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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 20

  1. Jamie Andrews 2019-2025 Director View profile
  2. Kim Evans 2019-2026 Director View profile
  3. Bidisha Shonarkoli Mamata 2019-2020 Director View profile
  4. Cynthia Miller 2018-2019 Director View profile
  5. Jacob Sam-La Rose 2015-2019 Director View profile
  6. Giles Richard Lovell Spackman 2014-2022 Director View profile
  7. Dr Robyn Louise Marsack 2014-2019 Director View profile
  8. Martin Nicholas Caleb Thomas 2013-2021 Director View profile
  9. Nigel Brice Bennett 2013-2019 Director View profile
  10. Lemn Sissay 2012-2014 Director View profile
  11. Cressida Connolly 1995-2013 Director View profile
  12. Maria Joan Mackle 1994-2019 Director View profile
  13. Hamilton Temple Blackwood, Belinda Serena Rosemary, the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava 1994-2010 Director View profile
  14. Roderick Hugo Campbell 1994-2010 Director View profile
  15. Mary Ann Sieghart 1994-1994 Director View profile
  16. James Mcquade 2010-2013 Secretary View profile
  17. James Mcquade 1999-2010 Secretary View profile
  18. Jacqueline Smith-Hastie 1995-1998 Secretary View profile
  19. Neil Francis Jeremy Mendoza 1994-2013 Secretary View profile
  20. Andrew Hugh Penny 1994-1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
28/02/1994
Also a registered charity
Forward Arts Foundation

Grants received

7 grants · £326,740 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 & Sport · £241,740 (5 grants)
  • John Ellerman Foundation · £75,000
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £10,0002024-02-01
  • John Ellerman Foundation £75,0002022-09-29
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £48,7962021-12-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £48,7962020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £5002020-04-01
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.

13 directors on the board

4.9y median 3.4y
average tenure
32.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (6)

Left in the last 12 months

  • Jamie Andrews Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
  • Kim Evans Director · appointed 2019 · 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.

Arts and leisure 3Dormant 1Education 1Finance 1Professional services 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

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Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02902864
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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