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BAR PRO Bono Unit

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

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Previous officers 30

  1. Michael Pearson Hayton 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Ishan Kolhatkar 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Theodore David Huckle 2020-2024 Director View profile
  4. Nicholas Anthony Hanning 2015-2022 Director View profile
  5. Michael Alan Todd 2015-2019 Director View profile
  6. Paul Anthony Newdick 2015-2016 Director View profile
  7. Diane Sechi 2015-2024 Director View profile
  8. Christopher Paul Broom 2015-2024 Director View profile
  9. Andrew Charles Hillier 2015-2022 Director View profile
  10. Ann Buxton 2015-2019 Director View profile
  11. Philip Andrew Brook Smith 2015-2022 Director View profile
  12. Anthony James Zacaroli Qc 2015-2020 Director View profile
  13. Rebecca Jane Hilsenrath 2015-2015 Director View profile
  14. Christine Kings 2003-2014 Director View profile
  15. Stephen Ruttle 2001-2004 Director View profile
  16. Edward Alexander Bannister 2001-2009 Director View profile
  17. Jane Vivienne Rayson 2001-2023 Director View profile
  18. Ronald Mervyn Jaffa 2001-2014 Director View profile
  19. Sir Robin St John Knowles 1999-2023 Director View profile
  20. Sir Nicholas Edward Underhill 1997-2008 Director View profile
  21. Robert Geoffrey Bruere Allen 1996-2005 Director View profile
  22. Lord Peter Henry Goldsmith 1996-2001 Director View profile
  23. Christopher Ashley Owen 1996-2001 Director View profile
  24. Ian Hunter 1996-2000 Director View profile
  25. Shyam Popat 2019-2025 Secretary View profile
  26. Mary Dobson 2019-2019 Secretary View profile
  27. Jessica Irene Campbell 2015-2019 Secretary View profile
  28. Rebecca Clare Wilkie 2007-2015 Secretary View profile
  29. Alice Edwina Mary Sheldon 2002-2007 Secretary View profile
  30. Vanessa Sims 1996-2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
13/08/1996
Also a registered charity
BAR PRO Bono Unit

Grants received

1 grant · £5,000 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 · £5,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £5,0002020-07-31
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

4.2y median 3.8y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (8)

1
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 9Business services 8Education 1Finance 1Health and social care 1Manufacturing 1Other 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03237309
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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