the Countess of Bessborough 2012 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
10/04/1978
Also a registered charity
Friends of Benjamin Franklin House

Grants received

8 grants · £1,783,020 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 Heritage Fund · £1,665,400 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £107,800 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,820

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £33,0002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £74,8002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £56,1002020-06-15
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £85,8002017-02-02
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002013-06-07
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.

9 directors on the board

12.1y median 6.1y
average tenure
33.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

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 4Tech and media 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

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01362091
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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