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English PEN

Company 05747142 Active

Registered charity: English PEN

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Board DNA

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15
directors on the board
3.3y median 2.5y
average tenure
7.3y
longest tenure
4
directors past 6 years
6 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
6
also govern a charity
3
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Education 4Tech and media 3Arts and leisure 2Dormant 1Finance 1Health and social care 1Other services 1Professional services 1

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Company details

Number05747142
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated17/03/2006
Address24 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON, WC1R 4EH
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

94990 - Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (14)


  • Ms Shazea Quraishi ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Ms Claire Armitstead ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Ms Christine Jocelyn Day ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Ms Geraldine Ann Proudler ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Ms Samantha Joanne Schnee ceased British,American
    significant influence or control
  • Ms Josephine Sarah Glanville ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Ms Maureen Deidre Freely ceased Irish
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Phillipe Sands ceased British And French
    significant influence or control
  • Ms Catherine Moore ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Philip Gwyn Jones ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Ms Lulu Patricia Francis Norman ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Mr Sanjay Jawa ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • ceased

Officers (73)

  • Malcolm, Claire Dorothy Director · appointed 2026
  • Chukwu, Hannah Nenna Director · appointed 2026
  • Hannah, Lucy Geraldine Allison Director · appointed 2026
  • Taneja, Preti Madhuri Neel, Professor Director · appointed 2026
  • Devine, Anthony, Dr Director · appointed 2026
  • Davis-Featherstone, Rachael Elizabeth Director · appointed 2024
  • Parker, Nicola Jill Southcombe Director · appointed 2024
  • Nayeri, Dina Director · appointed 2024
  • Beresford-Knox, Lucy Elizabeth Director · appointed 2023
  • Schilz, Akiho Director · appointed 2021
  • Yeginsu, Vedat Can Director · appointed 2021
  • Hodgkinson, Ted Director · appointed 2020
  • Buyum, Milena Director · appointed 2020
  • Godwin, Georgina Caroline Director · appointed 2019
  • Borthwick, Ruth Director · appointed 2019
  • Stocks, Joanna Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
  • Akbar, Arifa Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2024
  • Lindvall Gunaratne, Guy Marasinghe Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
  • Coles, Richard Francis Townsend Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
  • Galvin, Catherine Mary Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
  • Ghaff, Al Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2018
  • Meredith, Rosalind Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
  • Julius, Anthony Robert, Dr Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
  • Hahn, Daniel Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
  • Miller, Daniel Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
  • Jawa, Sanjay Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
  • Norman, Lulu Patricia Francis Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
  • DAY, Christine Jocelyn Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
  • Quraishi, Shazea Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2023
  • Moore, Catherine Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2018
  • Walter, Natalia Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2015
  • Schnee, Samantha Joanne Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2022
  • Freely, Maureen Deidre Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
  • Lalwani, Nikita Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2014
  • Gwyn Jones, Philip Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2021
  • Proudler, Geraldine Ann Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
  • Allfrey, Ellah Wakatama Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
  • Armitstead, Claire Louise Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2021
  • Sands, Philippe Joseph, Mr. Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2017
  • Jarvis, Catriona Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
  • Miller, David Peter Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Kent, Nicolas Robert Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Holmes, Rachel Katherine Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Matar, Hisham, Professor Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
  • Gekoski, Richard Abraham Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2013
  • King, Charles Matthew Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
  • ALI, Monica Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2011
  • Shihab, Fathieh Saudi Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
  • Shamsie, Kamila Naheed Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
  • Hoffman, Eva Alfreda Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
  • Mostyn, Trevor Alexander Richard Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
  • Robertson, Geoffrey Ronald Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
  • O'Hagan, Andrew Francis, Dr Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
  • Tripathi, Salil Jaysukh Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
  • Abdulla, Raficq Shaik Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2014
  • Mcmorrough, Fiona Mary Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
  • Mckenna, Neil Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
  • Slovo, Gillian Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
  • Mackie, Lindsay Felicia Mary Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
  • Kunzru, Hari Mohan Nath Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
  • Schwartz, Rosalind Lesley Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad, Dr Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Goodings, Carol Lenore Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
  • Bigland, Carole Veronica Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Evans, Julian Leslie Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2012
  • Johns, Derek Alan Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
  • Hopkinson, Amanda Teresa, Professor Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2014
  • Clark, Candida Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
  • Kernon, Barry Patrick Waring Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2016
  • Niven, Alastair Neil Robertson, Dr Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
  • Appignanesi, Lisa, Dr Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
  • O'Hanlon, Alice Former Secretary · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
  • Langley, Lee Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008

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