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The Photographers' Gallery Limited

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

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Previous officers 69

  1. Elspeth Walker 2021-2024 Director View profile
  2. Montana Leigh Hall 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Mark Peter Lewis 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Michelle Susanne Shuttleworth 2021-2024 Director View profile
  5. James Cameron Kelly 2021-2023 Director View profile
  6. Deborah Jane Botwood Smith 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Eileen Gerda Perrier 2019-2021 Director View profile
  8. Rio Blake 2018-2021 Director View profile
  9. Joe Phelan 2018-2025 Director View profile
  10. Daniel Richard Oudkerk 2018-2023 Director View profile
  11. Jananne Al-Ani 2017-2023 Director View profile
  12. Symon Douglas Elliott 2017-2022 Director View profile
  13. Matthew Oliver Stephenson 2015-2023 Director View profile
  14. Alexandra Caroline Hess 2015-2021 Director View profile
  15. Niru Ratnam 2014-2015 Director View profile
  16. Jonathan Shaw 2014-2021 Director View profile
  17. Beverley Buckingham 2014-2017 Director View profile
  18. Myfanwy Barrett 2014-2021 Director View profile
  19. Edward Scott Mead 2013-2017 Director View profile
  20. Brett Susan Rogers 2013-2022 Director View profile
  21. Sophie Howarth 2011-2012 Director View profile
  22. Melanie Manchot 2011-2018 Director View profile
  23. Harold Roger Mavity 2011-2016 Director View profile
  24. Andrew Michael Haigh 2010-2016 Director View profile
  25. Brett Rogers 2009-2013 Director View profile
  26. Pierre Michael Brahm 2008-2015 Director View profile
  27. Diana Donovan 2008-2015 Director View profile
  28. Michael Anthony Mack 2008-2014 Director View profile
  29. Michael Richard Hussey 2007-2012 Director View profile
  30. Damien Whitmore 2007-2014 Director View profile
  31. Brian Walter Pomery 2006-2013 Director View profile
  32. Susan Brett Rogers 2005-2011 Director View profile
  33. Mary Reynolds 2005-2006 Director View profile
  34. Yashica Nicole Olden 2005-2011 Director View profile
  35. Stephen Andrew Rust 2004-2006 Director View profile
  36. Andrew Anthony Gault 2003-2024 Director View profile
  37. Michael Jackson 2001-2004 Director View profile
  38. Lucy Ellen Musgrave 2000-2005 Director View profile
  39. Catherine Manya Yass 1999-2005 Director View profile
  40. Anthony Michael Manton Elliott 1999-2004 Director View profile
  41. Stephen Glen Hilton 1999-2001 Director View profile
  42. Julia Nathalie Hobsbawm 1997-1999 Director View profile
  43. Nicholas Wapshott 1997-2001 Director View profile
  44. Richard Geoffrey Millward 1996-2002 Director View profile
  45. Frederick Mark Manson 1996-2001 Director View profile
  46. Professor John Frederick Wyver 1995-2005 Director View profile
  47. Marianne Wiggins 1995-1999 Director View profile
  48. Geoffrey John Mulgan 1995-1999 Director View profile
  49. Karen Helen Knorr 1995-1999 Director View profile
  50. Sir John Kevin Hegarty 1994-1999 Director View profile
  51. Terence Anthony Maher 1994-1996 Director View profile
  52. Robert Gordon Barry Heller 1992-1997 Director View profile
  53. Philippe Daniel Garner 1991-1994 Director View profile
  54. Caroline Elizabeth Davies 1991-1994 Director View profile
  55. Professor Margaret Florence Harker Farrand 1984-1994 Director View profile
  56. Jonathan Levy Bayer 1995 Director View profile
  57. Baroness Margaret Lola Young 1992 Director View profile
  58. Barbara Christine Lloyd 1997 Director View profile
  59. Rt Hon Denis Winston Healey 1991 Director View profile
  60. Mark Jacob Souhami 1991 Director View profile
  61. Louis Bohm 1994 Director View profile
  62. Paul Collard 1992 Director View profile
  63. Charles George Anderson 1994 Director View profile
  64. Dennis William Wilcox 1995 Director View profile
  65. Lord Kissin of Camden 1992 Director View profile
  66. Timothy John Stuart Waterstone 1991 Director View profile
  67. Emma Judith Morris 1999-2002 Secretary View profile
  68. Paul David Wombell 1994-1999 Secretary View profile
  69. Sue Joan Frances Grayson Ford 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities
Incorporated
05/08/1970
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The Photographers' Gallery LTD
Previous names
The Photographers' Gallery Limited (until 28/06/2016)

Ownership

Owned by (5) 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.

  • Shoair Marie Mavlian
    significant influence · notified 2023-03-15
  • Amanda Jane Linford Gray
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2024-05-30
  • Andrew Anthony Gault ceased 2024-10-18
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2022-08-10
  • Matthew Oliver Stephenson ceased 2023-12-04
    appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2022-08-15
  • Michelle Susanne Shuttleworth ceased 2024-12-09
    appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-12-04
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. The Photographers' Gallery Limited is controlled by Shoair Marie Mavlian
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2023-03-15 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Shoair Marie Mavlian.

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

7 grants · £3,197,493 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 · £2,265,826 (4 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £918,867
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £9,800
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £3,000

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £918,8672022-10-13
  • Department for Work and Pensions £3,0002021-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £918,8672020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £356,4202020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £71,6722020-04-01
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.

10 directors on the board

2.2y median 1.8y
average tenure
4.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

Also govern a charity

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 1Professional services 1Retail and trade 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

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00986208
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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