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The National Federation of Music Societies

Artistic creation

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

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Previous officers 74

  1. William Albert Prideaux 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Katherine Mcleish 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Neil Robert Weir 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Dr Edward-Rhys Harry 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Peter William Burchill 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Carol Eunice Pemberton 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Rhiannon Louise Harrison 2020-2025 Director View profile
  8. Robert Andrew Guest 2019-2025 Director View profile
  9. Andrew Rixon 2019-2025 Director View profile
  10. Thomas Paul Mckinley 2018-2024 Director View profile
  11. Paul John Graham 2018-2023 Director View profile
  12. Abigail Charles 2018-2021 Director View profile
  13. Celeste Berteau 2017-2022 Director View profile
  14. Heather Catchpole 2017-2020 Director View profile
  15. Dorothy Joan Wilson 2016-2025 Director View profile
  16. Andrew James Palmer 2015-2018 Director View profile
  17. Valerie Janice Taylor 2015-2024 Director View profile
  18. Frederick Allan Grayson-Jones 2015-2018 Director View profile
  19. Ruth Irons 2014-2017 Director View profile
  20. Clare Isobel Birks 2014-2023 Director View profile
  21. Glynne Stackhouse 2014-2020 Director View profile
  22. Peris Wyn Roberts 2014-2019 Director View profile
  23. Christopher John Goodall 2014-2019 Director View profile
  24. Quentin Coupland Maxwell-Jackson 2013-2015 Director View profile
  25. Clare Edwards 2012-2013 Director View profile
  26. John Marrack Darker 2012-2015 Director View profile
  27. Julia Shaw 2011-2014 Director View profile
  28. Seth Andrew Williams 2011-2014 Director View profile
  29. James Alfred Earlam Johnson 2010-2014 Director View profile
  30. Peter Outram Lawson 2009-2017 Director View profile
  31. Abiola Okubanjo 2007-2012 Director View profile
  32. Kenneth Howard Scott 2007-2016 Director View profile
  33. Roderick James Joffre Grealish 2006-2015 Director View profile
  34. Paul Andrew Peter Cutts 2006-2010 Director View profile
  35. Jane Olivia Heathcote Barwell 2004-2006 Director View profile
  36. Sheena Barbara Williams 2004-2010 Director View profile
  37. Karen Elizabeth Irwin 2004-2006 Director View profile
  38. Karen Cardy 2003-2012 Director View profile
  39. Andrew John Potter 2003-2011 Director View profile
  40. Christine Anne Hall 2001-2010 Director View profile
  41. Deirdre Elizabeth Rowe 2000-2004 Director View profile
  42. Helen Claire Knowles 1999-2007 Director View profile
  43. Michael Philip O'Donnell 1999-2008 Director View profile
  44. Robert Gordon Mcfarland Fca 1998-2001 Director View profile
  45. Michael John Bowtell 1997-2003 Director View profile
  46. Linda Young 1996-2014 Director View profile
  47. Celia Rosamund Woodward 1996-1999 Director View profile
  48. Dr Edmund Berkeley Ranby 1995-2004 Director View profile
  49. Alex Marie Murchie 1995-2004 Director View profile
  50. Robert Andrew Fleming 1994-2003 Director View profile
  51. Thomas Hugh Frederick Malkin 1994-1997 Director View profile
  52. Christopher David Thomas 1993-1995 Director View profile
  53. Philip Nigel Waite 1993-2005 Director View profile
  54. Pauline Elizabeth Scott 1993-2000 Director View profile
  55. Dominic Harold David Mcgonigal 1992-1996 Director View profile
  56. Robert William Montgomery 1992-1994 Director View profile
  57. Frances Iris Coldrey 1992-1995 Director View profile
  58. Anthony Jack Hennessey Brown 1992-1998 Director View profile
  59. Peter John Fletcher 1991-1991 Director View profile
  60. Donald Frank Sheppard 1992 Director View profile
  61. Sir Peter Davies 1991 Director View profile
  62. Julian Innes-Taylor 1992 Director View profile
  63. Jennifer Mary Mcgregor-Smith 1992 Director View profile
  64. Brian Hugh Arnold 1994 Director View profile
  65. Peter Woodward 1991 Director View profile
  66. Michael John Purton 1992 Director View profile
  67. Robin Percy Campbell 1993 Director View profile
  68. Helen Mary Ranger 1993 Director View profile
  69. Josephine Alicia Churchill 1993 Director View profile
  70. Geoffrey Charles Lawrence 1992 Director View profile
  71. Roderick James Wylie 1999 Director View profile
  72. Ralph James Graeme Kennedy 2013-2014 Secretary View profile
  73. Robin Marius Osterley 1997-2013 Secretary View profile
  74. Russell Alan Jones 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Artistic creation
Incorporated
27/12/1935
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The National Federation of Music Societies

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The National Federation of Music Societies on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

7 grants · £250,511 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 Culture, Media & Sport · £196,100 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £44,429
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,982 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £25,0002023-07-10
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £85,5502022-10-20
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £85,5502022-10-20
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £44,4292020-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,5102008-09-16
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.

11 directors on the board

1.9y median 2y
average tenure
3.9y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (11)

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.

Business services 11Other services 4Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Education 1Property 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
00308632
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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