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Better Society Capital Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 24

  1. Alan Clifford Bence Giddins 2019-2025 Director View profile
  2. Paola Bergamaschi Broyd 2018-2020 Director View profile
  3. Lesley-Anne Alexander 2018-2026 Director View profile
  4. Stuart Peter John Foster 2017-2023 Director View profile
  5. Christina Margaret Mccomb 2017-2025 Director View profile
  6. Kieron John Boyle 2016-2025 Director View profile
  7. Clifford James Prior 2016-2020 Director View profile
  8. Sarah Smart 2015-2018 Director View profile
  9. Anne Katherine Wade 2014-2022 Director View profile
  10. Fiona Mary Ellis 2014-2023 Director View profile
  11. Keith Victor Smithson 2014-2017 Director View profile
  12. Sir Harvey Andrew Mcgrath 2013-2022 Director View profile
  13. Stephen James Morrison 2012-2014 Director View profile
  14. David Stanley Powell 2011-2018 Director View profile
  15. Lady Susan Ilene Rice 2011-2018 Director View profile
  16. John Gordon Kingston OBE 2011-2015 Director View profile
  17. David John Carrington 2011-2017 Director View profile
  18. Geoffrey John Mulgan 2011-2015 Director View profile
  19. Dawn Jacquelyn Austwick 2011-2013 Director View profile
  20. Danielle Jeanine Walker Palmour 2011-2019 Director View profile
  21. Sir Ronald Mourad Cohen 2011-2019 Director View profile
  22. Nicholas Peter O'Donohoe 2011-2015 Director View profile
  23. Martin Thomas Dodd 2011-2011 Director View profile
  24. Alastair Ian Ballantyne 2011-2020 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Fund management activities
Incorporated
11/04/2011
Registered office
London
Previous names
BIG Society Capital Limited (until 26/04/2024)
BSB 42 Limited (until 28/07/2011)

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Better Society Capital Limited is controlled by The Oversight Trust-Assets for the Common Good
    Evidence
    active 50-75% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by The Oversight Trust-Assets for the Common Good.

4 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

7 grants · £25,100,495 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

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £25,000,000 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport · £35,000 (2 grants)
  • Barrow Cadbury Trust · £30,000
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £24,250
  • Guy's and St Thomas' Charity · £11,245

Most recent

  • Barrow Cadbury Trust £30,0002022-08-02
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £15,000,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £10,000,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £24,2502019-08-09
  • Guy's and St Thomas' Charity £11,2452018-06-13
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.

11 directors on the board

3.6y median 3.2y
average tenure
8.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (10)

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.

Finance 7Dormant 4Professional services 2Education 1Manufacturing 1Retail and trade 1Tech and media 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
07599565
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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