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The Samuel Courtauld Trust

The Samuel Courtauld Trust is an active UK company (number 02413547), incorporated 1989, with 11 current directors including Dr Sean Rainbird and Simon Tony Pryke. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

First-degree level higher education

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Who leads it

Previous officers 40

  1. John Randle Alexander 2018-2022 Director View profile
  2. Henry Mark Wyndham 2016-2020 Director View profile
  3. Richard David Wintour 2014-2018 Director View profile
  4. Henry Legge 2013-2025 Director View profile
  5. Alexander Robert Nairne 2013-2021 Director View profile
  6. Geoffrey Joel Crossick 2012-2017 Director View profile
  7. Professor Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smith 2012-2014 Director View profile
  8. James Hughes-Hallett 2012-2017 Director View profile
  9. Professor Roger John Hart Emery 2012-2025 Director View profile
  10. Andrew John Adcock 2008-2019 Director View profile
  11. Dame Rosalind Joy Savill 2008-2019 Director View profile
  12. Timothy David Llewellyn 2007-2015 Director View profile
  13. Sir Paul Martin Ruddock 2006-2008 Director View profile
  14. Hon Sir Launcelot Dinadan James Henderson 2005-2013 Director View profile
  15. Desmond Philip Shawe-Taylor 2005-2012 Director View profile
  16. Sir Graeme Davies 2003-2009 Director View profile
  17. Neil Macgregor 2003-2004 Director View profile
  18. Peter Christian Erichsen 2002-2007 Director View profile
  19. Professor Francis Ashbee Ames Lewis 2002-2010 Director View profile
  20. Nicholas Eustace Haddon Ferguson 2002-2012 Director View profile
  21. Edward Mortimer Harley 2002-2014 Director View profile
  22. Christopher Melville Mclaren 2002-2013 Director View profile
  23. Professor Arthur Maurice Lucas 1997-2002 Director View profile
  24. Professor Graham John Zellick 1997-2003 Director View profile
  25. Edward Alexander Manisty 1995-2006 Director View profile
  26. Professor Andrew Rutherford 1994-1997 Director View profile
  27. Charles Adam Laurie Sebag-Montefiore 1992-2007 Director View profile
  28. Lord Sutherland 1991-1994 Director View profile
  29. Sir Nicholas Proctor Goodison 2002 Director View profile
  30. Peter Holwell 1997 Director View profile
  31. Lady Victoria Leatham 2001 Director View profile
  32. Right Hon Sir Adam Courtauld Butler 2005 Director View profile
  33. Harry Morton Neal 2006 Director View profile
  34. Sir Angus Duncan Aeneas Stirling 2012 Director View profile
  35. Professor Claus Michael Kauffmann 1995 Director View profile
  36. Hannah Elizabeth Kauffman 2022-2023 Secretary View profile
  37. Julia Rose Blanks 2002-2022 Secretary View profile
  38. Professor Eric Campbell Fernie 1995-2002 Secretary View profile
  39. John Murdoch 1993-1996 Secretary View profile
  40. Dr Dennis Larry Ashwell Farr 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
First-degree level higher education; Post-graduate level higher education; Cultural education; Museums activities
Incorporated
15/08/1989
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The Samuel Courtauld Trust

Financials

Net assets
£4,764,879
Total assets
£4,764,879
Cash
£51,889
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Small company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

11 directors on the board

6.4y median 5.9y
average tenure
11.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (9)

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.

Professional services 6Arts and leisure 5Education 5Tech and media 4Finance 3Manufacturing 1Other services 1Property 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
02413547
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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