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Welsh National Opera Limited

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

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Previous officers 77

  1. Gwenda Lynne Berry 2019-2023 Director View profile
  2. Nicola Clare Amery 2019-2025 Director View profile
  3. Dr Chitra Bharucha 2019-2023 Director View profile
  4. Aileen Verity Richards 2019-2025 Director View profile
  5. Yvette Anne Vaughan Jones 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Andrew James Miller 2019-2022 Director View profile
  7. Samuel Barnaby Jones 2019-2023 Director View profile
  8. Martyn Ryan 2017-2024 Director View profile
  9. Matthew Olatokunbo Dada 2017-2022 Director View profile
  10. Mark Thomas John Molyneux 2016-2019 Director View profile
  11. Daniel Gwyn Evans 2014-2021 Director View profile
  12. Elen Ap Robert 2014-2022 Director View profile
  13. Sally Osman 2014-2015 Director View profile
  14. Alan Will Wyatt 2013-2019 Director View profile
  15. Sir Peter John Davis 2013-2015 Director View profile
  16. Elizabeth Menna Richards 2010-2018 Director View profile
  17. Antony John Hales 2010-2019 Director View profile
  18. Stephen Charles Thomas 2010-2017 Director View profile
  19. Graham Thomas Devlin 2010-2013 Director View profile
  20. Awen Fflur Jones 2010-2019 Director View profile
  21. John Howard Lorimer 2009-2012 Director View profile
  22. Dame Hilary Boulding 2008-2017 Director View profile
  23. Anthony George Bunker 2007-2017 Director View profile
  24. Geraint Talfan Davies 2006-2016 Director View profile
  25. Paul Hudson Douglas Findlay 2005-2013 Director View profile
  26. Gregory Alexander Watts 2005-2017 Director View profile
  27. Alan Edward Peterson 2005-2006 Director View profile
  28. Baroness Genista Mary Mcintosh of Hudnall 2004-2007 Director View profile
  29. Mary Emily Denise Poulton 2003-2012 Director View profile
  30. Mathew Caradoc Thomas Prichard 2003-2014 Director View profile
  31. Anthony Robert Lewis 2003-2006 Director View profile
  32. Dennis O'Neill 2003-2010 Director View profile
  33. Sir Brian John Mcmaster 2000-2001 Director View profile
  34. Roger Geraint Thomas 2000-2010 Director View profile
  35. Mcintosh, Genistamary, the Baroness Mcintosh of Hudnall 2000-2003 Director View profile
  36. Dame Norma Major 1999-2003 Director View profile
  37. Donald Benjamin Mcdonald 1997-2000 Director View profile
  38. James Colin Eden Webster 1996-2005 Director View profile
  39. Peter Sean Phillips 1994-2010 Director View profile
  40. David Lincoln Williams 1994-2001 Director View profile
  41. Young, Lita Marianne, Lady Young of Graffham 1993-2000 Director View profile
  42. John Richmond Paul Hammond 1993-1994 Director View profile
  43. William Eric Husselby 1993-2008 Director View profile
  44. Geoffrey David Inkin 1993-1995 Director View profile
  45. Richard Charles Turton 1993-2004 Director View profile
  46. Anthony Patrick Leslie Minford 1993-1998 Director View profile
  47. Richard Trevor Johnson 1993-2001 Director View profile
  48. Lady Elinor Bennett Wigley 1993-1994 Director View profile
  49. Peter Robert Geoffrey Mathias 1994 Director View profile
  50. Lady Ankaret Crickhowell 1996 Director View profile
  51. Dr Geraint Stanley Jones 1994 Director View profile
  52. Jones, Thomas James, Councillor 1994 Director View profile
  53. Christine Elizabeth Lewis 2011 Director View profile
  54. Bernt Hugh Reinhardt Hudson-Davies 2000 Director View profile
  55. Howard John Morgan 1994 Director View profile
  56. Dr Ann Robinson 1994 Director View profile
  57. Jane Elizabeth Davidson 1993 Director View profile
  58. Joanna Katharine Foster 1994 Director View profile
  59. Griffiths, John Henry, Councillor 1993 Director View profile
  60. Jones, Robert Hefin, Doctor 1994 Director View profile
  61. Peter George Perkins 1993 Director View profile
  62. Margaret Elizabeth Moreland 2004 Director View profile
  63. Sir Donald Walters 2000 Director View profile
  64. Dr Gareth Cyril Jones 1994 Director View profile
  65. Sir John Tooley 2000 Director View profile
  66. Helena Braithwaite 1993 Director View profile
  67. Frederick Alfred John Emery-Wallis 1998 Director View profile
  68. David Joseph Seligman 2000 Director View profile
  69. Lord David Davies 2006 Director View profile
  70. David Sandbach 1994 Director View profile
  71. John Wynford Evans 1993 Director View profile
  72. Stephanie Myra Bradley 2022-2024 Secretary View profile
  73. Gwyn Huw Davies 2017-2022 Secretary View profile
  74. James Robert Wynne 2015-2016 Secretary View profile
  75. Peter Gordon Bellingham 2008-2015 Secretary View profile
  76. Andrew Gambrell 2004-2008 Secretary View profile
  77. Geoffrey Thomas Rowe 2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
19/05/1948
Also a registered charity
Welsh National Opera Limited

Ownership

Owned by (4) 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.

  • Leonora Thomson ceased 2019-08-31
    significant influence · notified 2016-11-28
  • Aidan Lang ceased 2023-12-31
    significant influence · notified 2019-08-31
  • Jan Michaelis ceased 2025-01-02
    significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2024-10-01
  • Sarah Elizabeth Anne Crabtree ceased 2025-01-01
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2025-01-01
  • Possible match - 4 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 4 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - 6 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 6 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Welsh National Opera Limited is controlled by Leonora Thomson
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-11-28, ceased 2019-08-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Leonora Thomson.

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

12 grants · £719,990 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,9002022-11-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £40,5752022-09-21
  • John Ellerman Foundation £120,0002021-09-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,9402021-02-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,4652020-01-14
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

3.5y median 2.7y
average tenure
7.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (6)

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 5Professional services 3Other services 2Property 2Education 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
00454297
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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