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Viscountess Penelope Ann Cobham CBE

Viscountess Penelope Ann Cobham CBE is a trustee of The Handel House Trust Limited (since 2024) and The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (since 2017). Source: Charity Commission and Companies House records.

Trustee at The Handel House Trust Limited · Chair at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

  • 2 current roles
  • 1 previous role
  • Served alongside 24 people
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Official record Charity Commission and Companies House · updated 18th October 2026

Roles

3 roles across 3 organisations (2 current, 1 previous)

Rows marked “Likely the same person” come from a record that is a likely relationship: there is sufficient evidence to suggest it concerns the same individual, but it is not established as confirmed. The appointment itself still comes from its official source.

Current roles (2)

Previous roles (1)

  • Westcote Ventures Limited
    Director · 1997-2008
    Official record · Companies House
    Source
    Companies House
    Organisation
    Westcote Ventures Limited
    Role
    Director
    Appointed
    1997-06-09
    Ended
    2008-01-18
    Record reference
    Company 03334134
    Likely the same personPrevious

Charity trustee roles come from the current Charity Commission register, which lists serving trustees only. Company roles, current and past, come from Companies House.

People Viscountess has served alongside

24 people across 3 organisations

Based on overlapping official board records. Calculated from official records It does not mean they know each other. Only formal co-service is listed: people are never joined on a matching name alone.

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust 10 people · 2017-present

The Handel House Trust Limited 8 people · 2024-present

Westcote Ventures Limited 6 people · 1997-present

People marked “Likely the same person” are reached through a record that is a likely relationship to Viscountess: there is sufficient evidence to suggest it concerns the same individual, but it is not established as confirmed.

Sources

Charity Commission
Register of Charities: current trustees and appointment dates.
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Identity
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