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BBC Children in Need

Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 44

  1. Terry Duddy 2025–2025 Director View profile
  2. Sandeep Bhamra 2021–2024 Director View profile
  3. Suzanne Lamb 2020–2025 Director View profile
  4. Adedoyin Olayiwola Adepitan 2020–2022 Director View profile
  5. Alison Jane Kirkham 2019–2020 Director View profile
  6. Robert Glyn Isherwood 2019–2020 Director View profile
  7. Rosemary Harriet Millard 2018–2024 Director View profile
  8. Alice Elizabeth Webb 2017–2020 Director View profile
  9. Anne Christine Bulford 2014–2019 Director View profile
  10. Charlotte Alexandra Moore 2013–2017 Director View profile
  11. Matthew James Baker 2013–2023 Director View profile
  12. Joanna Berry 2013–2022 Director View profile
  13. Gillian Veronica Sheldon 2012–2021 Director View profile
  14. Donalda Mackinnon 2012–2018 Director View profile
  15. Ralph Rivera 2012–2016 Director View profile
  16. Christopher Luke Mayhew 2011–2021 Director View profile
  17. Daniel Nicholas Cohen 2010–2015 Director View profile
  18. Robert Duncan James Shennan 2010–2023 Director View profile
  19. Jacqueline Leigh Hunt Blandford 2009–2010 Director View profile
  20. Philip Andrew Hodkinson 2009–2018 Director View profile
  21. Stephanie Spring 2008–2018 Director View profile
  22. Nicholas John Eldred 2008–2012 Director View profile
  23. Professor Peter Arthur James Mcbride 2008–2019 Director View profile
  24. Alan Broughton 2007–2010 Director View profile
  25. Susan Elizabeth 2007–2013 Director View profile
  26. Timothy Douglas Davie 2005–2013 Director View profile
  27. Lesley Douglas 2005–2008 Director View profile
  28. Professor Fabian Charles Monds 2005–2007 Director View profile
  29. Beverley Tew 2004–2014 Director View profile
  30. Stephen Wood 2003–2008 Director View profile
  31. Lord Robert Haldane Smith (of Kelvin) 2003–2004 Director View profile
  32. Yogesh Chauhan 2003–2010 Director View profile
  33. Diane Louise Jordan 2003–2007 Director View profile
  34. Caroline Elizabeth Armes Rylatt 2003–2004 Director View profile
  35. Timothy Cook 2003–2007 Director View profile
  36. Andrew John Duncan 2003–2005 Director View profile
  37. Simon Trevor Milner 2003–2005 Director View profile
  38. Michelle Kershaw 2003–2004 Director View profile
  39. Terrence Michael Wogan 2003–2010 Director View profile
  40. William Michael Day 2003–2008 Director View profile
  41. Lorraine Sylvia Heggessey 2003–2005 Director View profile
  42. Neena Mahal 2003–2010 Director View profile
  43. Anthony Okotie 2020–2025 Secretary View profile
  44. Peter Ranyard 2011–2020 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
04/04/2003
Also a registered charity
BBC Children in Need
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.

12 directors on the board

4.8y median 4.6y
average tenure
7.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (8)

Left in the last 12 months

  • Terry Duddy Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025

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 6Tech and media 5Finance 2Health 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
04723022
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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