The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Hastings Musical Festival,Limited(the)

Company 00167243 Active

Registered charity: Hastings Musical Festival Limited

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.

4
directors on the board
6.1y median 6.1y
average tenure
11.8y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
2 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Professional services 1

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Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

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Company details

Number00167243
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated08/05/1920
AddressFESTIVAL OFFICE, WHITE ROCK THEATRE, HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX, TN34 1JX
Accounts next due31/03/2027
Accounts last made up30/06/2025

Industry (SIC)

90010 - Performing arts

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (45)

  • Griffiths, Jennifer Ann Director · appointed 2026
  • Roberts, Kenneth John Director · appointed 2022
  • Beale, Charlotte Secretary · appointed 2019
  • Wray, Richard Director · appointed 2017
  • Moore, Lesley Susan Director · appointed 2014
  • Hart, John Anthony Brereton Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2024
  • Deeble, Hannah Louise Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
  • Griffiths, Jenny Former Secretary · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
  • Kowitz, David Nathan Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2021
  • Segal, Emily Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
  • Winning, Helen Former Secretary · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
  • Kowitz, Sarah Helena Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2023
  • Hooper, David Former Secretary · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
  • Hohenkerk, Margaret Ann Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2013
  • Penfold, Roy Colin Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
  • Simon, Bernard Peter Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2017
  • Sheppard, Lucinda Caroline Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2017
  • Bailey, Brenda Gillian Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2021
  • Hollamby, Stephen Andrew Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2017
  • Garrad, Roland Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2021
  • Evans, David Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
  • Hohenkerk, Ann Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2007
  • Eldridge, Richard Patrick Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2017
  • Smith, Kevin Robert Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2011
  • ASH, Pauline Ellen Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2021
  • Woodhams, John Innes Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2004
  • Johnson, Thomas Kenneth Former Secretary · appointed 1997 · resigned 2010
  • Spillett, Irene Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2012
  • Verrall, Douglas Thomas Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2002
  • Warren, Eileen Winifred Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2001
  • Potter, Warwick Dean Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
  • Townson, Molly Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2019
  • Dann, Michael Arthur Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2007
  • Alexander, Jean Rosemary Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2014
  • Elgar, June Kathleen Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Couch, Claud Warwick Brian Former Director · resigned 2003
  • Eldridge, Ernest Charles Overy Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Skellorn, Marjorie Alice Jeannette Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Graham, Enid Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Cratchley, Janet Rosa Former Secretary · resigned 1999
  • Elgar, John Michael Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Gill, Ian Charles Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Partridge, Margaret Eileen Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Haviland, Margaret May Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Bowmer, Harold Frank Former Director · resigned 1993

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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