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The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

First-degree level higher education

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 126

  1. Glerren Chester Bangalan 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Ayooluwatunmininu Dawn Thomas 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Rachel Coates 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Simone Sena 2022-2023 Director View profile
  5. Mia Bethan Doona 2022-2024 Director View profile
  6. Ajunesh Saji Viswam 2021-2022 Director View profile
  7. Edward Michael John Callow 2021-2022 Director View profile
  8. Gary Beestone 2021-2025 Director View profile
  9. Professor Rajinder Dudrah 2021-2023 Director View profile
  10. Alexandra Bethan Hutson 2020-2021 Director View profile
  11. Prof George Caird 2020-2021 Director View profile
  12. Katya-Laura Hollants Van Loocke 2020-2021 Director View profile
  13. Ariella Stoian 2019-2020 Director View profile
  14. Christina Coker 2019-2024 Director View profile
  15. Shreya Chatterjee 2018-2019 Director View profile
  16. Holly Barraclough 2018-2020 Director View profile
  17. Mark Edwin White 2018-2025 Director View profile
  18. Clare Louise Waldegrave Collinge 2018-2023 Director View profile
  19. Emily Laura Thommes 2018-2020 Director View profile
  20. Clara Julie Nizard 2017-2018 Director View profile
  21. Jake Saunders 2017-2018 Director View profile
  22. Dr Stephen Arthur Farrier 2017-2022 Director View profile
  23. John Edward Willis 2017-2026 Director View profile
  24. Laura Anne Pirret 2016-2017 Director View profile
  25. Ella Louise Howe 2016-2017 Director View profile
  26. Phoebe Hitt 2015-2016 Director View profile
  27. Eleni Gill 2015-2022 Director View profile
  28. Geoffrey Thomas Rowe 2015-2018 Director View profile
  29. Alan Stuart Haigh 2015-2022 Director View profile
  30. Jana Leonie Webb 2014-2015 Director View profile
  31. Natalie Jade Poernig 2014-2016 Director View profile
  32. Anthony Brian Blackstock 2014-2020 Director View profile
  33. Sarah Fortescue 2013-2014 Director View profile
  34. Douglas Paulson 2013-2013 Director View profile
  35. Menna Lyn Mcgregor 2012-2022 Director View profile
  36. Anne Akosua Akpene Mensah 2012-2022 Director View profile
  37. Matthew Thomas Withers 2012-2014 Director View profile
  38. Benjamin John Giddins 2011-2012 Director View profile
  39. Christopher David Priddle 2010-2011 Director View profile
  40. Dominic James Henry Tulett 2010-2017 Director View profile
  41. Professor Simon William Mcveigh 2010-2021 Director View profile
  42. Dame Philippa Jill Olivier Harris 2010-2018 Director View profile
  43. Emma Frances Huet 2009-2010 Director View profile
  44. Kristine Ruth Landon-Smith 2009-2011 Director View profile
  45. Mary Chilton 2008-2009 Director View profile
  46. Jodi Sarah Myers 2008-2018 Director View profile
  47. Victoria Teresa Sheldon Dickie 2008-2017 Director View profile
  48. Professor Gavin Douglas Henderson 2007-2020 Director View profile
  49. David Alexander Durant Petherbridge 2007-2010 Director View profile
  50. Simon Thomas 2006-2008 Director View profile
  51. Professor Ross Brown 2006-2016 Director View profile
  52. Charles John Perrin 2006-2018 Director View profile
  53. Martin Scott 2006-2015 Director View profile
  54. Sandra Guerreiro 2005-2006 Director View profile
  55. Roger Michael Alexander 2005-2014 Director View profile
  56. Judith Marguerite Dixey 2005-2005 Director View profile
  57. Jatinder Verma 2005-2007 Director View profile
  58. Walter Greaves 2005-2008 Director View profile
  59. Peter Heathcote Roberts 2005-2018 Director View profile
  60. Leonora Mary Alexandra Twynam 2005-2015 Director View profile
  61. Steven James Byrne 2004-2005 Director View profile
  62. Professor Sally Patricia Mackey 2003-2007 Director View profile
  63. Alastair Laverty 2003-2004 Director View profile
  64. Philip Edward Donald Robinson 2003-2010 Director View profile
  65. Professor Andrew Mark Lavender 2003-2006 Director View profile
  66. Stephen Heath 2002-2003 Director View profile
  67. Thomas Andrew Sillavan Russell 2002-2005 Director View profile
  68. Catherine Mary Comerford 2002-2005 Director View profile
  69. Lee Fraser Menzies 2002-2010 Director View profile
  70. Diana Clare Balsdon 2002-2014 Director View profile
  71. Matthew Bawler 2001-2002 Director View profile
  72. Michael John Seignior 2001-2003 Director View profile
  73. David Wolf Kaye 2001-2011 Director View profile
  74. Bethany Maria Lee 2000-2002 Director View profile
  75. Elizabeth Sears 2000-2001 Director View profile
  76. Professor Gary Crossley 2000-2007 Director View profile
  77. Jean Grant Scott 1999-2006 Director View profile
  78. Stuart Graham White 1999-2005 Director View profile
  79. Paul Simon Botham 1999-2000 Director View profile
  80. Richard Neville Jarman 1999-2005 Director View profile
  81. Peter James Collett 1999-2003 Director View profile
  82. Barney Curtis 1999-1999 Director View profile
  83. Professor Norman John Taylor 1999-2006 Director View profile
  84. Geoffrey Nicholas Colman 1998-2002 Director View profile
  85. Nicholas William Andrews 1998-2000 Director View profile
  86. Peter William Finch 1998-2002 Director View profile
  87. Matthew Hemming 1998-2000 Director View profile
  88. Harry Dagnall 1997-1999 Director View profile
  89. Richard Kevin Wakely 1996-1998 Director View profile
  90. Paul George Taiano 1996-2017 Director View profile
  91. Anthony Albert Castro 1996-1998 Director View profile
  92. Sir Ronald Harwood 1996-1999 Director View profile
  93. Robert Nicolas Kent 1996-1997 Director View profile
  94. Susan Emanuel 1996-1999 Director View profile
  95. Simon William Vyvyan 1995-1998 Director View profile
  96. Dr Sally Byng 1995-2000 Director View profile
  97. David Stuart Elliott 1995-1996 Director View profile
  98. Sir John Sagar Daniel 1994-1996 Director View profile
  99. Jessica Bowles 1994-1998 Director View profile
  100. Paul Collard 1994-1995 Director View profile
  101. Lord David Puttnam of Queensgate 1993-1996 Director View profile
  102. David Edward Wood 1993-1996 Director View profile
  103. Christopher John Harding Roberts 1993-1993 Director View profile
  104. Edward Atterton 1991 Director View profile
  105. Joan Maud Sutro 1998 Director View profile
  106. Rupert John Rhymes 2002 Director View profile
  107. Professor Anthony Stephen Dean 1996 Director View profile
  108. Professor Robert Stewart Fowler 2000 Director View profile
  109. Walter Alan Ross 2001 Director View profile
  110. Lloyd George Shirley 1995 Director View profile
  111. Dr Godfrey Lyton Brandt 2003 Director View profile
  112. William Tyler 1995 Director View profile
  113. Dr Kenneth Robinson 1994 Director View profile
  114. Dilys Averil Burgess 1995 Director View profile
  115. Dr Jackie Masterson 1992 Director View profile
  116. Renee Doreen Hosking 1996 Director View profile
  117. Brian Norman Frederick Goodban 2005 Director View profile
  118. Carol Ann Healas 1994 Director View profile
  119. Anthony David Smith 1992 Director View profile
  120. Professor Terence Eric Burlin 1994 Director View profile
  121. Diana Margaret Cooper 1992 Director View profile
  122. Karen Elizabeth Stone 1992 Director View profile
  123. George Laurence Harbottle 1999 Director View profile
  124. Gerald John Burke 2004 Director View profile
  125. John Antony Michael Martin 1993 Director View profile
  126. Deborah Patricia Scully 1992-2023 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
First-degree level higher education; Post-graduate level higher education; Other education n.e.c.; Performing arts
Incorporated
06/02/1925
Registered office
London
Previous names
The Central School of Speech and Drama (until 06/12/2012)

Grants received

30 grants · £6,202,494 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Education · £4,793,199 (5 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £814,563 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £303,582 (5 grants)
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation · £266,150 (15 grants)
  • The Childhood Trust · £25,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

19 directors on the board

3.1y median 2.7y
average tenure
9.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (16)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Arts and leisure 10Education 8Tech and media 6Professional services 4Hospitality 2Health and social care 1Retail and trade 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00203645
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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