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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 16

  1. Sir Ian Craig Blatchford 2021–2024 Director View profile
  2. Naomi Claire Nikolajsen 2021–2024 Director View profile
  3. Lady Anne Heseltine 2017–2023 Director View profile
  4. Claire Andrea Long 2016–2018 Director View profile
  5. Sir Thomas Michael Sydney Hughes-Hallett 2012–2015 Director View profile
  6. Adam Nicholas Singer 2011–2022 Director View profile
  7. Anthony David Smith 2006–2019 Director View profile
  8. Francis Henry Quinlan 1997–2016 Director View profile
  9. Simon Curtis Gulliver 1992–2015 Director View profile
  10. John Charles Bickley 2009 Director View profile
  11. Mark Edward Alliston Brown 1994 Director View profile
  12. Veronica Mary Christophers 2016 Director View profile
  13. John Christophers 2008 Director View profile
  14. Verity Joubert 1992 Director View profile
  15. Robert Laurie Moffat 2007–2008 Secretary View profile
  16. Professor Christopher John Stratford Hodges 2007 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
15/07/1985
Also a registered charity
The Sixteen

Grants received

1 grant · £200,000 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £200,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £200,0002020-04-01
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.

10 directors on the board

10.8y median 13.4y
average tenure
19.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

0
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 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

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01930741
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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