The English College Foundation
Company 02677741 Active
Registered charity: The English College Foundation
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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
- Denis Edward Peter Paul Keefe Director · appointed 2020
- Sophie Vacikar Bessisso Director · appointed 2024
- Martyn Arthur Bond Director · appointed 1992
- Janet Frederica Gunn Director · appointed 2017
- Elizabeth Sybil Ussher Cooke Director · appointed 2009
- Milan Bednar Director · appointed 2026
- Ann Walford Lewis Director · appointed 1992
14.7y median 8.7y
average tenure
34.5y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Denis Edward Peter Paul Keefe Director · appointed 2020
- Martyn Arthur Bond Director · appointed 1992
- Janet Frederica Gunn Director · appointed 2017
- Elizabeth Sybil Ussher Cooke Director · appointed 2009
- Ann Walford Lewis Director · appointed 1992
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Sophie Vacikar Bessisso Director · appointed 2024
- Janet Frederica Gunn Director · appointed 2017
- Milan Bednar Director · appointed 2026
- Ann Walford Lewis Director · appointed 1992
Portfolio (3)
- Denis Edward Peter Paul Keefe Director · appointed 2020
- Martyn Arthur Bond Director · appointed 1992
- Elizabeth Sybil Ussher Cooke Director · appointed 2009
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Bohdan Svach Director · appointed 2023 · 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.
Construction 1Health and social care 1Other services 1Professional 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Strutton Court (SW1) Limited 1 shared director
- London Press Club Limited(the) 1 shared director
- Hospices of Hope Limited 1 shared director
- Blindside Properties Limited 1 shared director
- The Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 02677741 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 09/01/1992 |
| Address | 35 BURBAGE ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9HB |
| Accounts next due | 31/05/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/08/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
85600 - Educational support services
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Officers (35)
- Milan Bednar Director · appointed 2026
- Sophie Vacikar Bessisso Director · appointed 2024
- Denis Edward Peter Paul Keefe Director · appointed 2020
- Janet Frederica Gunn Director · appointed 2017
- Barbora Simkova Secretary · appointed 2017
- Elizabeth Sybil Ussher Cooke Director · appointed 2009
- Martyn Arthur Bond Director · appointed 1992
- Ann Walford Lewis Director · appointed 1992
Show 27 former officers
- Bohdan Svach Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Jakub Kohout Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2023
- David Ronald Rankin Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2018
- Eva Dvorak Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2024
- Martin Vlk Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
- Dakin, Paul Kingsley, Dr Secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2022
- Petr Fiman Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
- Rawlings, Patricia Elizabeth, Baroness Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2017
- Radka Kucerova Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
- Thomas Richard Cookson Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
- Zuzana Zdenka Feachem Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2012
- Whitehead, David John, Dr Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
- Nicholas Guy Usher Morris Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2014
- Susie Symes Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2011
- Valerie Cox Polaskova Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
- Alan John Cleary Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
- DAY, Barbara, Dr Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2009
- Andrew Christopher Stuart Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
- Timothy Willatt Slack Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
- James Conrad Douglas Rainbow Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1995
- Elizabeth Jean Smith Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1996
- Holme, Richard Gordon, Rt Hon Lord Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2008
- Scruton, Roger Vernon, Dr Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1994
- Martin John Wyndham Rogers Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2012
- Blackwell, John Charles, Dr Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1994
- Werner, Zdeneck Marcel, Dr Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1997
- George Anderson Heron Kiloh Secretary · appointed 1992 · resigned 2017
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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