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The English Stage Company Limited

Performing arts

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 52

  1. Nomawushe Thandiwe Dumezweni 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Emma Tucker 2020-2021 Director View profile
  3. Winsome May Pinnock 2020-2022 Director View profile
  4. Mehdi Yahya 2017-2025 Director View profile
  5. Roger Harry Michell 2015-2018 Director View profile
  6. Emma Marsh 2013-2022 Director View profile
  7. Wasfi Kani 2008-2013 Director View profile
  8. Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman 2007-2015 Director View profile
  9. Sir David Gregory Green 2005-2019 Director View profile
  10. Stephen Jeffreys 2003-2018 Director View profile
  11. Sophie Okonedo 2002-2015 Director View profile
  12. Katharine Viner 2002-2014 Director View profile
  13. Joyce Anita Hytner 2002-2019 Director View profile
  14. Graham Thomas Devlin 2002-2023 Director View profile
  15. Elizabeth Nicole Calder 2001-2006 Director View profile
  16. Tamara Ingram 2001-2008 Director View profile
  17. Edward Samuel Miliband 2001-2006 Director View profile
  18. Martin Andrew Crimp 1999-2002 Director View profile
  19. Phyllida Christian Lloyd 1999-2013 Director View profile
  20. Hugh Quarshie 1999-2001 Director View profile
  21. Mcintosh, Genistamary, the Baroness Mcintosh of Hudnall 1999-2000 Director View profile
  22. Judy Elizabeth Daish 1999-2022 Director View profile
  23. Sir Gerrard Jude Robinson 1995-1998 Director View profile
  24. Stephen Anthony Evans 1993-2002 Director View profile
  25. Winsome Pinnock 1991-1996 Director View profile
  26. Sonia Melchett 2001 Director View profile
  27. Alan Yentob 2003 Director View profile
  28. David Lloyd Davis 1992 Director View profile
  29. Hanif Kureishi 1992 Director View profile
  30. Timberlake Wertenbaker 1998 Director View profile
  31. Allan George Davis 1992 Director View profile
  32. Greville John Poke 1992 Director View profile
  33. Nicholas Verney Wright 2003 Director View profile
  34. Elyse Dodgson 1992 Director View profile
  35. Sir Robert Hugh Willatt 1992 Director View profile
  36. Bo Christine Elizabeth Barton 1995 Director View profile
  37. Jocelyn Herbert 1992 Director View profile
  38. Richard Charles Pulford 2001 Director View profile
  39. Harriet Jane Cruickshank 1998 Director View profile
  40. James Leonard Tanner 1992 Director View profile
  41. Sir John Clifford Mortimer 2001 Director View profile
  42. Robert Michael John Fox 1992 Director View profile
  43. Joan Plowright 1992 Director View profile
  44. Richard James Midgley 2024 Director View profile
  45. Stuart Burge 2001 Director View profile
  46. Jane Rayne 1992 Director View profile
  47. Lucy Glynn 2013-2022 Secretary View profile
  48. Kate Horton 2008-2012 Secretary View profile
  49. Diane Borger 2007-2008 Secretary View profile
  50. Sarah Preece 2003-2007 Secretary View profile
  51. Barbara Mary Matthews 2001-2003 Secretary View profile
  52. Graham Cowley 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Performing arts; Support activities to performing arts; Artistic creation; Operation of arts facilities
Incorporated
16/10/1954
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The English Stage Company Limited

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The English Stage Company Limited 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

12 grants · £13,429,694 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

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £2,236,0732022-10-20
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £375,0002021-10-27
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £2,353,7612020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £750,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £2,311,2342019-04-01
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.

11 directors on the board

11.5y median 7.2y
average tenure
31.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (5)

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.

Professional services 5Hospitality 2Arts and leisure 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00539332
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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