Company
The British Asian Trust
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 13
- Varun Chandra 2021-2024 View profile
- Farzana Sportoletti Baduel 2021-2025 View profile
- Ruth Rebecca Ganesh 2020-2021 View profile
- Ramani Ganesh 2020-2025 View profile
- Nihal Arthanayake 2016-2019 View profile
- Salman Mahdi 2016-2018 View profile
- Sonny Takhar 2016-2018 View profile
- Fayeeza Naqvi 2015-2019 View profile
- Rajan Singh 2009-2015 View profile
- Christopher Anthony Mathias 2008-2021 View profile
- Manoj Kumar Badale 2008-2022 View profile
- Ahmed Salman Amin 2008-2009 View profile
- Hitan Mehta 2008-2025 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 08/05/2008
- Also a registered charity
- The British Asian Trust
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The British Asian Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
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
7 grants · £728,533 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
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · £373,186 (2 grants)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £355,347 (5 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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.
7 directors on the board
- Khatun Sapnara Director · appointed 2023
- Asif Rangoonwala Director · appointed 2016
- Shonnel Malani Director · appointed 2023
- Aatif Naveed Hassan Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Shenila Vivek Rawal Director · appointed 2021
- Shalni Arora Director · appointed 2015
- Lord Jitesh Kishorekumar Gadhia Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Asif Rangoonwala Director · appointed 2016
- Shalni Arora Director · appointed 2015
- Lord Jitesh Kishorekumar Gadhia Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Khatun Sapnara Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (6)
- Asif Rangoonwala Director · appointed 2016
- Shonnel Malani Director · appointed 2023
- Aatif Naveed Hassan Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Shenila Vivek Rawal Director · appointed 2021
- Shalni Arora Director · appointed 2015
- Lord Jitesh Kishorekumar Gadhia Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 06588239
- 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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