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Watermill Theatre Limited

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

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Previous officers 50

  1. Rebecca Chadder 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Judith Ann Bunting 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Ian Michael Widdowson 2018-2023 Director View profile
  4. Simon Kenneth Parsonage 2017-2024 Director View profile
  5. Andrew Greig Mckenzie 2017-2024 Director View profile
  6. Susan Patricia Foster 2015-2022 Director View profile
  7. Colin Peter George Farrant 2015-2022 Director View profile
  8. Thomas William Rossiter 2015-2021 Director View profile
  9. Carole-Anne Armstrong 2013-2018 Director View profile
  10. Kathleen Elizabeth Gent 2013-2015 Director View profile
  11. Daniel Thomas Adams 2013-2016 Director View profile
  12. Alison Judith Blackmore 2011-2017 Director View profile
  13. Simon Elliott Fenton 2011-2014 Director View profile
  14. Eleanor Frances Taylor 2009-2011 Director View profile
  15. Peter Dann 2009-2013 Director View profile
  16. Patrick Charles Lake Griffin 2009-2021 Director View profile
  17. Karin Sophie Hedwig Gartzke 2008-2017 Director View profile
  18. Dr Roger Keith Burdett 2006-2009 Director View profile
  19. Andrew Marmaduke Lane Tuckey 2005-2019 Director View profile
  20. Ralph Mitchell Bernard 2005-2015 Director View profile
  21. Clare Isobel Mcalpine Fox 2005-2014 Director View profile
  22. Dr John Charles Frederick Hayward 2004-2008 Director View profile
  23. Anthony Ayers 2003-2015 Director View profile
  24. Sarah Louise Watkinson 2003-2009 Director View profile
  25. Deborah Anne Puxley 2003-2015 Director View profile
  26. Michael Frederick Clive Fitzgerald 2003-2007 Director View profile
  27. Duncan Stewart Campbell 2001-2011 Director View profile
  28. David Vernon Russell 2001-2007 Director View profile
  29. Caroline Elizabeth Lumley 2000-2003 Director View profile
  30. Michael Charles Webb 1998-2003 Director View profile
  31. James Thomas Rees 1998-2008 Director View profile
  32. Charles Toomer 1998-2000 Director View profile
  33. Richard Shirvell Price 1998-2007 Director View profile
  34. Graham John Williams 1995-1996 Director View profile
  35. Sara Ann Muggeridge 1995-1996 Director View profile
  36. Susan Margaret Burnell 1995-2003 Director View profile
  37. Samuel Edward Orr 1991-1995 Director View profile
  38. Anthony Penwick Monamey Harrison Wallace 1991-1995 Director View profile
  39. Hugh Angus Crichton-Miller 2002 Director View profile
  40. Andrew Richard Welch 1995 Director View profile
  41. Richard Geoffrey Caistor 1995 Director View profile
  42. Dr Richard Bennett 1991 Director View profile
  43. Jill Sargant 1992 Director View profile
  44. Reginald Deighton Whitehead 2008 Director View profile
  45. Leslie Martin Bland 1996 Director View profile
  46. David Gilmore 1994 Director View profile
  47. John David Wethey 1996 Director View profile
  48. Crystel Ann Gollins 1998 Director View profile
  49. Hedda Rachel Beeby 2010-2015 Secretary View profile
  50. James Edmund Sargant 2008 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
28/04/1970
Also a registered charity
Watermill Theatre Limited

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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.

Group

  1. Watermill Theatre Limited is controlled by Michael Cowper Lynas
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2024-06-04 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Michael Cowper Lynas.

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

1 grant · £197,646 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 · £197,646

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £197,6462020-04-01
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.

12 directors on the board

4.9y median 4.2y
average tenure
10.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

0
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 33Property 7Other services 2Professional services 2Construction 1Finance 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
00978279
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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