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The British Museum Friends

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

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Previous officers 84

  1. Lord Jonathan Peter Marland of Odstock 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Priyanka Wadhawan 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Sir Andrew Charles Mayfield 2018-2026 Director View profile
  5. Mark Andrew Pears 2017-2025 Director View profile
  6. Elizabeth Pauline Lucy Corley 2016-2024 Director View profile
  7. Sir Paul Martin Ruddock 2016-2024 Director View profile
  8. Clarissa Mary Farr 2016-2024 Director View profile
  9. Muriel Gray 2016-2023 Director View profile
  10. Baroness Nemat Talaat Shafik 2016-2024 Director View profile
  11. Professor Nicola Mary Lacey 2015-2019 Director View profile
  12. Grayson Perry 2015-2023 Director View profile
  13. Sir Richard Peter Lambert 2014-2021 Director View profile
  14. Lord James Meyer Sassoon 2013-2021 Director View profile
  15. Sir Deryck Charles Maughan 2013-2021 Director View profile
  16. Patricia Clare Cumper 2013-2021 Director View profile
  17. Wasfi Kani 2013-2017 Director View profile
  18. Cheryl Ann Carolus 2013-2021 Director View profile
  19. Nigel Patrick Gray Boardman 2013-2020 Director View profile
  20. Chukwuemeka, Eleazar, Chief 2012-2013 Director View profile
  21. Sir Antony Mark David Gormley 2012-2015 Director View profile
  22. Bonnie Greer 2012-2013 Director View profile
  23. Martin Stuart Sorrell 2012-2015 Director View profile
  24. Gavin Echlin Patterson 2012-2020 Director View profile
  25. Lord Adair Jonathan Turner 2012-2020 Director View profile
  26. Sir Paul Maxime Nurse 2012-2020 Director View profile
  27. Baroness Patience Jane Wheatcroft 2012-2018 Director View profile
  28. Niall William Arthur Fitzgerald 2012-2014 Director View profile
  29. Professor Amartya Kumar Sen 2012-2018 Director View profile
  30. Professor Sir Christopher Alan Bayly 2012-2015 Director View profile
  31. Stern, Nicholas Herbert, Baron Stern of Brentford, Ch, Kt, Fba, Frs 2012-2016 Director View profile
  32. Lord James Roger Crompton Lupton 2012-2017 Director View profile
  33. Dame Elizabeth Anne Lucy Forgan 2012-2016 Director View profile
  34. Karen Andersen Armstrong 2012-2016 Director View profile
  35. Francis Finlay 2012-2013 Director View profile
  36. Ahdaf Soueif 2012-2019 Director View profile
  37. John Micklethwait 2012-2019 Director View profile
  38. Gamble, Clive Stephen, Emeritus Professor 2012-2018 Director View profile
  39. Victoria Katie Reeves 2010-2012 Director View profile
  40. Susan Balch 2010-2012 Director View profile
  41. Penelope Lesley Hughes 2009-2015 Director View profile
  42. David Andrew Campbell Scott 2009-2012 Director View profile
  43. Fleur Meijs 2009-2012 Director View profile
  44. Sir David Ronald Norgrove 2009-2012 Director View profile
  45. Kathi Hall 2008-2012 Director View profile
  46. Mark Paul Phillips 2008-2012 Director View profile
  47. Brian Paige Chadwick 2007-2012 Director View profile
  48. Anna Louise Josephine De Pass 2005-2012 Director View profile
  49. Judith Catherine Woodthorpe Nugee 2005-2012 Director View profile
  50. Ian Plenderleith 2005-2012 Director View profile
  51. Eva Ratz 2004-2010 Director View profile
  52. Professor Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe 2004-2009 Director View profile
  53. David Clive Lindsell 2004-2008 Director View profile
  54. Kusuma Barnet 2003-2006 Director View profile
  55. Richard Arthur Dalzell 2003-2011 Director View profile
  56. Patricia Christine Vanags 2003-2009 Director View profile
  57. Sarah Elizabeth Stowell 2003-2006 Director View profile
  58. Christopher James Steele 2003-2009 Director View profile
  59. William Rathbone 2003-2012 Director View profile
  60. Brendan Godfrey Eamonn Finucane 2002-2012 Director View profile
  61. Dr Jeremy David Hill 2002-2005 Director View profile
  62. Hugh William Purcell 2001-2007 Director View profile
  63. Dr Christopher Robin Beetles 2001-2002 Director View profile
  64. John Vernon Harry Robins 2001-2004 Director View profile
  65. Andrew John Thatcher 2001-2005 Director View profile
  66. Hilary Alexandra Mary Williams 2000-2005 Director View profile
  67. Jean Carr 2000-2002 Director View profile
  68. Jeremy Hildred Taylor 2000-2004 Director View profile
  69. Anne Dudley Buchanan 2000-2006 Director View profile
  70. Jessica Lucy Kilgour Harrison Hall 2000-2002 Director View profile
  71. Nicholas Charles Faithorn Barber 2000-2003 Director View profile
  72. Patricia Early White 2000-2008 Director View profile
  73. Lesley Alison King-Lewis 2000-2003 Director View profile
  74. Henrietta Francesca Mccall 2000-2005 Director View profile
  75. Andrew Michael Burnett 2000-2004 Director View profile
  76. Richard Bellerby Allan 2000-2003 Director View profile
  77. Patrick Michael Mckee Wright 2000-2001 Director View profile
  78. Dalkeith, Elizabeth, Countess 2000-2004 Director View profile
  79. Trevelyan, Catherine Mary, Hon 2000-2006 Director View profile
  80. Griselda Elizabeth Bear 2000-2008 Director View profile
  81. Geoffrey Alan Leslie House 2000-2005 Director View profile
  82. Ian Anthony Doubleday 2010-2019 Secretary View profile
  83. Margaret Fenn 2001-2005 Secretary View profile
  84. Sarah Garthew 2000-2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
Incorporated
29/12/2000
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The British Museum Friends
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.

21 directors on the board

3.5y median 2.6y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (14)

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.

Arts and leisure 10Professional services 10Tech and media 4Business services 3Education 3Dormant 2Finance 1Health and social care 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
04133346
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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