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Previous officers 102

  1. Natasha Lewis Kurzeja 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Julie Elliott Mp 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Elizabeth Anne Mclaughlin 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Bosede Olufemi Otukoya 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Rt Hon Valerie Vaz 2022-2022 Director View profile
  6. Harriet Harman 2021-2022 Director View profile
  7. Brendan O'Hara 2021-2023 Director View profile
  8. Joyti Kumari Mackintosh 2020-2021 Director View profile
  9. Dame Maria Frances Lewis Miller 2020-2024 Director View profile
  10. Christine Anne Jardine 2020-2023 Director View profile
  11. Louise Collings 2018-2020 Director View profile
  12. Mark Babington 2018-2024 Director View profile
  13. Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham 2018-2024 Director View profile
  14. Patrick John Grady 2018-2021 Director View profile
  15. Susan Clare Inglish 2017-2023 Director View profile
  16. Thomas Moir Hughes 2017-2023 Director View profile
  17. Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh OBE Mp 2016-2017 Director View profile
  18. Simon Edward John Walker 2015-2022 Director View profile
  19. Baroness Margaret Eve Hodge 2015-2020 Director View profile
  20. Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond 2015-2016 Director View profile
  21. Rt Hon Jeffrey Mark Donaldson 2015-2020 Director View profile
  22. Lord Henry Campbell Bellingham 2013-2018 Director View profile
  23. Kenneth Mathieson Caldwell 2013-2017 Director View profile
  24. Rushanara Ali 2013-2022 Director View profile
  25. Robert Andrew Stunell 2013-2015 Director View profile
  26. Ann Mckechin 2012-2015 Director View profile
  27. Peter Wishart 2011-2015 Director View profile
  28. John Philip Glen 2011-2013 Director View profile
  29. Anthony John Osmond 2011-2017 Director View profile
  30. Nonie Bronwen Manby 2011-2017 Director View profile
  31. Andrew Richard Rosindell 2010-2019 Director View profile
  32. Sir Gary Nicholas Streeter 2010-2013 Director View profile
  33. Anne Margaret Main 2010-2011 Director View profile
  34. Donald Michael Ellison Foster 2010-2012 Director View profile
  35. The Westminster Foundation for Democracy Limited 2009-2009 Corporate-director View profile
  36. Graham Stuart Brady Mp 2009-2010 Director View profile
  37. Rt Hon Hilary Jane Armstrong 2009-2012 Director View profile
  38. Joanne Kate Swinson 2009-2010 Director View profile
  39. Margaret Patricia Munn 2008-2012 Director View profile
  40. Dr Sean Farren 2008-2011 Director View profile
  41. Philip Martin Dunne 2008-2010 Director View profile
  42. Sir David Roy Lidington 2008-2010 Director View profile
  43. Paul John Naismith 2008-2018 Director View profile
  44. Kenneth James Jones 2007-2013 Director View profile
  45. Christine Elizabeth Knights 2007-2010 Director View profile
  46. Haji Saghir Alam 2007-2010 Director View profile
  47. Lord George Foulkes 2006-2013 Director View profile
  48. Thomas Anthony Brake 2006-2008 Director View profile
  49. Sir Hugh Michael Robertson 2005-2008 Director View profile
  50. Sir Hugh Nigel Edward Bayley 2005-2009 Director View profile
  51. Susannah Tina Fahm 2005-2014 Director View profile
  52. Myles Antony Wickstead 2005-2012 Director View profile
  53. Lord Rogan of Lower Weagh 2005-2008 Director View profile
  54. Rt Hon James Norwich Arbuthnot 2004-2005 Director View profile
  55. James Robert Bewsher 2003-2012 Director View profile
  56. Michael John Gapes 2002-2005 Director View profile
  57. Michael Kevin Moore 2002-2005 Director View profile
  58. Stuart, Gisela Gschaider, Rt Hon Ms 2001-2008 Director View profile
  59. Dame Caroline Alice Spelman 2001-2004 Director View profile
  60. Patrick Nigel Smith 2001-2005 Director View profile
  61. Michael John Aaronson 2001-2007 Director View profile
  62. Elfyn Llwyd 2001-2005 Director View profile
  63. Nicola Anne Duckworth 2000-2003 Director View profile
  64. Richard John Grenville Spring 2000-2009 Director View profile
  65. D'Souza, Frances Clare, Rthon Baroness 1999-2007 Director View profile
  66. Michael St John Trend 1999-2005 Director View profile
  67. Gillian Joanna Merron 1998-2001 Director View profile
  68. Elizabeth Jean Smith 1998-2001 Director View profile
  69. Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope 1998-2002 Director View profile
  70. Georgina Teresa Ashworth 1998-2007 Director View profile
  71. Ieuan Wyn Jones 1998-2000 Director View profile
  72. Richard Lewis Page 1997-2000 Director View profile
  73. Professor Mary Henrietta Kaldor 1997-2006 Director View profile
  74. Rt Hon Sir Walter Menzies Campbell 1997-1997 Director View profile
  75. Nicholas Keith Gowing 1996-2005 Director View profile
  76. Lesley Julia Abdela 1996-1997 Director View profile
  77. Ernest Ross 1996-2002 Director View profile
  78. Right Honourable Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury 1995-1997 Director View profile
  79. Geoffrey William Hoon 1994-1997 Director View profile
  80. Right Honourable Sir Archibald Gavin Hamilton 1993-1999 Director View profile
  81. Ian Colin Taylor 1992-1994 Director View profile
  82. Patrick Nicholls 1992-1993 Director View profile
  83. Robert Michael James Gascoyne Cecil 1992-1992 Director View profile
  84. Sir Russell Johnston 1992-1997 Director View profile
  85. Carole Tongue 1992-1995 Director View profile
  86. Ralph Richard Land 1992-1998 Director View profile
  87. Prof Peter Frank 1992-2000 Director View profile
  88. Sir Gavin Harry Laird 1992-1996 Director View profile
  89. Lord George Islay Macneill Robertson 1992-1994 Director View profile
  90. Baroness (Elspeth Morton) Howe of Idlicote 1992-1996 Director View profile
  91. Lord Clarke 1992-1998 Director View profile
  92. Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky 1992-1998 Director View profile
  93. Margaret Anne Ewing 1992-1998 Director View profile
  94. Timothy Garton Ash 1992-2001 Director View profile
  95. Sir James Spicer 1992-1997 Director View profile
  96. Christopher John Lane 2018-2024 Secretary View profile
  97. Robert Rainford 2005-2008 Secretary View profile
  98. Gordon Robert Lane 2003-2005 Secretary View profile
  99. Valerie Angela Blackwell 2002-2003 Secretary View profile
  100. Hilary Diana Mackay 2000-2000 Secretary View profile
  101. Susan Anne Chudleigh 1992-2003 Secretary View profile
  102. Michael Leach 1992-1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Foreign affairs; Activities of political organizations
Incorporated
26/02/1992
Registered office
London
Public bodyNDPB-executive · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficePublic appointments regulated

Grants received

13 grants · £10,347,505 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 International Development · £5,334,011 (4 grants)
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · £5,013,494 (9 grants)

Most recent

  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £333,0302021-04-01
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £310,3592021-04-01
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £310,8032021-04-01
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £96,6742020-04-01
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office £-27,2852020-04-01

Contracts awarded

4 contracts

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

Most recent

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.

12 directors on the board

2.8y median 1.7y
average tenure
11.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Other services 3Professional services 3Hospitality 1Property 1Tech and media 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
02693163
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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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