Who leads it
- Lady Jillian Rosemary RitblatDirector · since 2026
- Dr Charles Alexander Evan SpicerDirector · since 2024
- Christopher Jason GatenbyDirector · since 2024
- Jane Mary RufferDirector · since 2023
- Rupert David TylerDirector · since 2023
- Bridget Ann PinchbeckDirector · since 2022
- Edwina Valentine SassoonDirector · since 2022
- Hazel Ann GardinerDirector · since 2021
- Jeremy ClayDirector · since 2021
- Edward Brownlow McmullanDirector · since 2021
- Sir Charles Robert Saumarez SmithDirector · since 2018
- Bryan SandersonDirector · since 2013
- Sulman, Nicola, Marchioness of NormandyDirector · since 2012
- Thomas Richard Stephen Peregrine Stuart-SmithDirector · since 2008
- Lady Audrey Caroline EgremontDirector · since 2004
- Lady Tania ComptonDirector · since 2001
Previous officers 37
- Alexander Jan Fortescue 2023–2024 View profile
- Nicola Jane Saunders 2021–2022 View profile
- Michael David Halcrow 2021–2022 View profile
- Jonathan Robert Lester 2019–2020 View profile
- Lady Laura Burlington 2018–2024 View profile
- David Morrison 2018–2020 View profile
- Barry John Newton 2015–2022 View profile
- Dr Sarah Furness 2014–2015 View profile
- Michael Kaufmann 2011–2012 View profile
- Mark Fane 2010–2023 View profile
- Emma Keswick 2010–2022 View profile
- Giles Waterfield 2010–2016 View profile
- Alan Titchmarsh 2009–2020 View profile
- Rothermere, Claudia Caroline Viscountess, Viscountess 2008–2017 View profile
- James Davidson 2003–2011 View profile
- Dr Barbara Ann Simms 2002–2015 View profile
- Richard Alexander Hambro 2002–2006 View profile
- Lord Maurice Nathan Saatchi 2001–2006 View profile
- Lord George Morgan Magan 2001–2006 View profile
- David Richmond Thomson 2001–2003 View profile
- Colin Arthur Campbell-Preston 1999–2018 View profile
- Frederick Terence Holt 1999–2001 View profile
- Dr Christopher John Charles Thacker 1999–2003 View profile
- Peter Lewis-Crown 1999–2017 View profile
- Anthony Paul Adrian Inness 1994–1999 View profile
- Salisbury, Marjory, the Dowager Marchioness of 2017 View profile
- Anglesey, George Charles Henry Victorpaget, 7th Marquess 1999 View profile
- Sir Patrick Thomas Cormack 2000 View profile
- Rt Hon Lord Peter Alexander Rupert Carrington 2006 View profile
- Fitzroy, Hugh Denis Charles, the Duke of Grafton 1999 View profile
- Sir Christopher John White 1997 View profile
- Lorna Rosemary Nicholson 2000 View profile
- Dr Roger Halford 2006–2007 View profile
- Melanie Francesca Norris 2001–2006 View profile
- Hon James Donald Diarmid Ogilvy 2000–2001 View profile
- Henry Russell Wilkinson 1996–2000 View profile
- Ion Alexander Dannreuther 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 07/02/1979
- Also a registered charity
- The Garden Museum
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.
16 directors on the board
- Rupert David Tyler Director · appointed 2023
- Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Charles Alexander Evan Spicer Director · appointed 2024
- Christopher Jason Gatenby Director · appointed 2024
- Lady Jillian Rosemary Ritblat Director · appointed 2026
- Bryan Sanderson Director · appointed 2013
- Bridget Ann Pinchbeck Director · appointed 2022
- Lady Audrey Caroline Egremont Director · appointed 2004
- Hazel Ann Gardiner Director · appointed 2021
- Edward Brownlow Mcmullan Director · appointed 2021
- Lady Tania Compton Director · appointed 2001
- Sulman, Nicola, Marchioness of Normandy Director · appointed 2012
- Thomas Richard Stephen Peregrine Stuart-Smith Director · appointed 2008
- Jane Mary Ruffer Director · appointed 2023
- Edwina Valentine Sassoon Director · appointed 2022
- Jeremy Clay Director · appointed 2021
Directors past 6 years
- Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith Director · appointed 2018
- Bryan Sanderson Director · appointed 2013
- Lady Audrey Caroline Egremont Director · appointed 2004
- Lady Tania Compton Director · appointed 2001
- Sulman, Nicola, Marchioness of Normandy Director · appointed 2012
- Thomas Richard Stephen Peregrine Stuart-Smith Director · appointed 2008
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Lady Jillian Rosemary Ritblat Director · appointed 2026
- Bryan Sanderson Director · appointed 2013
- Hazel Ann Gardiner Director · appointed 2021
- Lady Tania Compton Director · appointed 2001
- Sulman, Nicola, Marchioness of Normandy Director · appointed 2012
- Thomas Richard Stephen Peregrine Stuart-Smith Director · appointed 2008
- Jeremy Clay Director · appointed 2021
Portfolio (9)
- Rupert David Tyler Director · appointed 2023
- Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Charles Alexander Evan Spicer Director · appointed 2024
- Christopher Jason Gatenby Director · appointed 2024
- Bridget Ann Pinchbeck Director · appointed 2022
- Lady Audrey Caroline Egremont Director · appointed 2004
- Edward Brownlow Mcmullan Director · appointed 2021
- Jane Mary Ruffer Director · appointed 2023
- Edwina Valentine Sassoon Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
- Rupert David Tyler Jerwood Foundation, Samling Institute for Young Artists, The National Garden Scheme
- Dr Charles Alexander Evan Spicer The Trustees of the United Guilds Service, The London Library, Royal Humane Society
- Bryan Sanderson The UK Kartika Foundation
- Bridget Ann Pinchbeck The Pinchbeck Charitable Trust
- Edward Brownlow Mcmullan Industry and Parliament Trust
- Jane Mary Ruffer The Zurbaran Trust
- Edwina Valentine Sassoon Royal Society of Sculptors
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.
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
- 01413661
- 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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