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The WOW Foundation
Activities of exhibition and fair organisers
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dame Alison RoseDirector · since 2025
- Sandi ToksvigDirector · since 2024
- Dr Vanessa Jane OgdenDirector · since 2023
- Nazir AfzalDirector · since 2022
- Dr Anne-Marie Osamwenze ImafidonDirector · since 2021
- Sandie OkoroDirector · since 2021
- Richard David Collier KeywoodDirector · since 2020
- Shevaun HavilandDirector · since 2020
- Nusrath HassanDirector · since 2019
- Barbara ReevesDirector · since 2018
Previous officers 4
- Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala 2020-2024 View profile
- Anne- Marie Imafidon 2020-2021 View profile
- Colette Mary Bailey 2018-2021 View profile
- Jude Kelly 2018-2021 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of exhibition and fair organisers; Activities of conference organisers
- Incorporated
- 11/05/2018
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- The WOW Foundation
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.
- Jude Kelly ceased 2021-03-24
75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-05-11 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- The WOW Foundation
is controlled by Jude Kelly
Evidence
ceased 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-05-11, ceased 2021-03-24 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Jude Kelly.
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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
3 grants · £159,890 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £120,000
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £20,000
- Spirit of 2012 · £19,890
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
10 directors on the board
- Dr Anne-Marie Osamwenze Imafidon Director · appointed 2021
- Richard David Collier Keywood Director · appointed 2020
- Sandi Toksvig Director · appointed 2024
- Nazir Afzal Director · appointed 2022
- Dame Alison Rose Director · appointed 2025
- Sandie Okoro Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Vanessa Jane Ogden Director · appointed 2023
- Shevaun Haviland Director · appointed 2020
- Barbara Reeves Director · appointed 2018
- Nusrath Hassan Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Richard David Collier Keywood Director · appointed 2020
- Shevaun Haviland Director · appointed 2020
- Barbara Reeves Director · appointed 2018
- Nusrath Hassan Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Sandi Toksvig Director · appointed 2024
- Sandie Okoro Director · appointed 2021
Portfolio (8)
- Dr Anne-Marie Osamwenze Imafidon Director · appointed 2021
- Richard David Collier Keywood Director · appointed 2020
- Nazir Afzal Director · appointed 2022
- Dame Alison Rose Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Vanessa Jane Ogden Director · appointed 2023
- Shevaun Haviland Director · appointed 2020
- Barbara Reeves Director · appointed 2018
- Nusrath Hassan 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
- 11355846
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 28/02/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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