The Rank Foundation
Lord Rank was born in 1888, the son of Joseph Rank, a prominent Yorkshire mill owner. At the age of 17 he joined his father’s flour milling business, in which he was employed throughout the earlier part of his life.
By 1941 he was the dominant figure in British films. Since that time, the company that he founded, The Rank Organisation PLC, has greatly expanded in the fields of leisure, entertainment and technology.
Lord and Lady Rank undertook a wide range of charitable work through out their lives and in 1953 they set up the J.Arthur Rank Group Charity (now The Rank Foundation).
Website: http://www.rankfoundation.com/