Ann Limb, Baroness Limb

Ann Geraldine Limb, Baroness Limb, DBE DL (born 13 February 1953) is a British educationalist, business leader, charity chair and philanthropist. In September 2015, she became the first woman Chair of The Scout Association since the organisation was founded by Robert Baden-Powell in 1907. Limb also served, in 2023–2024, as the 789th High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, the first Quaker to hold this office. Nominated for a life peerage as part of the 2025 Political Peerages to sit in the House of Lords as Labour peer, Limb faced calls for the honour to be revoked after having falsely claimed to hold both MA and PhD degrees; Limb was nonetheless created as Baroness Limb, of Moss Side in the City of Manchester on 5 February 2026. In January 2026, the Charity Commission launched a statutory enquiry into the sale of charitable assets of the City and Guilds of London Institute, of which she was Chair, to private equity backed PeopleCert.