China - Britain Business Council

Active06291886 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
25 June 2007 (19 years)
Industry
Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c. (94990)
Directors
Michael Robert Archer
Jie Tang
Yue Wu
Accounts type
Group
Region
Greater London
Address
Kings Buildings
16 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HQ

Filing status

Accounts due
31 December 2026
Last accounts
31 March 2025
Conf. stmt due
14 June 2027
Last conf. stmt
31 May 2026

Charges

Total
1
Outstanding
0
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
1

Officers 18 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Archer, Michael Robert
Director · Appointed 17 September 2026
British
Born January 1987 (39)
Tang, Jie
Director · Appointed 17 September 2026
Chinese
Born December 1979 (46)
Wu, Yue, Dr
Director · Appointed 17 September 2026
Chinese
Born January 1978 (48)
Howard, Timothy Mark
Director · Appointed 30 April 2026
British
Born November 1982
Orr, Gordon Robert Halyburton
Director · Appointed 5 November 2025
British
Born June 1962 (64)
Director · Appointed 5 November 2025
Also at Hong Kong Association(the), Asia House
British
Born January 1966 (60)
Director · Appointed 5 November 2025
Also at Wunderman Thompson Commerce UK Limited · more companies
British
Born July 1961 (65)
Cartwright, Adrian David
Director · Appointed 13 December 2024
British
Born April 1966 (60)
Deave, Samantha
Director · Appointed 7 August 2024
British
Born July 1989 (37)
Director · Appointed 15 July 2024
Also at The 48 Group of British Traders With China, China Britain Business Limited
British
Born August 1960 (66)
Director · Appointed 6 December 2022
Also at Flamerite Ltd · more companies
British
Born November 1965
Director · Appointed 6 December 2022
British
Born March 1968 (58)
Wood, James Sebastian, Sir
Director · Appointed 6 December 2022
British
Born April 1961 (65)
Bowman, Charles Edward Beck, Sir
Director · Appointed 24 September 2020
British
Born December 1961 (64)
Cheng, Sharon
Director · Appointed 3 October 2019
Chinese
Born November 1969
Clark, Duncan Lewis John
Director · Appointed 21 October 2014
British
Born August 1968 (58)
Macpherson, Kenneth
Director · Appointed 16 July 2014
British
Born March 1970 (56)
Ismay, Robert John Tedder
Secretary · Appointed 30 April 2014
Officer history (89 former)
17 September 2026
Appointed Tang, Jie as Director
17 September 2026
Appointed Wu, Yue, Dr as Director
17 September 2026
Appointed Archer, Michael Robert as Director
17 September 2026
Resigned Yang, Shixu as Director
1 September 2026
Resigned Li, Renfei as Director
30 June 2026
Resigned Fou-Menuhin, Lin Siao as Director
28 May 2026
Resigned Pan, Qing as Director
30 April 2026
Appointed Howard, Timothy Mark as Director
5 November 2025
Appointed Orr, Gordon Robert Halyburton as Director
5 November 2025
Resigned Raggett, Caroline Lucy as Director
5 November 2025
Resigned Pilsbury, David John as Director
5 November 2025
Resigned Del Socorro, Wilson Ray as Director
5 November 2025
Resigned Sampson, Neil as Director
5 November 2025
Appointed Roth, David Aubrey Daniel as Director
5 November 2025
Appointed Li, Renfei as Director
5 November 2025
5 November 2025
Appointed Quarrey, David, Sir as Director
5 November 2025
Resigned Lee, Suwin as Director
5 November 2025
Appointed Fou-Menuhin, Lin Siao as Director
13 December 2024
Appointed Cartwright, Adrian David as Director
13 December 2024
Resigned Orr, Gordon Robert Halyburton as Director
7 August 2024
Appointed Deave, Samantha as Director
15 July 2024
Resigned Seaton, Andrew James as Director
15 July 2024
Appointed Burnett, Peter William as Director
31 March 2024
Resigned Amias, Jeremy Adrian as Director
14 December 2023
Resigned Roth, David Aubrey Daniel as Director
14 December 2023
Resigned Salt, Edward John as Director
14 December 2023
Resigned Chen, Nicole as Director
19 May 2023
Appointed Amias, Jeremy Adrian as Director
1 April 2023
Appointed Raggett, Caroline Lucy as Director
31 March 2023
Resigned Bewes, Jonathan Michael Arundell as Director
6 December 2022
Appointed Wood, James Sebastian, Sir as Director
6 December 2022
Resigned Sayer, David Anthony as Director
6 December 2022
Appointed Pan, Qing as Director
6 December 2022
Appointed King, David as Director
6 December 2022
Appointed Slater, David John as Director
1 November 2022
Resigned Thomson, Philip Christopher as Director
4 September 2022
Resigned Zhi, Shengke, Dr as Director
31 May 2022
Resigned Li, Catherine Kwan as Director
21 March 2022
Appointed Del Socorro, Wilson Ray as Director
9 February 2022
Appointed Chen, Nicole as Director
20 December 2021
Resigned Isaacs, Joy Leigh as Director
20 December 2021
Resigned Holroyd Pearce, Edward William as Director
20 December 2021
Resigned Kelleher, Paul Anthony as Director
20 November 2021
Resigned Millett, Trevor John as Director
25 June 2021
Resigned Rous, Matthew James as Director
1 June 2021
Appointed Seaton, Andrew James as Director
30 April 2021
Resigned Hirst, Peter Gordon as Director
3 February 2021
Appointed Lee, Suwin as Director
24 September 2020
Appointed Bowman, Charles Edward Beck, Sir as Director
24 September 2020
Appointed Sampson, Neil as Director
24 September 2020
Resigned Walsh, Bridget Agnes as Director
24 September 2020
Resigned Troubridge, Thomas Richard, Sir as Director
24 September 2020
Resigned Yang, Xiaoping as Director
24 September 2020
Appointed Yang, Shixu as Director
31 January 2020
Resigned Moore, St. John Francis as Director
21 October 2019
Resigned Lee, Katharine Maria as Director
8 October 2019
Appointed Hirst, Peter Gordon as Director
3 October 2019
Appointed Kelleher, Paul Anthony as Director
3 October 2019
Appointed Millett, Trevor John as Director
3 October 2019
Appointed Cheng, Sharon as Director
3 October 2019
Appointed Holroyd Pearce, Edward William as Director
3 October 2019
Appointed Zhi, Shengke, Dr as Director
3 October 2019
Appointed Isaacs, Joy Leigh as Director
26 September 2019
Resigned Cartledge, Graham Stanley as Director
26 September 2019
Resigned Lambert, Andrew Miles as Director
26 September 2019
Resigned Sampson, Neil as Director
26 September 2019
Resigned Mclean, John Nigel Major as Director
26 September 2019
Resigned Sassoon, Kt, James Meyer, Lord as Director
14 June 2019
Appointed Moore, St. John Francis as Director
14 June 2019
Resigned Holt, Nicholas Edward as Director
26 September 2018
Resigned Moss, Andrew Robert as Director
26 September 2018
Resigned King, David as Director
26 September 2018
Appointed Yang, Xiaoping as Director
26 September 2018
Resigned Batey, Peter Graham as Director
25 January 2018
Appointed Salt, Edward John as Director
1 November 2017
Resigned Clarke, Tracy Jayne as Director
1 November 2017
Appointed Pilsbury, David John as Director
1 November 2017
Appointed Roth, David Aubrey Daniel as Director
1 November 2017
Appointed Bewes, Jonathan Michael Arundell as Director
1 November 2017
Appointed Sayer, David Anthony as Director
1 November 2017
Appointed Thomson, Philip Christopher as Director
1 November 2017
Appointed Lee, Katharine Maria as Director
29 September 2017
Resigned Wilson, Mark Ian Ranson as Director
27 September 2017
27 September 2017
Resigned Curren, Graham Stephen as Director
27 September 2017
Resigned Bouverat, Philip Ronald as Director
11 September 2017
Appointed Rous, Matthew James as Director
1 June 2017
Appointed Holt, Nicholas Edward as Director
1 June 2017
Resigned Pearson, Clare Joan as Director
12 May 2017
Resigned Phillips, Stephen Christopher as Director
28 March 2017
Resigned Lusby, Joanne Helen as Director
13 July 2016
Appointed Clarke, Tracy Jayne as Director
13 July 2016
Resigned Browne, Lance as Director
13 July 2016
Resigned Shiell, Oliver Jonathan as Director
13 July 2016
Resigned Dodd, Joanna Louise Sayer as Director
13 July 2016
Appointed Moss, Andrew Robert as Director
13 July 2016
Appointed King, David as Director
13 July 2016
Resigned Barlow, Ian Edward as Director
13 July 2016
Resigned Barrow, Martin Gilbert as Director
13 July 2016
Appointed Li, Catherine Kwan as Director
4 November 2015
Appointed Walsh, Bridget Agnes as Director
4 November 2015
Appointed Orr, Gordon Robert Halyburton as Director
16 July 2015
Resigned Grace, Robert Terence as Director
16 July 2015
Appointed Lusby, Joanne Helen as Director
17 June 2015
Resigned Atherley, Paul Campbell as Director
17 June 2015
Appointed Pearson, Clare Joan as Director
5 April 2015
Resigned Kerby, Nigel Wells, Dr as Director
31 March 2015
Resigned Wilson, Mark Douglas as Director
21 October 2014
Appointed Clark, Duncan Lewis John as Director
16 July 2014
Appointed Macpherson, Kenneth as Director
16 July 2014
Resigned Budd, Peter James as Director
20 June 2014
Appointed Atherley, Paul Campbell as Director
20 June 2014
Resigned Brown, Russell Peter as Director
30 April 2014
Appointed Ismay, Robert John Tedder as Secretary
30 April 2014
Resigned Low, Cheryl Wye-Meng as Secretary
30 April 2014
Appointed Cowper-Coles, Sherard Louis, Sir as Director
30 April 2014
10 July 2013
Resigned Neville-Rolfe, Lucy Jeanne, Ms. as Director
10 July 2013
Resigned Davies, Hugh Llewelyn as Director
10 July 2013
Appointed Lambert, Andrew Miles as Director
10 July 2013
Resigned Brewer, David William, Sir as Director
10 July 2013
Appointed Wilson, Mark Ian Ranson as Director
10 July 2013
Appointed Shiell, Oliver Jonathan as Director
10 July 2013
Appointed Sassoon, Kt, James Meyer, Lord as Director
17 April 2013
Appointed Wilson, Mark Douglas as Director
31 March 2013
Resigned Davenport, Harvey John as Director
2 January 2013
Appointed Kerby, Nigel Wells, Dr as Director
2 January 2013
Appointed Haswell, Charles Chetwynd Douglas as Director
2 January 2013
Appointed Grace, Robert Terence as Director
24 October 2012
Resigned Albaredes, Gilles as Director
27 June 2012
Resigned Tindale, Patrick Arthur as Director
27 June 2012
Resigned Clark, Duncan Lewis John as Director
27 June 2012
Resigned Perry, Stephen Lawrence Andrew as Director
27 June 2012
Resigned Scott, Andrew Peter as Director
27 June 2012
Resigned Shaw, David John as Director
27 June 2012
Appointed Albaredes, Gilles as Director
27 June 2012
Appointed Brown, Russell Peter as Director
16 September 2011
Appointed Mclean, John Nigel Major as Director
30 June 2011
Appointed Batey, Peter Graham as Director
30 June 2011
Appointed Bouverat, Philip Ronald as Director
30 June 2011
Resigned Halper, Andrew as Director
30 June 2011
Appointed Curren, Graham Stephen as Director
30 June 2011
Resigned Wong, Raymond Chi Ho as Director
30 June 2011
30 June 2011
Resigned Morgan, John Stewart as Director
30 June 2011
Resigned Kerby, Nigel Wells, Dr as Director
1 November 2010
Appointed Troubridge, Thomas Richard, Sir as Director
1 November 2010
Appointed Tindale, Patrick Arthur as Director
1 November 2010
Appointed Davenport, Harvey John as Director
29 June 2010
29 June 2010
Resigned Batey, Peter Graham as Director
29 June 2010
Resigned Thomson, William John as Director
29 June 2010
Resigned Cohen, Malcolm Geoffrey, Dr as Director
29 June 2010
Appointed Clark, Duncan Lewis John as Director
29 June 2010
Resigned Goldberg, Thomas Guy as Director
29 June 2010
Appointed Dodd, Joanna Louise Sayer as Director
29 June 2010
Resigned Bouverat, Philip Ronald as Director
29 June 2010
Appointed Cartledge, Graham Stanley as Director
29 June 2010
Resigned Clarke, Nigel Bruce as Director
2 January 2010
Appointed Clarke, Nigel Bruce as Director
1 October 2009
Resigned Wright, David John, Sir as Director
1 December 2008
Resigned Jones, Garth as Director
27 October 2008
26 June 2008
26 June 2008
Resigned Gilman, Stephen John Richard as Director
26 June 2008
Resigned Forrest, John Barclay as Director
26 June 2008
Appointed Halper, Andrew as Director
26 June 2008
Appointed Wong, Raymond Chi Ho as Director
16 December 2007
Appointed Barlow, Ian Edward as Director
1 December 2007
Appointed Barrow, Martin Gilbert as Director
1 December 2007
Appointed Jones, Garth as Director
1 December 2007
Appointed Browne, Lance as Director
1 December 2007
Appointed Cohen, Malcolm Geoffrey, Dr as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Batey, Peter Graham as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Bouverat, Philip Ronald as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Scott, Andrew Peter as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Morgan, John Stewart as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Shaw, David John as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Kerby, Nigel Wells, Dr as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Brewer, David William, Sir as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Thomson, William John as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Davies, Hugh Llewelyn as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Goldberg, Thomas Guy as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Neville-Rolfe, Lucy Jeanne, Ms. as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Perry, Stephen Lawrence Andrew as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Budd, Peter James as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Wright, David John, Sir as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Forrest, John Barclay as Director
28 June 2007
Appointed Gilman, Stephen John Richard as Director
28 June 2007
25 June 2007
Appointed Low, Cheryl Wye-Meng as Secretary
25 June 2007
Appointed Phillips, Stephen Christopher as Director
25 June 2007
Resigned Temple Secretaries Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary
25 June 2007
Appointed Sampson, Neil as Director
25 June 2007
Appointed Temple Secretaries Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

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

Holdings 2

Companies where China - Britain Business Council is registered as a person with significant control

Active
Owns 75–100% of shares
Active

Financials

Balance sheet as at 31 March 2025 · group accounts

Net Assets
£200,981
Cash
£1,510,740
Profit
(£151,935)
Employees
49
Debt Ratio
92%
Current Ratio
1.0x
Return on Equity
-76%

Trend

Net Assets
£0 £500k £1.0M 2023 2024 2025 £693,654 £352,916 £200,981
Balance sheet detail
202520242023
Fixed Assets£563,622£54,584£120,998
Current Assets£2,082,170£2,521,234£2,860,728
Cash£1,510,740£1,961,820£2,044,572
Creditors (< 1 year)£2,027,873£2,194,432£2,259,602
Creditors (> 1 year)£388,468
Net Current Assets£54,297£326,802£601,126
Net Assets£200,981£352,916£693,654
Shareholder Funds£200,981£352,916£693,654

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
11 September 2026Termination of appointment of a director
26 August 2026Termination of appointment of a director
9 June 2026Confirmation statement with no updates31 May 2026
3 June 2026Appointment of a director
1 June 2026Termination of appointment of a director
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