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The Architecture Foundation
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Who leads it
- Richard John ForsdykeDirector · since 2025
- Faaiza LaljiDirector · since 2024
- Kevin Ian CarmodyDirector · since 2024
- Manijeh Enakshi VergheseDirector · since 2024
- Adrian John LahoudDirector · since 2021
- James Earl FobertDirector · since 2019
- Dries Bruno Vande VeldeDirector · since 2016
- Ellis James WoodmanSecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 63
- Sarah Penelope Kate Mackenzie 2022-2026 View profile
- Lesley Lokko 2021-2023 View profile
- David Olugbemiga Ayowale Ogunmuyiwa 2021-2025 View profile
- Nabaneeta Bose 2021-2025 View profile
- Matthew John Bonye 2019-2024 View profile
- Gerald Matthew O'Brien 2019-2024 View profile
- Kathrin Hersel 2019-2022 View profile
- David Benjamin Marks 2019-2022 View profile
- Catherine Jane Ince 2019-2023 View profile
- Dr Cynthia Sue Walters 2019-2024 View profile
- Paul Djorjde Karakusevic 2017-2020 View profile
- Russell James Curtis 2017-2021 View profile
- Holly Alexandra Lewis 2016-2020 View profile
- Maria Krystyna Smith 2016-2021 View profile
- Dr David James Knight 2016-2021 View profile
- Richard Ronald Jones 2016-2020 View profile
- Professor Robert Maclean Mull 2013-2020 View profile
- Simon Allford 2013-2019 View profile
- Matthew Graham White 2013-2019 View profile
- Peter Wynne Rees 2012-2017 View profile
- Vijay Kumar Thakur 2012-2016 View profile
- Thomas Dyckhoff 2012-2016 View profile
- Bettina Ilse Friederike Von Hase 2012-2016 View profile
- Eric Owen Parry 2012-2020 View profile
- Professor Hanif Mohamed Kara 2010-2019 View profile
- Jasper Alexander Thirlby Conran OBE 2010-2012 View profile
- Professor Farshid Moussavi 2009-2018 View profile
- Gillian Claire Hicks 2009-2011 View profile
- Luqman Philip Vasa Arnold 2006-2007 View profile
- Patrick Robinson 2005-2013 View profile
- Carole Maureen Conrad 2004-2012 View profile
- Brian Clarke 2002-2013 View profile
- Erica Jane Bolton 2001-2013 View profile
- Kenneth William Dytor 2001-2007 View profile
- William Allen Alsop 2001-2007 View profile
- Sir Simon David Jenkins 2000-2006 View profile
- Professor Nigel Martin Coates 2000-2013 View profile
- Derek Alan Higgs 1998-2002 View profile
- Amanda Jane Levete 1998-2008 View profile
- Professor Peter Geoffrey Hall 1997-2005 View profile
- Garry Richard Rusby Hart 1996-2005 View profile
- Paul Finch 1995-1997 View profile
- Sheila Mckechnie 1995-2001 View profile
- Zaha Mohammed Hadid 1995-2001 View profile
- David Sorrell Gordon 1993-2001 View profile
- Alan Yentob 1992-2001 View profile
- Lord Peter Garth Palumbo 1992-1992 View profile
- Richard Michael Burdett 1992-2004 View profile
- Sir Nicholas Andrew Serota 1992-1999 View profile
- Baroness Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone 1992-1997 View profile
- Mark Girouard 1992-1999 View profile
- Lord Norman Robert Foster of Thames Bank Om 1992-1999 View profile
- Andreas Whittam Smith 1992-2000 View profile
- Sir Peter John Hunt 1992-1997 View profile
- David Alan Chipperfield 1992-1997 View profile
- John Harris 1992-1995 View profile
- Doris Jean Lockhart-Saatchi 1992-1994 View profile
- Lord Richard George Rogers 1991-2001 View profile
- Sarah Mineko Ichioka 2008-2014 View profile
- Rowan Moore 2002-2008 View profile
- Lucy Ellen Musgrave 1997-2002 View profile
- Jeremy Paul Melvin 1996-1997 View profile
- Sir Stuart Anthony Lipton 1991-1999 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
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- Incorporated
- 08/11/1991
- Registered office
- Potters Bar
- Also a registered charity
- The Architecture Foundation
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.
- Ellis James Woodman
significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2022-07-20
Group
- The Architecture Foundation
is controlled by Ellis James Woodman
Evidence
active significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2022-07-20 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Ellis James Woodman.
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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £135,929
- Total assets
- £184,378
- Employees
- 4
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
1 grant · £11,900 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £11,900
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
7 directors on the board
- Faaiza Lalji Director · appointed 2024
- Kevin Ian Carmody Director · appointed 2024
- Adrian John Lahoud Director · appointed 2021
- Dries Bruno Vande Velde Director · appointed 2016
- Richard John Forsdyke Director · appointed 2025
- Manijeh Enakshi Verghese Director · appointed 2024
- James Earl Fobert Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Dries Bruno Vande Velde Director · appointed 2016
- James Earl Fobert Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Dries Bruno Vande Velde Director · appointed 2016
Portfolio (6)
- Faaiza Lalji Director · appointed 2024
- Kevin Ian Carmody Director · appointed 2024
- Adrian John Lahoud Director · appointed 2021
- Richard John Forsdyke Director · appointed 2025
- Manijeh Enakshi Verghese Director · appointed 2024
- James Earl Fobert Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Sarah Penelope Kate Mackenzie Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
- David Olugbemiga Ayowale Ogunmuyiwa Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
- Nabaneeta Bose Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
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
- 02661352
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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