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Southbank Centre Limited

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

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Previous officers 70

  1. Syed Salman Mahdi 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Glyn Aikins 2020-2024 Director View profile
  3. William Desmond Sargent 2016-2025 Director View profile
  4. Venetia Butterfield 2016-2024 Director View profile
  5. Nicola Joy Benedetti 2016-2020 Director View profile
  6. Michael Alexandre Zaoui 2012-2020 Director View profile
  7. Nihal Arthanyake 2011-2018 Director View profile
  8. Dr Maggie Semple 2010-2022 Director View profile
  9. Mark Wallinger 2010-2013 Director View profile
  10. Cornelius Malcolm Medvei 2009-2022 Director View profile
  11. Julian Lloyd Webber 2009-2015 Director View profile
  12. Brent Vivian Hansen 2008-2021 Director View profile
  13. Susan Georgina Gilchrist 2008-2021 Director View profile
  14. David Andrew Kershaw 2008-2021 Director View profile
  15. Richard Neil Haythornthwaite 2008-2016 Director View profile
  16. Mark Foster Ball 2007-2009 Director View profile
  17. Fionnuala Mary Hogan 2007-2020 Director View profile
  18. Walter Alexander Gubert 2005-2008 Director View profile
  19. Robin George Woodhead 2004-2017 Director View profile
  20. Martin Trevor Myers 2003-2008 Director View profile
  21. Ursula Margaret Owen 2003-2015 Director View profile
  22. Michael Paul Frederick Hamlyn 2003-2009 Director View profile
  23. Baroness Margaret Lola Young 2002-2010 Director View profile
  24. Anthony Ivan Holden 2002-2008 Director View profile
  25. Dame Vivien Louise Duffield 2002-2016 Director View profile
  26. Lord Clive Richard Hollick of Notting Hill 2002-2008 Director View profile
  27. Sir David John Hancock 2000-2002 Director View profile
  28. Joanna Lamond Barlow 2000-2002 Director View profile
  29. Alan Yentob 1999-2008 Director View profile
  30. Robert Harold Ferrers Devereux 1999-2008 Director View profile
  31. Dr Maya Even 1999-2005 Director View profile
  32. Edward Ian Walker Arnott 1999-2009 Director View profile
  33. Anthony David Bernard Sylvester 1997-2001 Director View profile
  34. Professor Robert Louis Alfred Saxton 1997-2007 Director View profile
  35. Deborah Baroness Bull CBE 1997-2003 Director View profile
  36. Gilbert Kaplan 1997-2007 Director View profile
  37. Sir George Christie 1997-2007 Director View profile
  38. Nigel Norman Walmsley 1997-2002 Director View profile
  39. Elliott Bernerd 1995-2002 Director View profile
  40. Alan Keith Patrick Smith 1995-2008 Director View profile
  41. Lady Marina Vaizey 1993-2003 Director View profile
  42. John Crocket Bowis 1992-1993 Director View profile
  43. David Ellis Marlow 1992-1996 Director View profile
  44. Perry, Pauline, the Rt Hon Baroness Perry of Southwark 1992-1994 Director View profile
  45. Lorin Maazel 1992 Director View profile
  46. John Humphrey Gunn 1995 Director View profile
  47. Sir Martin Smith 1998 Director View profile
  48. David Sorrell Gordon 1996 Director View profile
  49. Jackie Rosenfeld 1997 Director View profile
  50. Lord George Weidenfeld 1998 Director View profile
  51. Hon Edward James Streator 1998 Director View profile
  52. Lady Pamela Harlech 1994 Director View profile
  53. Honourable Sir Victor Garland 2000 Director View profile
  54. Lord Max Rayne 1992 Director View profile
  55. Sir Harrison Birtwistle 2002 Director View profile
  56. Sir John Tooley 1997 Director View profile
  57. Beverly Jean Anderson 1994 Director View profile
  58. Sir Frederick Brian Corby 1998 Director View profile
  59. Vanessa Anne Bernstein 1999 Director View profile
  60. Sir Colin Grieve Southgate 1993 Director View profile
  61. Sir Gordon Charles Brunton 1992 Director View profile
  62. Laura Elizabeth Ashworth-Cape 2024-2026 Secretary View profile
  63. David Simon Holdaway 2018-2024 Secretary View profile
  64. Timothy William Melford Deane 2009-2018 Secretary View profile
  65. Caroline Anne Stockmann 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  66. David Carson Parkhill 2007-2008 Secretary View profile
  67. Morven Houston 2006-2007 Secretary View profile
  68. Dawn Priscilla Sugden 2003-2006 Secretary View profile
  69. Paul Lindsay Mason 1992-2003 Secretary View profile
  70. Richard Charles Pulford 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Venue Hire (Southbank Centre) Buyer: THE OPEN UNIVERSITY Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    OU Graduation - Southbank Centre - 26th November 2026

About

Incorporated
31/03/1988

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Southbank Centre Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

3 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.

Grants received

22 grants · £74,605,834 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 and Sport · £34,499,500 (8 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £18,742,824 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £18,292,491 (3 grants)
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £1,939,000 (4 grants)
  • Spirit of 2012 · £722,019

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £757,0002023-03-29
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £707,4492023-01-20
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £16,828,0422022-10-20
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £18,447,8242020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £295,0002020-04-01
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.

14 directors on the board

4.9y median 4.3y
average tenure
10.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (11)

1
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.

Education 4Finance 4Professional services 4Arts and leisure 3Other services 3Property 2Business services 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02238415
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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