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Colchester Mercury Theatre Limited

Performing arts

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

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Previous officers 75

  1. Oliver James Quentin Brown 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Helena Oxley 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Marianne Hahn 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Sean Plummer 2019-2025 Director View profile
  5. Matthew Francis Linley 2018-2026 Director View profile
  6. Hassina Jane Khan 2017-2023 Director View profile
  7. David Addington 2017-2019 Director View profile
  8. Anita Jane Thornberry 2017-2024 Director View profile
  9. Samantha Blackwell-Heard 2017-2024 Director View profile
  10. Deborah Titilola Sawyerr 2017-2018 Director View profile
  11. Jennifer Mary Skingsley 2016-2024 Director View profile
  12. Bryan Campbell Johnston 2016-2022 Director View profile
  13. Patrick Harry Gray Sandford 2015-2021 Director View profile
  14. Robert Andrew West 2015-2024 Director View profile
  15. Linda Ann Barton 2014-2024 Director View profile
  16. Tracey Joanne Childs 2013-2014 Director View profile
  17. Leonora Hope Thomson 2013-2015 Director View profile
  18. Kathleen Jane Hamilton 2013-2021 Director View profile
  19. Simon David Fisher 2013-2021 Director View profile
  20. Sherer, Michael Leslie Joseph, Director 2011-2017 Director View profile
  21. Sylvia Janet Rose Linscott 2011-2013 Director View profile
  22. Reginald Lloyd 2011-2017 Director View profile
  23. Matthew Peter Swan 2011-2018 Director View profile
  24. Cope, Nicholas Anthony Silverwood, Cllr. Mr 2010-2014 Director View profile
  25. Maya Devi Raval 2009-2014 Director View profile
  26. Warren David Ryland 2009-2015 Director View profile
  27. Julia Pauline Havis 2009-2015 Director View profile
  28. Sophie Penelope Weaver 2009-2014 Director View profile
  29. Patricia Anne Barnsley 2009-2013 Director View profile
  30. Alexandra Clare Tyler 2007-2013 Director View profile
  31. Christine Elizabeth Beedle 2007-2009 Director View profile
  32. Richard James Bailey 2005-2013 Director View profile
  33. Allan Gifford 2004-2005 Director View profile
  34. Philip William George 2004-2011 Director View profile
  35. Dr Elizabeth Hall 2004-2010 Director View profile
  36. Wendy Smith 2004-2007 Director View profile
  37. Dr Christopher Basil Hall 2004-2010 Director View profile
  38. Andrew James Knott 2002-2009 Director View profile
  39. Susan Jane Royce 2002-2006 Director View profile
  40. Dr Russell Edgar Cowan 2002-2009 Director View profile
  41. Amanda Jane Arnold 2002-2008 Director View profile
  42. Joanna Clare Daniels 2000-2003 Director View profile
  43. Jackie Elizabeth Bowis 2000-2006 Director View profile
  44. Anita Marie Tebbutt 1999-2000 Director View profile
  45. Julie Ann Young 1999-2000 Director View profile
  46. John Michael Burton 1998-2004 Director View profile
  47. Monica Ann Greenwood 1998-2004 Director View profile
  48. John Bouckley 1998-2002 Director View profile
  49. John Lucien Patoux 1996-2000 Director View profile
  50. Brian Robert Goodwin 1996-2000 Director View profile
  51. Andrew Walter Treagus 1995-1997 Director View profile
  52. Elizabeth Jane Cameron 1995-1998 Director View profile
  53. Roderick Alan Green 1995-2004 Director View profile
  54. Hunt, Martin Clifford, Councillor 1994-2000 Director View profile
  55. John James Dawson 2000 Director View profile
  56. Iain Mor Lindsay-Smith 1996 Director View profile
  57. Sharon Ann Coomber 1995 Director View profile
  58. Arthur Robin Winwood Tomkins 1997 Director View profile
  59. Colin Thomas Brannigan 1994 Director View profile
  60. Robert Paul Spendlove 2000 Director View profile
  61. Andrew Wassell 1995 Director View profile
  62. Janet Irene Fulford 1995 Director View profile
  63. John Bird 1994 Director View profile
  64. Alan Henderson Faulkner 2002 Director View profile
  65. Clifford William Welch 1999 Director View profile
  66. Albert Michael Winter 1994 Director View profile
  67. Theresa Anne Veith 2012-2014 Secretary View profile
  68. Nicholas Allen Frampton 2011-2012 Secretary View profile
  69. Adrian Alexander Grady 2002-2011 Secretary View profile
  70. Zoe Marya Curnow 2001-2002 Secretary View profile
  71. John Williams 1999-2001 Secretary View profile
  72. Philip Ager 1998-1999 Secretary View profile
  73. David Fairclough 1995-1998 Secretary View profile
  74. Anthony John Hill 1993-1995 Secretary View profile
  75. Dorothy June Eldred 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Performing arts
Incorporated
21/08/1947
Registered office
Colchester
Also a registered charity
Colchester Mercury Theatre Limited

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Colchester Mercury Theatre Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 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

20 grants · £4,971,297 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 · £2,860,742 (6 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £1,011,723 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £791,682
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £187,000
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £80,000

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.

13 directors on the board

2.4y median 2.6y
average tenure
4.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (12)

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 25Education 2Construction 1Finance 1Hospitality 1Professional services 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00441035
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
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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