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The Bishopsgate Foundation
Other education n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anita DattaDirector · since 2025
- Kawsar ZamanDirector · since 2025
- Dr Matthew Charles LodderDirector · since 2025
- Elizabeth Frances PollockDirector · since 2025
- Robin DeyDirector · since 2025
- Benjamin Luke FergusonDirector · since 2024
- Sarah Elise AitchisonDirector · since 2024
- Simon Aklilu DemissieDirector · since 2024
- Benjamin Myers McknightDirector · since 2024
- Nathan Edwards SmithDirector · since 2023
- Rev David Thomas ArmstrongDirector · since 2019
- Francesca Louise CantySecretary · since 2014
Previous officers 54
- Professor Julie Ann Newlan 2024-2025 View profile
- Nancy Kelley 2024-2026 View profile
- Richard Henry Mcdonald 2023-2024 View profile
- Francesca Attard 2022-2023 View profile
- Robert Charles Anthony Hingley 2022-2024 View profile
- Maxwell Shand 2021-2024 View profile
- Megan Louise Putt 2021-2022 View profile
- Nigel Antony Pantling 2021-2024 View profile
- Charles Edward Lord 2019-2021 View profile
- Abdullahi Bashe 2019-2025 View profile
- Susan Marie Moore 2019-2025 View profile
- Louise Richards 2019-2023 View profile
- Professor Thomas Healy 2019-2024 View profile
- Anna Elizabeth Cornelius 2018-2024 View profile
- Jonathan James Clatworthy 2017-2025 View profile
- Joanne Bradshaw 2017-2019 View profile
- Liz Gibbons 2017-2024 View profile
- Dr Aoife Monks 2016-2019 View profile
- Miller, Luke Jonathan, the Venerable 2016-2022 View profile
- Kathryn Martindale 2016-2023 View profile
- Luke Johnson 2013-2014 View profile
- Leanne Joy Tritton 2012-2014 View profile
- Honor Jean Wilson-Fletcher 2012-2016 View profile
- Michael Alexander Schraer 2012-2017 View profile
- Stephen Jordan 2011-2012 View profile
- Graham Bulpitt 2011-2016 View profile
- May Kunle Dare 2010-2013 View profile
- Duncan Steel 2010-2011 View profile
- Christopher Patrick Eason Cook 2010-2018 View profile
- Neil Graham Morgan Redcliffe 2009-2014 View profile
- Marc Lowis Aron Jordan 2009-2015 View profile
- Nigel John William Brockmann 2009-2017 View profile
- Zubia Masood 2009-2010 View profile
- Ruth Lesirge 2008-2016 View profile
- Timothy Patrick Camroux Oliver 2007-2009 View profile
- Reverend Alan William Mccormack 2007-2015 View profile
- Abigail Pogson 2007-2012 View profile
- Robert Brian Hall 2007-2009 View profile
- Helen Antonia Byatt 2003-2016 View profile
- Diane Elizabeth Brunt 2003-2011 View profile
- Michael Brooke Maunsell 2002-2012 View profile
- Philip Max Weaver 2002-2013 View profile
- Anthony Colin Graves 2002-2006 View profile
- Michael Victor Roberts 2002-2009 View profile
- Miles Winston Barber 2002-2011 View profile
- Sir James Michael Yorrick Oliver 2002-2009 View profile
- Professor Deian Rhys Hopkin 2002-2003 View profile
- Roger Louis Payton 2002-2007 View profile
- Edwin Robson Tarry 2002-2006 View profile
- Peter Luscombe 2002-2007 View profile
- Eugenie Pamela Maxwell 2002-2009 View profile
- William Harry Dove 2002-2009 View profile
- Reverend John David Marshall Paton 2002-2009 View profile
- Andrew Charles Fuller 2002-2014 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other education n.e.c.; Library activities; Archives activities; Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
- Incorporated
- 29/01/2002
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- The Bishopsgate Foundation
Ownership
Owned by (4) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Christopher Patrick Eason Cook ceased 2018-03-12
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Michael Alexander Schraer ceased 2017-12-31
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Joanne Bradshaw ceased 2019-03-11
significant influence · notified 2017-07-17 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Liz Gibbons ceased 2019-03-11
significant influence · notified 2017-07-17 - Possible match - 2 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 2 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Group
- The Bishopsgate Foundation
is controlled by Christopher Patrick Eason Cook
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-03-12 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Christopher Patrick Eason Cook.
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.
Grants received
4 grants · £1,111,600 total360Giving 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 · £942,100
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £169,500 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
11 directors on the board
- Benjamin Luke Ferguson Director · appointed 2024
- Anita Datta Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Matthew Charles Lodder Director · appointed 2025
- Sarah Elise Aitchison Director · appointed 2024
- Kawsar Zaman Director · appointed 2025
- Simon Aklilu Demissie Director · appointed 2024
- Elizabeth Frances Pollock Director · appointed 2025
- Nathan Edwards Smith Director · appointed 2023
- Robin Dey Director · appointed 2025
- Benjamin Myers Mcknight Director · appointed 2024
- Rev David Thomas Armstrong Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Rev David Thomas Armstrong Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Dr Matthew Charles Lodder Director · appointed 2025
- Sarah Elise Aitchison Director · appointed 2024
- Simon Aklilu Demissie Director · appointed 2024
- Elizabeth Frances Pollock Director · appointed 2025
- Nathan Edwards Smith Director · appointed 2023
- Robin Dey Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (5)
- Benjamin Luke Ferguson Director · appointed 2024
- Anita Datta Director · appointed 2025
- Kawsar Zaman Director · appointed 2025
- Benjamin Myers Mcknight Director · appointed 2024
- Rev David Thomas Armstrong Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Abdullahi Bashe Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Jonathan James Clatworthy Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Nancy Kelley Director · appointed 2024 · 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.
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
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04362659
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- 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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