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The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing

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

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Previous officers 69

  1. Kathryn Williams 2021-2022 Director View profile
  2. Nafisah Baba 2021-2022 Director View profile
  3. Christopher John Hocking 2020-2021 Director View profile
  4. Sian Elizabeth Prime 2019-2020 Director View profile
  5. Carrie-Marie Clare Wootten 2019-2020 Director View profile
  6. Julie Lynn Earnshaw 2017-2018 Director View profile
  7. Elisabeth Swan 2017-2017 Director View profile
  8. Julie Tomkins 2017-2017 Director View profile
  9. Christopher Adrian Hawkins 2017-2018 Director View profile
  10. Annabelle Louise Mannix 2016-2019 Director View profile
  11. Adam Richard Cooper 2016-2018 Director View profile
  12. Sho Shibata 2016-2017 Director View profile
  13. Chitra Sundaram 2016-2019 Director View profile
  14. Erin Sanchez 2015-2021 Director View profile
  15. Vivienne Saxton 2015-2018 Director View profile
  16. Michael Charles Edwards 2014-2016 Director View profile
  17. Michael Edwards 2014-2014 Director View profile
  18. Karen King 2010-2023 Director View profile
  19. Philip Robert Murphy 2010-2016 Director View profile
  20. Bruce Dudley Ryder 2010-2013 Director View profile
  21. George Edmund Vernon Kemp 2010-2016 Director View profile
  22. Simon Adkins 2009-2019 Director View profile
  23. Leigh Tavazvia 2009-2015 Director View profile
  24. Kay Ball 2009-2018 Director View profile
  25. Elizabeth Swan 2009-2015 Director View profile
  26. Paddy Hurlings 2006-2011 Director View profile
  27. Chris Balcock 2005-2008 Director View profile
  28. Gaynor Owen James 2004-2016 Director View profile
  29. Richard Alain Marcel 2003-2011 Director View profile
  30. Richard Stephen Hunt 2002-2014 Director View profile
  31. Peter William Kyle 2002-2012 Director View profile
  32. Barbara Grover 2001-2012 Director View profile
  33. Margaret Mathews 2001-2008 Director View profile
  34. Linda Mary Wells 2001-2005 Director View profile
  35. Richard Glasstone 2000-2001 Director View profile
  36. Christina Elsie Ballard 2000-2003 Director View profile
  37. Patricia Ann Prime 2000-2006 Director View profile
  38. Hazel Anne Blears 2000-2002 Director View profile
  39. Ron Ferguson 1999-2000 Director View profile
  40. Michael Stylianos 1998-2002 Director View profile
  41. Edna June Rycroft 1998-2000 Director View profile
  42. Yvonne Taylor-Hill 1998-2016 Director View profile
  43. Martin Simmonds 1998-2002 Director View profile
  44. Kenneth Challinor 1998-2002 Director View profile
  45. Tudor Stanley Davies 1998-1999 Director View profile
  46. Patricia Mary Crail 1998-2000 Director View profile
  47. Susan Mary Harwood 1998-2020 Director View profile
  48. James Charles Christopher Bannerman 1996-2016 Director View profile
  49. Robert Grover 2012 Director View profile
  50. Joyce Gwedoline Percy 2000 Director View profile
  51. Peter Brinson 1995 Director View profile
  52. William Irvine 1994 Director View profile
  53. David Chant 2006 Director View profile
  54. Olive Winifred Newson 1994 Director View profile
  55. Sydney Francis 1998 Director View profile
  56. Jones, Gerald Frank, Member of Council 1993 Director View profile
  57. Barbara Fewster-Wilkinson 1998 Director View profile
  58. Kemp, John Travis, Member of Council 1993 Director View profile
  59. Lynette Mary Murphy-O'Dwyer 1994 Director View profile
  60. Audrey Bambra 1993 Director View profile
  61. Geoffrey Warren Hearn 1999 Director View profile
  62. John Henry Cook 2011 Director View profile
  63. David Lyon 2021-2021 Secretary View profile
  64. Revd Norman Keith Stephenson 2019-2021 Secretary View profile
  65. Nick Miles 2011-2012 Secretary View profile
  66. Gary Cornwell Morley 2010-2016 Secretary View profile
  67. Julian Amey 2009-2011 Secretary View profile
  68. Jonathan Singleton 2006-2009 Secretary View profile
  69. Michael John Browne 2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Primary education; General secondary education; Technical and vocational secondary education; Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Incorporated
05/02/1945
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing

Ownership

Owned by (9) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Gaynor Owen James ceased 2016-09-08
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-12
  • Yvonne Taylor-Hill ceased 2016-09-08
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-12
  • Kay Ball ceased 2018-07-25
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-12 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • George Edmund Vernon Kemp ceased 2016-09-08
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-12
  • Philip Robert Murphy ceased 2016-09-08
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-12 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Karen King ceased 2018-07-25
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-12 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Simon Adkins ceased 2017-07-01
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-12
  • Erin Sanchez ceased 2018-07-25
    significant influence · notified 2016-07-12
  • Vivienne Saxton ceased 2018-07-25
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-07-12

Group

  1. The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing is controlled by Gaynor Owen James
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-07-12, ceased 2016-09-08 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Gaynor Owen James.

3 other companies 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

1 grant · £426,447 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £426,447

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £426,4472020-04-01
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.

12 directors on the board

5.1y median 4.7y
average tenure
9.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

0
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.

Education 4Arts and leisure 1Construction 1Tech and media 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00392978
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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