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Company · Ilkley

Word UP North Limited

Operation of arts facilities

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

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Previous officers 35

  1. Georgina Alice Frieder 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. John Peter Dignum 2021-2025 Director View profile
  3. Julie Yau 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Dr Fozia Bora 2020-2022 Director View profile
  5. Dr Rachel Bower 2019-2023 Director View profile
  6. Jacqueline Dawn Cameron 2018-2020 Director View profile
  7. Matthew Francis Gaunt 2018-2021 Director View profile
  8. Madeleine Thomson 2012-2019 Director View profile
  9. Maggie Power 2012-2020 Director View profile
  10. Andrea Helen Hardaker 2010-2017 Director View profile
  11. Mohammed Hafeez 2008-2009 Director View profile
  12. Davina Geraldine Woodhouse 2008-2017 Director View profile
  13. Erica Joan Below 2004-2012 Director View profile
  14. Nigel David Walsh 2003-2023 Director View profile
  15. Mandy Sutter 2003-2017 Director View profile
  16. Anne Clarke 2003-2009 Director View profile
  17. Simon Thomas Palmer 2001-2002 Director View profile
  18. Matthew James Green 1996-1996 Director View profile
  19. Amanda Oates 1996-2013 Director View profile
  20. Simon Paul Ashberry 1996-2016 Director View profile
  21. Martyn Corby Bedford 1996-2002 Director View profile
  22. Judith Hilary Triffit 1996-2003 Director View profile
  23. Karen Jones 1994-2006 Director View profile
  24. Shirley Chew 1994-1996 Director View profile
  25. James Wolton 2018 Director View profile
  26. Anne Grey-Gordon 1997 Director View profile
  27. Sally Bagnall 2000 Director View profile
  28. Sarah Louise Lawson 1998 Director View profile
  29. Mary Patricia Wilson 2002 Director View profile
  30. Wendy Louise Robson 1994 Director View profile
  31. Anne Seidelin 1993 Director View profile
  32. Eileen Bernard 1992 Director View profile
  33. Louise Mary Connacher 2005-2012 Secretary View profile
  34. Jennifer Mary Batters 1994-2017 Secretary View profile
  35. Brian Edward Lawrence 2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Operation of arts facilities
Incorporated
12/07/1972
Registered office
Ilkley
Also a registered charity
Word Up North Limited
Previous names
Ilkley Literature Festival Limited (until 11/04/2023)

Grants received

10 grants · £819,063 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 · £471,330 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £171,780 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £139,953
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £26,000
  • Leeds Community Foundation · £10,000

Most recent

  • Leeds Community Foundation £10,0002023-11-20
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £139,9532022-10-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £27,0002021-10-22
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £139,9532020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £27,0002020-04-01
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.

6 directors on the board

8.6y median 5.3y
average tenure
30y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

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 3Other services 1Property 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

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01061343
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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