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Sadler's Wells Development Trust
Support activities to performing arts
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Who leads it
- Alexandra SotoDirector · since 2026
- Paul Malcolm WilliamsDirector · since 2026
- Sharon Michele WhiteDirector · since 2025
- Baroness Thangam Elizabeth Rachel DebbonaireDirector · since 2025
- Nicholas Andrew GraceDirector · since 2024
- Yana Alexandra PeelDirector · since 2023
- Suhair Fariha KhanDirector · since 2022
- Nina PatelDirector · since 2022
- Clare Jane ConnorDirector · since 2022
- Paul Edward MulhollandDirector · since 2022
- Brenda LeffDirector · since 2022
- Nicholas Bernard BasdenDirector · since 2021
- Matthew Jake SlotoverDirector · since 2020
- Maria AlbonicoDirector · since 2020
- Melanie Jane SmithDirector · since 2020
- Humphrey William BattcockDirector · since 2017
- Nigel HigginsDirector · since 2017
- Alistair William SpaldingSecretary · since 2005
Previous officers 44
- Lady Melissa Bethell 2020-2025 View profile
- Sarah Elizabeth Evans 2018-2022 View profile
- Farah Ramzan Golant 2017-2021 View profile
- Dr David Mark Lan 2017-2023 View profile
- Dame Sharon Michele White 2017-2022 View profile
- David Clement Ripert 2016-2022 View profile
- Kathleen Ann Crook 2015-2017 View profile
- Julian Delisle Burns 2014-2017 View profile
- Sanoke Viswanathan 2014-2020 View profile
- Tim Marlow 2014-2020 View profile
- Carol Ann Lake 2012-2017 View profile
- Robin Elizabeth Saunders 2011-2017 View profile
- Sue Butcher 2011-2023 View profile
- Robert Alan Glick 2010-2019 View profile
- Marco Compagnoni 2009-2016 View profile
- Harry Hume Macauslan 2009-2015 View profile
- Dame Arlene Phillips 2009-2011 View profile
- Sandra Warren Ulrich 2007-2016 View profile
- Tony Deepak Sarin 2007-2010 View profile
- Gabriella Giglio 2007-2008 View profile
- Robin Pauley 2006-2013 View profile
- Robert John Bennetts 2006-2015 View profile
- Joachim Fleury 2005-2013 View profile
- Sir David Charles Maurice Bell 2005-2017 View profile
- Anthea Emma Jane Mcmullan 2005-2008 View profile
- Matthew Jonathan Cooper 2004-2008 View profile
- Lounica Maureen Patricia Burns 2004-2006 View profile
- Ian Francis Ventle 2004-2004 View profile
- Hugh Fenton Morris 2001-2004 View profile
- Paul Cullington 1999-2005 View profile
- Ian Frederic Hay Davison 1996-2004 View profile
- Patrick John Morrissey 1996-1997 View profile
- Philip Charles Jones 1996-1999 View profile
- Lady Theresa Sybil Margaret Lloyd 1996-2000 View profile
- Professor Gerald Manners 1996 View profile
- Sir Roger Falk 1996 View profile
- Drummond Donald Alasdair Leslie 1996 View profile
- Desmond Roger Wingate Harrison 1996 View profile
- Sir Richard Parsons 1996 View profile
- Jeffrey Peter Adamson 2004-2005 View profile
- Jean Luc Choplin 2002-2004 View profile
- Ian Bronson Albery 1994-2002 View profile
- Charles Alan Wood 1992 View profile
- James Stephen Steel Remington 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Support activities to performing arts
- Incorporated
- 16/11/1971
- Registered office
- London
- Also a registered charity
- Sadler's Wells Development Trust
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.
17 directors on the board
- Melanie Jane Smith Director · appointed 2020
- Suhair Fariha Khan Director · appointed 2022
- Nigel Higgins Director · appointed 2017
- Nina Patel Director · appointed 2022
- Yana Alexandra Peel Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Malcolm Williams Director · appointed 2026
- Paul Edward Mulholland Director · appointed 2022
- Humphrey William Battcock Director · appointed 2017
- Nicholas Andrew Grace Director · appointed 2024
- Brenda Leff Director · appointed 2022
- Clare Jane Connor Director · appointed 2022
- Sharon Michele White Director · appointed 2025
- Baroness Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire Director · appointed 2025
- Alexandra Soto Director · appointed 2026
- Matthew Jake Slotover Director · appointed 2020
- Nicholas Bernard Basden Director · appointed 2021
- Maria Albonico Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Melanie Jane Smith Director · appointed 2020
- Nigel Higgins Director · appointed 2017
- Humphrey William Battcock Director · appointed 2017
- Matthew Jake Slotover Director · appointed 2020
- Maria Albonico Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (17)
- Melanie Jane Smith Director · appointed 2020
- Suhair Fariha Khan Director · appointed 2022
- Nigel Higgins Director · appointed 2017
- Nina Patel Director · appointed 2022
- Yana Alexandra Peel Director · appointed 2023
- Paul Malcolm Williams Director · appointed 2026
- Paul Edward Mulholland Director · appointed 2022
- Humphrey William Battcock Director · appointed 2017
- Nicholas Andrew Grace Director · appointed 2024
- Brenda Leff Director · appointed 2022
- Clare Jane Connor Director · appointed 2022
- Sharon Michele White Director · appointed 2025
- Baroness Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire Director · appointed 2025
- Alexandra Soto Director · appointed 2026
- Matthew Jake Slotover Director · appointed 2020
- Nicholas Bernard Basden Director · appointed 2021
- Maria Albonico Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
- Melanie Jane Smith Sadler's Wells Trust Limited
- Suhair Fariha Khan Studio Wayne Mcgregor Limited
- Nigel Higgins Three Monkies Trust
- Nina Patel Sadler's Wells Trust Limited, Women for Women International (UK)
- Yana Alexandra Peel Sadler's Wells Trust Limited, Fondation Chanel
- Paul Malcolm Williams Sadler's Wells Foundation LTD
- Paul Edward Mulholland Sadler's Wells Trust Limited, DZI Foundation UK, The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy UK
- Humphrey William Battcock Teach First, Centre for Homelessness Impact, The Institute for Research in Schools
- Nicholas Andrew Grace Sadler's Wells Trust Limited
- Brenda Leff English National Ballet, Sadler's Wells Trust Limited
- Clare Jane Connor Sadler's Wells Trust Limited
- Sharon Michele White Sadler's Wells Trust Limited
- Alexandra Soto Sadler's Wells Trust Limited
- Matthew Jake Slotover Turner Contemporary,
- Nicholas Bernard Basden The Present Value Trust, Sadler's Wells Trust Limited, AP Challenge Trust
- Maria Albonico Sadler's Wells Trust Limited
Left in the last 12 months
- Lady Melissa Bethell Director · appointed 2020 · 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01031348
- 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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