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The Arts Educational Schools
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ruth Guilding WhittakerDirector · since 2025
- Sarah Jane HopwoodDirector · since 2025
- Matthew Edward WilsonDirector · since 2025
- Laura Elisabeth McgaugheyDirector · since 2025
- Richard John James NicholsonDirector · since 2025
- Claire BluntDirector · since 2025
- Cherry DickinsDirector · since 2022
- Benjamin David GudgeonDirector · since 2022
- Joanna MacdonnellDirector · since 2022
- Farida MannanDirector · since 2022
- Ruth MundyDirector · since 2021
- Alexander Matthew GillespieSecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 67
- Laura Elisabeth Mcgaughey 2025-2025 View profile
- Dr Julie Spencer 2023-2024 View profile
- Cherry Dickins 2022-2022 View profile
- Brian Edward Brodie 2022-2023 View profile
- Simon Richard Peter Dowson-Collins 2022-2023 View profile
- Jennifer Jayne Wilkinson 2022-2023 View profile
- Mark Lowrie Burch 2021-2022 View profile
- Nicholai La Barrie 2021-2022 View profile
- David Ian 2021-2022 View profile
- Kevin David Mcgrath 2019-2021 View profile
- Stephen Denyer 2018-2025 View profile
- Sarita Godber 2018-2019 View profile
- Norman Francis Bragg 2018-2019 View profile
- Jacqueline Mary Brunjes 2017-2023 View profile
- Emma Cherniavsky 2017-2019 View profile
- Brenlen Charles Jinkens 2017-2024 View profile
- Kathryn Margaret Norton-Smith 2017-2021 View profile
- Robert Mackay Mathieson 2017-2026 View profile
- Ann Cottis 2017-2026 View profile
- Martin William Bishop 2014-2017 View profile
- Guy Neil Mullin-Henderson 2014-2023 View profile
- Margaret Elizabeth Lee 2013-2017 View profile
- Clare Miranda Ferguson 2012-2022 View profile
- Sandra Diane Cahill 2012-2022 View profile
- Vanessa Alison Cameron 2012-2016 View profile
- Diana Maine 2012-2022 View profile
- David William Grindrod 2011-2017 View profile
- Mike Morris 2009-2018 View profile
- Sue Jane Cozens 2009-2012 View profile
- Sue Jane Cozens 2009-2009 View profile
- Raman Dev Sharma 2009-2014 View profile
- John Roderick Shuffrey 2008-2017 View profile
- Geoffrey Stephen Davey 2007-2014 View profile
- Terry Molloy 2007-2017 View profile
- Paul Jacques Sylvain Astruc 2006-2010 View profile
- Kenneth Edward May 2005-2012 View profile
- Diane Helen Yeo 2004-2013 View profile
- Robert Thomas Powell 2004-2009 View profile
- Penelope Jane Gummer 2003-2012 View profile
- Susan Frances Rose 2001-2012 View profile
- Margaret Olivia Semple 2000-2009 View profile
- Dr Muriel Norma Pilkington 2000-2008 View profile
- Dalkeith, Elizabeth, Countess 1998-2003 View profile
- Peter William Kyle 1997-2007 View profile
- Paul Hudson Douglas Findlay 1997-2011 View profile
- Graham Clive Elton 1994-2005 View profile
- Charles Thomas Messiter Ind 1994-2004 View profile
- Dorothy Ind 2007 View profile
- Colin Price Davies 1994 View profile
- Belinda Margaret Thackeray Norman-Butler 1994 View profile
- Christopher Thackeray Norman-Butler 1994 View profile
- Nan Josephine Bazin 2002 View profile
- Douglas Clare Points 1994 View profile
- Juliet Anne Thackeray Murray 1994 View profile
- Richard Robert Thompson 1992 View profile
- Ronald William Busby 1994 View profile
- Doreen Lois Wedderburn 2004 View profile
- John William Pealing 2000 View profile
- Derek Thomas Elliott Marjoram 1992 View profile
- Gordon Leslie Black 1994 View profile
- Michael Henley Stewart 2020-2022 View profile
- Kathy-Ann Darmody 2009-2021 View profile
- Stephen Paul Dyer 2008-2009 View profile
- Colmar Aitken Lewis 2007-2008 View profile
- Geoffrey William King 1998-2007 View profile
- Dr Jonathan Dowdell 1994-1997 View profile
- Deller, Peter Donald, Commander 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 08/01/1962
- Also a registered charity
- The Arts Educational Schools
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Arts Educational Schools 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
14 grants · £569,757 total360Giving 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
- Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation · £569,757 (14 grants)
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.
11 directors on the board
- Farida Mannan Director · appointed 2022
- Ruth Guilding Whittaker Director · appointed 2025
- Claire Blunt Director · appointed 2025
- Sarah Jane Hopwood Director · appointed 2025
- Benjamin David Gudgeon Director · appointed 2022
- Cherry Dickins Director · appointed 2022
- Matthew Edward Wilson Director · appointed 2025
- Laura Elisabeth Mcgaughey Director · appointed 2025
- Richard John James Nicholson Director · appointed 2025
- Ruth Mundy Director · appointed 2021
- Joanna Macdonnell Director · appointed 2022
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Ruth Guilding Whittaker Director · appointed 2025
- Claire Blunt Director · appointed 2025
- Benjamin David Gudgeon Director · appointed 2022
- Joanna Macdonnell Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (7)
- Farida Mannan Director · appointed 2022
- Sarah Jane Hopwood Director · appointed 2025
- Cherry Dickins Director · appointed 2022
- Matthew Edward Wilson Director · appointed 2025
- Laura Elisabeth Mcgaughey Director · appointed 2025
- Richard John James Nicholson Director · appointed 2025
- Ruth Mundy Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Robert Mackay Mathieson Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
- Ann Cottis Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00712444
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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