Great Britain-China Centre(the)

Active01196043 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
10 January 1975 (51 years)
Industry
Other education n.e.c. (85590)
Directors
Ruth Rosamond Edwards
Accounts type
Full
Region
Greater London
Address
Kings Buildings
Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HQ

Website & contact details

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Filing status

Accounts due
31 December 2026
Last accounts
31 March 2025
Conf. stmt due
9 February 2027
Last conf. stmt
26 January 2026

Officers 17 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Edwards, Ruth Rosamond
Director · Appointed 29 January 2026
British
Born May 1984 (42)
Director · Appointed 29 January 2026
Also at A Future Without Rubbish CIC · more companies
British
Born April 1971 (55)
Director · Appointed 29 January 2026
Also at Uk-China Forum · more companies
British
Born February 1959 (67)
Vaughan, Anthony Michael
Director · Appointed 10 October 2025
British
Born March 1982 (44)
Kyriakides, Katherine
Director · Appointed 9 October 2025
British
Born July 1983 (43)
Director · Appointed 24 April 2025
Also at Third Generation Environmentalism Limited, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Uk-China Forum · more companies
British,Irish
Born November 1947
Director · Appointed 25 January 2024
Also at Anglian Learning · more companies
British
Born January 1962 (64)
Director · Appointed 25 January 2024
Also at The Trustee of the Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation Limited · more companies
British
Born November 1958
Danaher, Timothy
Director · Appointed 7 October 2021
British
Born November 1975
Morton, Katherine, Professor
Director · Appointed 7 October 2021
British
Born December 1963 (62)
Director · Appointed 7 October 2021
Also at Hong Kong Association(the) · more companies
British
Born April 1954 (72)
Thompson, David Richard William
Director · Appointed 8 October 2020
British
Born October 1988 (38)
Wheeler, Marina Claire
Director · Appointed 28 May 2019
British
Born December 1964 (61)
Macrae, Alyson Pia
Director · Appointed 25 April 2019
British
Born December 1967 (58)
Macleod, Merethe Borge
Secretary · Appointed 15 September 2017
Director · Appointed 25 October 2016
Also at Ageas Retail Limited, Ageas (UK) Limited, Ageas Insurance Limited · more companies
British
Born March 1956 (70)
Black, Alan William
Director · Appointed 12 June 2014
British
Born February 1952 (74)
Officer history (105 former)
21 October 2026
Resigned Wye, Roderic Francis as Director
29 January 2026
Appointed Horgan, Patrick David as Director
29 January 2026
Appointed Lee, Katharine Maria as Director
29 January 2026
Appointed Edwards, Ruth Rosamond as Director
30 November 2025
Resigned Kearns, Alicia as Director
10 October 2025
Appointed Vaughan, Anthony Michael as Director
9 October 2025
Resigned Pittam, Andrew Thomas as Director
9 October 2025
Appointed Kyriakides, Katherine as Director
24 April 2025
Appointed Hilton, Isabel Nancy as Director
24 April 2025
Resigned Davidson, Martin Stuart as Director
22 July 2024
Resigned Gwynne, Andrew John as Director
25 April 2024
Resigned Graham, Luke Patrick as Director
25 January 2024
Appointed Burn, Richard Albon as Director
25 January 2024
Appointed Brock, David Andrew Abercromby as Director
25 August 2022
Resigned Li, Charles Quan, Dr as Director
23 June 2022
Appointed Kearns, Alicia as Director
7 October 2021
Appointed Morton, Katherine, Professor as Director
7 October 2021
Appointed Danaher, Timothy as Director
7 October 2021
Appointed Graham, Luke Patrick as Director
7 October 2021
Appointed Pittam, Andrew Thomas as Director
7 October 2021
Appointed Seaton, Andrew James as Director
7 October 2021
Resigned Ainley, Rupert Joe Fairfax as Director
24 June 2021
Resigned Godwin, William George Henry as Director
24 June 2021
24 June 2021
Resigned Howell, Jude, Professor as Director
8 October 2020
Appointed Thompson, David Richard William as Director
8 October 2020
Appointed Gwynne, Andrew John as Director
7 September 2020
Resigned Byrne, Liam as Director
1 September 2020
Resigned Thomas, Nicholas Robert as Director
27 April 2020
Resigned Pinfield, Alexander Giles as Director
27 April 2020
Appointed Ainley, Rupert Joe Fairfax as Director
23 April 2020
Appointed Wye, Roderic Francis as Director
31 March 2020
Resigned Prentis, Victoria Mary Boswell as Director
28 May 2019
Appointed Wheeler, Marina Claire as Director
25 April 2019
Appointed Li, Charles Quan, Dr as Director
25 April 2019
25 April 2019
Appointed Macrae, Alyson Pia as Director
7 February 2019
Appointed Thomas, Nicholas Robert as Director
14 September 2018
Resigned Elliot, Caroline Margaret as Director
14 June 2018
Appointed Haswell, Charles Chetwynd Douglas as Director
14 June 2018
Appointed Prentis, Victoria Mary Boswell as Director
14 June 2018
12 October 2017
Resigned Hum, Christopher Owen, Sir as Director
15 September 2017
Resigned Macleod, Merethe Borge as Director
15 September 2017
Resigned Pascoe, Richard as Secretary
15 September 2017
Appointed Macleod, Merethe Borge as Secretary
15 September 2017
Appointed Macleod, Merethe Borge as Director
27 April 2017
Appointed Pinfield, Alexander Giles as Director
1 February 2017
Resigned Ward, Gareth Edward as Director
25 October 2016
Appointed Jackson, Richard David as Director
1 October 2016
Appointed Elliot, Caroline Margaret as Director
17 July 2016
Resigned Knight, Dewi as Director
26 January 2016
Resigned Sturrock, Madeleine Frances as Director
26 January 2016
Resigned Hughes, John Charles as Director
26 January 2016
Appointed Knight, Dewi as Director
26 January 2016
Resigned Davies, Hugh Llewelyn as Director
7 May 2015
Resigned Hames, Duncan John as Director
31 December 2014
Resigned Batey, Peter Graham as Director
12 June 2014
Appointed Black, Alan William as Director
12 June 2014
Appointed Godwin, William George Henry as Director
12 June 2014
Appointed Howell, Jude, Professor as Director
1 June 2014
Resigned Ball, Lorna as Director
1 February 2014
Appointed Ward, Gareth Edward as Director
31 December 2013
Resigned Roper, Joanna as Director
17 December 2013
Resigned Hammond, Clare Arabella as Director
12 October 2012
Resigned De Burgh, Hugo William as Director
1 October 2012
Appointed Pascoe, Richard as Secretary
28 September 2012
Resigned Lee, Katharine Maria as Secretary
1 February 2012
Resigned Longbottom, Julia Margaret as Director
1 February 2012
Appointed Roper, Joanna as Director
1 October 2011
Resigned Lindsley, Ian Christopher as Director
27 September 2011
Resigned Halper, Andrew as Director
27 September 2011
Resigned Zhang, Lifen, Dr as Director
27 September 2011
Appointed Hames, Duncan John as Director
27 September 2011
Appointed Byrne, Liam as Director
29 June 2011
29 June 2011
Resigned Brunker, Helen Jane as Director
16 December 2010
Resigned Bickerstaffe, Rodney Kevan as Director
4 June 2010
Resigned Garnier, Edward Henry, Lord as Director
7 May 2010
Resigned Stewart, Ian as Director
7 May 2010
Resigned Hancock, Michael Thomas as Director
8 April 2010
Resigned Chapman, James Keith as Director
24 February 2010
Resigned Mirrlees, Patricia, Lady as Director
4 January 2010
Resigned Gillan, Cheryl Elise Kendall as Director
16 December 2009
Appointed Sturrock, Madeleine Frances as Director
16 December 2009
Appointed Hughes, John Charles as Director
18 February 2009
Resigned Lillie, Stephen as Director
18 February 2009
Appointed Longbottom, Julia Margaret as Director
16 September 2008
Resigned Thomsitt, Robert as Director
3 October 2007
28 June 2007
28 June 2007
Appointed Lindsley, Ian Christopher as Director
28 June 2007
Resigned Seabrook, Robert John as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Hammond, Clare Arabella as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Davidson, Martin Stuart as Director
28 September 2006
Resigned Keefe, Denis Edward Peter Paul as Director
28 September 2006
Appointed Lillie, Stephen as Director
28 September 2006
Appointed De Burgh, Hugo William as Director
27 April 2006
Appointed Hum, Christopher Owen, Sir as Director
27 April 2006
Resigned Hussain, Syed Athar as Director
28 October 2005
Resigned Macleod, Calum Bruce as Secretary
28 October 2005
Appointed Lee, Katharine Maria as Secretary
27 September 2005
Appointed Zhang, Lifen, Dr as Director
27 September 2005
Appointed Halper, Andrew as Director
7 June 2005
Resigned Payne, Darcy Terence Norman as Director
13 December 2004
Appointed Brunker, Helen Jane as Director
13 December 2004
Resigned Walker, Richard John as Director
7 September 2004
Resigned Brewer, David William, Sir as Director
15 June 2004
Resigned Vainker, Shelagh Jane, Mrs. as Director
15 June 2004
Resigned Gordon, Martin Laing as Director
10 February 2004
Resigned Lee, Katharine Maria as Secretary
10 February 2004
Resigned Johnson, Adrian Ditchburn as Director
10 February 2004
Appointed Macleod, Calum Bruce as Secretary
9 February 2004
Appointed Mirrlees, Patricia, Lady as Director
9 December 2003
Resigned Appleyard, Leonard Vincent, Sir as Director
7 October 2003
Appointed Thomsitt, Robert as Director
7 October 2003
Appointed Keefe, Denis Edward Peter Paul as Director
15 July 2003
Appointed Batey, Peter Graham as Director
8 April 2003
Resigned Swire, John Samuel as Director
11 February 2003
Resigned Kirkby, Richard Jonathon Rodwell as Director
10 December 2002
Resigned Lue, Abraham Sek-Tong, Doctor as Director
16 April 2002
Appointed Bickerstaffe, Rodney Kevan as Director
16 April 2002
Appointed Ball, Lorna as Director
12 February 2002
Appointed Davies, Hugh Llewelyn as Director
4 December 2001
Resigned Wright, Elizabeth Anne, Ms. as Director
4 December 2001
Resigned Mcintyre, Theodore Michael as Director
2 October 2001
Resigned Yahuda, Michael Benjamin as Director
2 October 2001
Appointed Gillan, Cheryl Elise Kendall as Director
10 July 2001
Appointed Seabrook, Robert John as Director
10 July 2001
Resigned Goldsmith, Peter Henry, Lord as Director
3 October 2000
Appointed Walker, Richard John as Director
10 July 2000
Resigned Barrass, Gordon Stephen as Director
10 July 2000
Appointed Kirkby, Richard Jonathon Rodwell as Director
10 July 2000
Appointed Appleyard, Leonard Vincent, Sir as Director
8 July 2000
Appointed Hussain, Syed Athar as Director
11 April 2000
Resigned Davidson, Martin Stuart as Director
11 April 2000
Resigned Allen, Geoffrey, Sir as Director
11 April 2000
Resigned Warren, David Alexander, Sir as Director
11 April 2000
Resigned Youde, Pamela, Lady as Director
21 December 1999
Appointed Croll, Elisabeth Joan, Professor as Director
6 October 1999
Resigned Thompson, Miao Ling as Director
8 July 1999
Resigned Goodlad, Alastair Robertson, Right Honourable Sie as Director
14 April 1999
10 September 1998
Appointed Garnier, Edward Henry, Lord as Director
8 July 1998
Appointed Warren, David Alexander, Sir as Director
8 July 1998
Resigned Coates, David as Director
8 June 1998
Appointed Vainker, Shelagh Jane, Mrs. as Director
22 April 1998
Appointed Allen, Geoffrey, Sir as Director
22 April 1998
Appointed Gordon, Martin Laing as Director
10 February 1998
21 January 1998
Appointed Johnson, Adrian Ditchburn as Director
31 December 1997
Resigned Wood, Elisabeth Frances, Dr as Director
31 December 1997
Resigned Rowe, Andrew John Bernard as Director
7 October 1997
Resigned Greene, Graham Carleton as Director
7 October 1997
Appointed Hancock, Michael Thomas as Director
7 October 1997
Appointed Goodlad, Alastair Robertson, Right Honourable Sie as Director
7 October 1997
Appointed Stewart, Ian as Director
7 October 1997
Appointed Chapman, James Keith as Director
15 May 1997
Resigned Faulds, Andrew as Director
1 May 1997
1 May 1997
Resigned Lester, James Theodore as Director
1 May 1997
Resigned Bray, Jeremy, Dr as Director
30 April 1997
Resigned Traill, Alan, Sir as Director
15 April 1997
Appointed Brewer, David William, Sir as Director
15 April 1997
Appointed Swire, John Samuel as Director
11 February 1997
Appointed Goldsmith, Peter Henry, Lord as Director
8 October 1996
Resigned Mansell, Gerard Evelyn Herbert as Director
16 April 1996
Appointed Davidson, Martin Stuart as Director
16 April 1996
Resigned Gunesekera, Romesh Chitral as Director
16 April 1996
Resigned Freshwater, Timothy George as Director
16 April 1996
Appointed Nicholson, Emma Harriet, Baroness as Director
13 February 1996
12 December 1995
Appointed Wright, Elizabeth Anne, Ms. as Director
10 October 1995
Resigned Kerr, Elizabeth Rose as Director
10 October 1995
Appointed Yahuda, Michael Benjamin as Director
10 October 1995
Appointed Coates, David as Director
2 October 1995
Appointed Lee, Katharine Maria as Secretary
29 September 1995
Resigned Macbean, Nicola Catriona as Secretary
4 July 1995
Resigned Rawson, Jessica, Doctor as Director
14 February 1995
Resigned Sprake, Anthony Douglas as Director
11 October 1994
Resigned Swire, John Anthony, Sir as Director
4 July 1994
Appointed Barrass, Gordon Stephen as Director
4 July 1994
Appointed Payne, Darcy Terence Norman as Director
4 July 1994
Resigned Chipp, David Allan as Director
19 April 1994
Appointed Sprake, Anthony Douglas as Director
19 April 1994
Appointed Rawson, Jessica, Doctor as Director
19 April 1994
Resigned Elam, Nicholas as Director
15 February 1994
Resigned Dudbridge, Glen, Professor as Director
15 February 1994
Appointed Rowe, Andrew John Bernard as Director
15 February 1994
Appointed Freshwater, Timothy George as Director
14 December 1993
Appointed Mcintyre, Theodore Michael as Director
12 October 1993
Appointed Bray, Jeremy, Dr as Director
12 October 1993
Appointed Thompson, Miao Ling as Director
13 May 1993
Resigned Adley, Robert as Director
22 April 1993
12 October 1992
Resigned Foulkes, George as Director
22 September 1992
Appointed Gunesekera, Romesh Chitral as Director
14 July 1992
Appointed Lue, Abraham Sek-Tong, Doctor as Director
10 February 1992
22 January 1992
Appointed Traill, Alan, Sir as Director
15 October 1991
Resigned Warren, Peter, Dr as Director
18 April 1991
18 April 1991
Resigned Ellis, Martin as Director
18 April 1991
Resigned Addis, Stewart as Director
12 February 1991
Appointed Wood, Elisabeth Frances, Dr as Director
11 December 1990
1 December 1990
Resigned Sutton, John, Professor as Director
1 October 1990
Resigned Johnston, Russell, Sir as Director

Ownership 0 active

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The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Filings 308

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
2 November 2026Termination of appointment of a director
20 March 2026Full accounts31 March 2025
3 February 2026Appointment of a director
3 February 2026Appointment of a director
2 February 2026Appointment of a director
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