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

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Previous officers 117

  1. Professor Ron Arad 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Michael Armitage 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Professor Nigel Martin Coates 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Dame Tracey Karima Emin 2023-2025 Director View profile
  5. Fiona Elizabeth Rae 2023-2025 Director View profile
  6. Conrad Shawcross 2023-2025 Director View profile
  7. Louise Anne Wilson 2022-2025 Director View profile
  8. Eric Owen Parry 2022-2024 Director View profile
  9. Thomas Alexander Heatherwick 2022-2023 Director View profile
  10. Sir John Akomfrah 2022-2023 Director View profile
  11. Cornelia Parker 2022-2024 Director View profile
  12. Patrick James Brill 2022-2024 Director View profile
  13. Isaac Julien CBE Ra 2021-2022 Director View profile
  14. Emma Stibbon Ra 2021-2025 Director View profile
  15. Professor Sonia Boyce OBE Ra 2021-2024 Director View profile
  16. Professor Alison Wilding OBE Ra 2021-2023 Director View profile
  17. Louisa Hutton Oba Ra 2021-2022 Director View profile
  18. Sir David Adjaye OBE Ra 2021-2022 Director View profile
  19. Richard Deacon CBE Ra 2021-2023 Director View profile
  20. John Niall Gearoid Mclaughlin 2020-2021 Director View profile
  21. Peter Rowland Tudor St John 2020-2021 Director View profile
  22. Ann Christopher 2020-2021 Director View profile
  23. Jock Mcfadyen 2020-2022 Director View profile
  24. Stephen Chambers 2020-2022 Director View profile
  25. Lubaina Ramadhan Adbulla Himid 2020-2023 Director View profile
  26. Fiona Rae Ra 2020-2021 Director View profile
  27. Piers William Gough 2020-2021 Director View profile
  28. Chris Wilkinson 2020-2020 Director View profile
  29. Cathie Suzzanne Pilkington 2020-2020 Director View profile
  30. Tony Alan Walter Baumgartner 2019-2025 Director View profile
  31. Peter Randall=Page 2019-2020 Director View profile
  32. Grayson Perry 2019-2023 Director View profile
  33. Eva Rothschild 2019-2022 Director View profile
  34. Professor David Stefan Mach 2019-2020 Director View profile
  35. Ron Arad Ra 2018-2020 Director View profile
  36. Gary Hume Ra 2018-2024 Director View profile
  37. Simon Friend 2018-2024 Director View profile
  38. Christopher Wilkinson OBE Ra 2018-2018 Director View profile
  39. Wolfgang Tillmans Ra 2018-2019 Director View profile
  40. Rebecca Warren Ra 2018-2019 Director View profile
  41. Michael Landy Ra 2018-2020 Director View profile
  42. Professor Humphrey Ocean Ra 2018-2021 Director View profile
  43. Louisa Hutton OBE Ra 2017-2020 Director View profile
  44. Hughie O'Donoghue Ra 2017-2020 Director View profile
  45. Yinka Shonibare MBE Ra 2017-2018 Director View profile
  46. Mali Morris Ra 2017-2018 Director View profile
  47. Richard Wilson Ra 2017-2019 Director View profile
  48. Helen Boaden 2016-2023 Director View profile
  49. Chantal Joffe Ra 2016-2017 Director View profile
  50. Neil Jeffries Ra 2016-2017 Director View profile
  51. Tony Bevan Ra 2016-2018 Director View profile
  52. Tim Shaw Ra 2016-2017 Director View profile
  53. Professor Gordon Benson OBE Ra 2016-2018 Director View profile
  54. Gus Cummins Ra 2016-2017 Director View profile
  55. David Rupert Remfry 2015-2017 Director View profile
  56. Lady Suzanne Elizabeth Heywood 2015-2016 Director View profile
  57. Michael Paul Nelson 2015-2016 Director View profile
  58. Ian Carl Ritchie 2014-2016 Director View profile
  59. Timothy James Hyman 2014-2015 Director View profile
  60. William Robert Woodrow 2014-2018 Director View profile
  61. Sir Christopher Mark Le Brun 2014-2019 Director View profile
  62. Emma Louise Stibbon 2014-2015 Director View profile
  63. Dr Barbara Davis Rae 2014-2016 Director View profile
  64. Brendan Godfrey Eamonn Finucane 2013-2019 Director View profile
  65. Stephen Lyon Chambers 2013-2015 Director View profile
  66. Professor Ian Mckeever 2013-2015 Director View profile
  67. Phyllida Barlow 2013-2014 Director View profile
  68. Gary Hume 2012-2014 Director View profile
  69. Dr Cornelia Parker 2012-2015 Director View profile
  70. Chris Orr 2012-2014 Director View profile
  71. Julian Heslop 2012-2018 Director View profile
  72. Mali Morris 2012-2013 Director View profile
  73. Stephen Cox 2012-2013 Director View profile
  74. Professor Humphrey Ocean 2011-2014 Director View profile
  75. Tony Bevan 2011-2012 Director View profile
  76. Eva Magdalena Jiricna 2011-2013 Director View profile
  77. Richard Deacon 2011-2013 Director View profile
  78. Alison Wilding 2011-2013 Director View profile
  79. Michale Landy 2011-2012 Director View profile
  80. Professor Stephen Farthing 2010-2020 Director View profile
  81. Alan William Stanton 2010-2011 Director View profile
  82. Allen Christopher Jones 2010-2012 Director View profile
  83. Tracey Emin 2010-2012 Director View profile
  84. Antony Mark David Gormley 2010-2011 Director View profile
  85. Mariella Frostrup 2009-2015 Director View profile
  86. Spencer Thomas De Grey 2009-2014 Director View profile
  87. Michael Hopkins 2009-2011 Director View profile
  88. Eileen Cooper 2009-2011 Director View profile
  89. Michael Craig-Martin 2009-2010 Director View profile
  90. Mick Moon 2009-2011 Director View profile
  91. Lisa Katharine Milroy 2008-2009 Director View profile
  92. Basil James Beattie 2008-2009 Director View profile
  93. Christopher Wilkinson 2008-2009 Director View profile
  94. Ivor Abrahams 2008-2010 Director View profile
  95. Professor William Alsop 2008-2010 Director View profile
  96. Mick Rooney 2007-2009 Director View profile
  97. John Carter 2007-2008 Director View profile
  98. Moses, Alan, the Rt Hon Lord Justice 2007-2013 Director View profile
  99. Peter Freeth 2007-2009 Director View profile
  100. Professor Gordon Mitchell Benson 2007-2009 Director View profile
  101. Anthony Eric Sandall Green 2007-2010 Director View profile
  102. Richard Henry Wilson 2007-2007 Director View profile
  103. Ben Gerald Philip Levene 2007-2007 Director View profile
  104. Norman Ackroyd 2007-2011 Director View profile
  105. Frank Bowling 2007-2007 Director View profile
  106. John David Coombe 2007-2012 Director View profile
  107. David Stefan Mach 2007-2011 Director View profile
  108. Professor Maurice Cockrill 2007-2011 Director View profile
  109. Sir Richard Cornelius Maccurmac 2007-2008 Director View profile
  110. John Maine 2007-2010 Director View profile
  111. Barbara Rae 2007-2007 Director View profile
  112. Paul Huxley 2007-2014 Director View profile
  113. Sir Nicholas Thomas Grimshaw 2007-2011 Director View profile
  114. Sarah Iddon 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  115. Susan Jane Gent 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  116. Jonathon James Cornaby 2013-2017 Secretary View profile
  117. Dominic Paul Anghileri 2009-2013 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
02/07/2007
Also a registered charity
The Royal Academy of Arts

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Royal Academy of Arts on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

3 other companies 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

5 grants · £17,276,600 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £17,276,600 (5 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002020-07-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £12,733,2002012-04-24
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £33,8002008-01-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,147,6001998-05-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £112,0001996-12-11
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.

16 directors on the board

1.8y median 1.8y
average tenure
6.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (13)

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 6Education 3Property 3Finance 2Other services 2Professional services 2Tech and media 2Business services 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
06298947
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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