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Somerset House Trust

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 44

  1. Melanie Jane Smith 2022–2023 Director View profile
  2. Lord Paul Myners 2020–2022 Director View profile
  3. Monica Monajem Isfahani 2020–2024 Director View profile
  4. Oluwole Olatunde Kolade 2019–2023 Director View profile
  5. Nader Alexander Mousavizadeh 2018–2020 Director View profile
  6. Carol Ann Fairweather 2017–2023 Director View profile
  7. Melanie Ruth Hall 2017–2025 Director View profile
  8. Julien Bernard Marie Sevaux 2017–2022 Director View profile
  9. Brian Peter George Eno 2016–2023 Director View profile
  10. James Nicholas Lambert OBE 2016–2022 Director View profile
  11. William Matthew Sieghart 2015–2021 Director View profile
  12. Baroness Margaret Lola Young 2014–2017 Director View profile
  13. Sir Malcolm John Grant 2014–2019 Director View profile
  14. Laurence Ivor Philip Green 2013–2017 Director View profile
  15. Loraine Woodhouse 2013–2015 Director View profile
  16. Caroline Jayne Michel 2013–2019 Director View profile
  17. Judith Mary Gibbons 2013–2022 Director View profile
  18. Marcus John Charles Lyon 2013–2019 Director View profile
  19. Nitin Sawhney 2009–2017 Director View profile
  20. Stuart Alan Corbyn 2009–2012 Director View profile
  21. Jonathan Peter Higgins 2009–2020 Director View profile
  22. Joanna Beaufort Pitman 2009–2015 Director View profile
  23. Sir John Tusa 2004–2006 Director View profile
  24. James Murray Strachan 2004–2008 Director View profile
  25. Sir Simon David Jenkins 2003–2011 Director View profile
  26. Robert Andrew Joseph Gillespie 2003–2015 Director View profile
  27. Lady Alison Mary Irvine of Lairg 2003–2009 Director View profile
  28. Sir Christopher Leslie George Mallaby 2002–2006 Director View profile
  29. Dame Julia Cleverdon 2001–2003 Director View profile
  30. Jeremy Mawdesley Hardie 2001–2015 Director View profile
  31. Anthony Michael Manton Elliott 1999–2017 Director View profile
  32. Richard Michael Burdett 1998–2011 Director View profile
  33. Dame Rosalind Joy Savill 1997–2004 Director View profile
  34. Sir Mark Potter 1997–2015 Director View profile
  35. Jeremy Israel Isaacs 1997–2003 Director View profile
  36. Right Honourable Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury 1997–2002 Director View profile
  37. Dr Giles Arthington Worsley 1997–2006 Director View profile
  38. John David Rowland 1997–2003 Director View profile
  39. Samantha Elizabeth Gilburd 2020–2025 Secretary View profile
  40. Susan Johnston 2016–2019 Secretary View profile
  41. Mark Stuart-Smith 2009–2016 Secretary View profile
  42. Jehangir Ghandhi 2005–2009 Secretary View profile
  43. Rikesh Shah 2002–2005 Secretary View profile
  44. Elizabeth Johnston 1997–2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
17/06/1997
Also a registered charity
Somerset House Trust

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Somerset House Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

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.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

14 directors on the board

4.1y median 3.6y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (11)

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.

Finance 19Professional services 14Business services 5Education 5Property 5Arts and leisure 4Health and social care 2Retail and trade 2

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
03388137
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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