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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Simon Richard WalkerDirector · since 2023
- Gillian Elizabeth PhillipsDirector · since 2023
- Isabel Nancy HiltonDirector · since 2023
- Conor MccarthyDirector · since 2022
- Yasmin NaminiDirector · since 2018
- Richard SambrookDirector · since 2018
- Grzegorz Marian PiechotaDirector · since 2018
- Dr Elaine PotterDirector · since 2015
- James Giles LeeDirector · since 2009
Previous officers 13
- Tara Etabuno Henrietta Lajumoke 2020-2023 View profile
- Clare Algar 2020-2022 View profile
- Lord Clive Richard Hollick 2018-2022 View profile
- Rachel Anne Oldroyd 2018-2022 View profile
- Sir Donald Gordon Cruickshank 2016-2018 View profile
- Prof Michael Stuart Bromley 2015-2016 View profile
- Geoffrey Ronald Robertson 2015-2016 View profile
- Dr David Edwin Potter CBE 2015-2025 View profile
- George Laurence Brock 2015-2019 View profile
- Christopher Clarke Hird 2015-2021 View profile
- Turi Benjamin Munthe 2015-2016 View profile
- Professor Michael George Hay 2009-2015 View profile
- Dharmista Pancholi 2009-2020 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 23/11/2009
Financials
- Net assets
- £143,196
- Total assets
- £27,596
- Cash
- £1,127,088
- Employees
- 33
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Small company accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
19 grants · £1,953,024 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
- Lankelly Chase Foundation · £630,000 (3 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £312,000 (4 grants)
- Pears Foundation · £310,000 (4 grants)
- LEF · £295,024 (3 grants)
- John Ellerman Foundation · £135,000
Most recent
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.
9 directors on the board
- Simon Richard Walker Director · appointed 2023
- Conor Mccarthy Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Elaine Potter Director · appointed 2015
- Richard Sambrook Director · appointed 2018
- Gillian Elizabeth Phillips Director · appointed 2023
- Yasmin Namini Director · appointed 2018
- Grzegorz Marian Piechota Director · appointed 2018
- Isabel Nancy Hilton Director · appointed 2023
- James Giles Lee Director · appointed 2009
Directors past 6 years
- Dr Elaine Potter Director · appointed 2015
- Richard Sambrook Director · appointed 2018
- Yasmin Namini Director · appointed 2018
- Grzegorz Marian Piechota Director · appointed 2018
- James Giles Lee Director · appointed 2009
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Conor Mccarthy Director · appointed 2022
- Yasmin Namini Director · appointed 2018
- James Giles Lee Director · appointed 2009
Portfolio (6)
- Simon Richard Walker Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Elaine Potter Director · appointed 2015
- Richard Sambrook Director · appointed 2018
- Gillian Elizabeth Phillips Director · appointed 2023
- Grzegorz Marian Piechota Director · appointed 2018
- Isabel Nancy Hilton Director · appointed 2023
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 07084305
- 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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