Company · Dartford
Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre Limited
Performing arts
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Vivien Catherine GoodwinDirector · since 2022
- Lawrence WatlingDirector · since 2021
- David WebsterDirector · since 2020
- Liz NaisbittDirector · since 2016
- David AdamsDirector · since 2015
- Susan Patricia HigginsonDirector · since 2013
- Lesley Ann RobinsDirector · since 2005
- Rachel Mary LindseySecretary · since 2013
Previous officers 26
- Stephen Grubb 2022-2025 View profile
- Vivien Cleary 2020-2021 View profile
- Paul Allen 2013-2021 View profile
- Lee Anthony Devlin 2012-2015 View profile
- Simon Neil Radford Bodenham 2012-2019 View profile
- Ross William Holland 2011-2020 View profile
- Rachel Lindsey 2010-2013 View profile
- Leonard Henry Wooding 2008-2016 View profile
- Colin Yardley 2007-2013 View profile
- Maureen Esther Gueran 2006-2012 View profile
- Angela Gay Brignell 2005-2008 View profile
- Maurice Hugh Tripp 2003-2022 View profile
- Rachel Mary Warner 2002-2004 View profile
- John Wallace Masson 2002-2012 View profile
- Yvonne Adams 2002-2005 View profile
- Claire Elaine Kingshott 2002-2006 View profile
- Andrew John Briggs 1999-2003 View profile
- Colin Marit Goldberg 1998-2006 View profile
- Richard John Kemp 1997-2002 View profile
- Gillian Clare Meason 1995-2004 View profile
- Michael Ian Tunstill Pollard 1997 View profile
- William Thomas John Bray 1995 View profile
- Peter John Lander 1998 View profile
- Derrik Arthur Johnson 2010 View profile
- Margaret Elizabeth Young 1994-2013 View profile
- Rosemary Tiptaft 1997 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Performing arts
- Incorporated
- 03/07/1959
- Registered office
- Dartford
- Also a registered charity
- Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre Limited
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.
7 directors on the board
- David Webster Director · appointed 2020
- Lawrence Watling Director · appointed 2021
- Vivien Catherine Goodwin Director · appointed 2022
- David Adams Director · appointed 2015
- Susan Patricia Higginson Director · appointed 2013
- Lesley Ann Robins Director · appointed 2005
- Liz Naisbitt Director · appointed 2016
Directors past 6 years
- David Webster Director · appointed 2020
- David Adams Director · appointed 2015
- Susan Patricia Higginson Director · appointed 2013
- Lesley Ann Robins Director · appointed 2005
- Liz Naisbitt Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Lawrence Watling Director · appointed 2021
- Vivien Catherine Goodwin Director · appointed 2022
- David Adams Director · appointed 2015
- Susan Patricia Higginson Director · appointed 2013
- Lesley Ann Robins Director · appointed 2005
- Liz Naisbitt Director · appointed 2016
Portfolio (1)
- David Webster Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Stephen Grubb Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
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.
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
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00631812
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/04/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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