# The Equal Rights Trust

## Details

- **Company number:** [05559173](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05559173)
- **Status:** Active - Proposal to Strike off
- **Type:** PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- **Incorporated:** 9 Sep 2005
- **Dissolved:** 29 Sep 2026
- **Registered office:** 167-169 GREAT PORTLAND STREET, 5TH FLOOR, LONDON, W1W 5PF
- **Nature of business:** [74909](/sic/74909) Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESTER, Anthony, Lord | director | 9 Sep 2005 | 18 Oct 2007 |
| HAMMARBERG, Thomas | director | 23 Oct 2006 | 5 Apr 2008 |
| SCHULL, Joseph Charles | director | 9 Sep 2005 | 20 Jun 2008 |
| O'REGAN, Catherine Mary Elizabeth, Judge | director | 23 Oct 2006 | 15 Aug 2008 |
| LLOYD, Stephen Thomas | secretary | 9 Sep 2005 | 20 Jul 2009 |
| PECADOSOTELA, Sonia, Doctor | director | 23 Oct 2006 | 23 Nov 2009 |
| CHAKRABARTI, Shami | director | 23 Oct 2006 | 8 Jul 2011 |
| KHADER, Asma Hanna Salem | director | 8 Jan 2011 | 20 Jun 2014 |
| HEPPLE, Bob Alexander, Professor | director | 9 Sep 2005 | 20 Jun 2014 |
| MALIK, Maleiha | director | 17 Feb 2014 | 19 Aug 2014 |
| SHAW, Theodore | director | 23 Oct 2006 | 30 Jul 2015 |
| L'HEUREUX-DUBE, Claire, Honorable | director | 23 Oct 2006 | 1 Jul 2016 |
| HARDING, Deborah Ann | director | 17 Feb 2014 | 30 Aug 2016 |
| ONUFER CORREA, Sonia | director | 18 Nov 2010 | 30 Aug 2016 |
| MCDOUGALL, Gay | director | 23 Jan 2007 | 30 Aug 2016 |
| FITZGERALD, James Andrew | director | 13 Jun 2016 | 30 Sep 2016 |
| BOSE, Tapan Kumar | director | 20 Jun 2008 | 26 Nov 2016 |
| TAMALE, Sylvia, Dr | director | 20 Jun 2008 | 6 Dec 2016 |
| JONES, Hywel Ceri, Dr | director | 5 Oct 2011 | 28 Feb 2017 |
| JAHANGIR, Asma | director | 17 Jul 2015 | 21 Jul 2017 |
| RUBENSTEIN, Michael | director | 5 Apr 2008 | 29 Oct 2017 |
| SEDLEY, Stephen, Lord Justice | director | 5 Oct 2011 | 4 Oct 2018 |
| O'REGAN, Catherine Mary Elizabeth | director | 23 Nov 2009 | 4 Oct 2018 |
| NIVEN, Robert Andrew | director | 20 Jun 2008 | 1 Mar 2019 |
| ASHTIANY, Saphie | director | 5 Apr 2008 | 1 Mar 2019 |
| TAYART DE BORMS, Luc Victor Emmanuel | director | 17 Jul 2015 | 5 May 2022 |
| MANTOUVALOU, Virginia, Dr | director | 17 Feb 2014 | 5 Apr 2023 |
| MOUNTFIELD, Helen | director | 17 Feb 2014 | 5 Apr 2023 |
| BLOCH, Andrew Charles Danby | director | 15 Feb 2012 | 18 Dec 2023 |
| COULTER, John Paddy | director | 27 Mar 2023 | 3 Nov 2024 |
| RAMALEKANA, Nomfundo Priscah, Dr | director | 27 Mar 2023 | 29 Mar 2026 |
| BEGUM, Ferdous Ara | director | 4 Oct 2016 | 29 Mar 2026 |
| KHAITAN, Tarun, Professor | director | 29 Sep 2021 | 30 Mar 2026 |
| RACHID, Maria De La Cruz, Professor | director | 28 Jun 2023 |  |
| CROWLEY, Niall | director | 17 Dec 2020 |  |
| REFAHI, Novide | director | 28 Feb 2019 |  |
| COLLINS, Evelyn Jane, Dr | director | 4 Oct 2016 |  |
| ALLEN, Robert Geoffrey Bruere | director | 4 Oct 2016 |  |
| MCKEW, Quinn Parker | director | 4 Oct 2016 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Joanne Clare Whiteman | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Jun 2016 | 16 Mar 2017 |
| Mr Jame Andrew Fitzgerald | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Jun 2016 | 16 Mar 2017 |
| Mrs Saphie Ashtiany | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 6 Apr 2016 | 1 Mar 2019 |
| Dr Evelyn Collins | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 1 Mar 2019 | 27 Mar 2023 |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Employees |
|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2024 | 4 |





## Directors' other companies

- [REFAHI, Novide](/person/5441576) - director at [Asylum Aid](/company/02513874)



## Registered address

12,663 companies are registered at this address - likely a registration agent.