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British Museum Ventures Limited
Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 20
- Laura Lucy Cooke 2025-2026 View profile
- Jessica Lauren Frey 2024-2025 View profile
- Nicholas Foster 2024-2025 View profile
- Celia Charlotte Lloyd Davidson 2022-2024 View profile
- Henrietta Kate Blaxland Martin-Fisher 2020-2024 View profile
- Jane Louise Whittaker 2019-2024 View profile
- Christopher Paul Yates 2012-2022 View profile
- Brian Leslie Oldman 2007-2012 View profile
- Andrew John Thatcher 2001-2007 View profile
- Sukie Mary Hemming 2001-2008 View profile
- Nicholas Charles Faithorn Barber 2001-2003 View profile
- Patrick Michael Mckee Wright 1994-2001 View profile
- Graham Carleton Greene 2001 View profile
- Hugh James Foster Campbell 1994 View profile
- Hrh the Duke of Gloucester 1998 View profile
- Sir Peter Harrop 1998 View profile
- Hugh Alexander Stevenson 2006 View profile
- Ian Anthony Doubleday 2008-2019 View profile
- Helen Kay Watts 2000-2012 View profile
- Douglas Allan Holford 2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet; Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
- Incorporated
- 09/08/1979
- Registered office
- London
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- The British Museum Company Limited
75-100% shares, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- British Museum Ventures Limited
is controlled by The British Museum Company Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by The British Museum Company Limited.
2 other companies 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.
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.
2 directors on the board
- Roderick Macdonald Buchanan Director · appointed 2025
- Judith Kenzie Mcnicol Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Roderick Macdonald Buchanan Director · appointed 2025
- Judith Kenzie Mcnicol Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Laura Lucy Cooke Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
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
- 01442912
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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