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The Dukes Play House Limited

Performing arts

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 107

  1. Alan Edward Cox 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Samantha Alexandra Chadwick 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Melanie Claire Whitehead 2020-2022 Director View profile
  4. David Rigby 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Roderick Finlay Duncan Gauld 2019-2026 Director View profile
  6. Kate Sarah Knight 2019-2020 Director View profile
  7. Dr Akanimo Peter Odon 2018-2023 Director View profile
  8. Mark David Thwaite 2018-2021 Director View profile
  9. Charles Benjamin Alexander Tyrer 2018-2023 Director View profile
  10. Teresa Jane Booker 2017-2025 Director View profile
  11. Neil James Townsend 2017-2024 Director View profile
  12. Maya Anneke Elsie Dibley 2016-2020 Director View profile
  13. John Richard Chell 2015-2020 Director View profile
  14. Lawrenson, Jim Ralph Cedric, County Councillor 2015-2017 Director View profile
  15. Claire Emily Cozler 2015-2017 Director View profile
  16. Biddulph, Alan, Councillor 2015-2017 Director View profile
  17. Leyshon, James Joseph, Cllr 2015-2017 Director View profile
  18. Nicholas Anthony Brooks-Sykes 2015-2016 Director View profile
  19. Dr Alan John Hatton-Yeo 2014-2022 Director View profile
  20. Paul Malcolm Gardner 2013-2015 Director View profile
  21. Carolyn Jane Reynolds 2013-2019 Director View profile
  22. Henig, Chris, Co Councillor 2013-2017 Director View profile
  23. Julie Karen Gardner 2013-2019 Director View profile
  24. Nigel Norman Kirkup 2012-2013 Director View profile
  25. Caroline Mary Joanna Newns-Wood 2012-2014 Director View profile
  26. Richard John Newman-Thompson 2011-2013 Director View profile
  27. June Irene Ashworth 2011-2015 Director View profile
  28. Elaine Frances Roberts 2011-2015 Director View profile
  29. Geoffrey Roy Marsland 2010-2011 Director View profile
  30. Melanie Forrest 2009-2015 Director View profile
  31. Gary Francis Rycroft 2009-2017 Director View profile
  32. Anna Maria Dolores Izza 2009-2014 Director View profile
  33. Richard Howard Hall 2009-2014 Director View profile
  34. Sylvia Anne Rogerson 2009-2011 Director View profile
  35. Holtom, Christopher John, Cllr 2009-2013 Director View profile
  36. Susan Margaret Georgina Charles 2009-2017 Director View profile
  37. Mary Eileen Blamire 2009-2017 Director View profile
  38. James Blakely 2008-2009 Director View profile
  39. Richard Colin Hooper 2007-2011 Director View profile
  40. Fletcher, Jane, Councillor 2007-2009 Director View profile
  41. Sian Elisabeth Johnson 2007-2015 Director View profile
  42. Jean Laurie 2006-2012 Director View profile
  43. Christopher Mellor 2006-2007 Director View profile
  44. Christopher Trueman 2006-2008 Director View profile
  45. Shedwick, John Samuel Clarke, Cllr 2006-2015 Director View profile
  46. Nicholas Julian Watson 2005-2009 Director View profile
  47. Christopher Thomas Stafford Batten 2005-2009 Director View profile
  48. David Kerr 2005-2006 Director View profile
  49. Evelyn Archer 2003-2004 Director View profile
  50. Thomas, Malcolm, Cllr 2003-2009 Director View profile
  51. James Logan Mclean 2003-2005 Director View profile
  52. Ronald Sands 2003-2011 Director View profile
  53. Paul Richard Kondras 2003-2003 Director View profile
  54. Janie Elizabeth Kirkman 2001-2007 Director View profile
  55. Mark Anthony Turner 2000-2006 Director View profile
  56. Patricia Yvonne England 2000-2000 Director View profile
  57. Patricia Rosalind Wingrave 2000-2007 Director View profile
  58. Jo Marcus Richard Hardman 2000-2007 Director View profile
  59. Carole Margaret Clegg 2000-2002 Director View profile
  60. Marion Elizabeth Plowright 1999-2006 Director View profile
  61. Paul Malcolm Morris 1999-2000 Director View profile
  62. Geoffrey Kenneth Wilson 1999-2001 Director View profile
  63. Alan Whittaker 1997-2009 Director View profile
  64. RYE, Pat, Councillor 1997-1999 Director View profile
  65. Peter James Garrod 1996-1999 Director View profile
  66. Peter Whalley 1996-2002 Director View profile
  67. Andrew Michael Clay 1996-1999 Director View profile
  68. Arthur Edward Stafford 1996-1998 Director View profile
  69. Allan Cooper 1996-2002 Director View profile
  70. Graeme Kirk 1996-2002 Director View profile
  71. Jean Elizabeth Yates 1995-2009 Director View profile
  72. David Preston 1994-1996 Director View profile
  73. Gillian Frances Gardner 1994-1995 Director View profile
  74. Stephen Brennan 1993-1995 Director View profile
  75. Michael Raymond Wilson 1993-1995 Director View profile
  76. Richard Barry Scoffin 1992-1993 Director View profile
  77. Evans, Terence Edward, Councillor 1992-2003 Director View profile
  78. Rainford, Margaret Mary, Councillor Mrs 1992-1993 Director View profile
  79. David John Knight 1993 Director View profile
  80. Baroness Ruth Beatrice Henig 1997 Director View profile
  81. Derrick Bannister Stanley 1997 Director View profile
  82. Penney, Nicola Diane, County Councillor 2017 Director View profile
  83. Paul Raymond Iles 1995 Director View profile
  84. Rachel Mary Totton 1991 Director View profile
  85. Professor Colin George Rogers 2006 Director View profile
  86. James Ernest Rawnsley 1991 Director View profile
  87. Keith Roach 1991 Director View profile
  88. Professor Jeffrey Michael Richards 1991 Director View profile
  89. Anthony John Saville 1995 Director View profile
  90. Peter William Sampson 1997 Director View profile
  91. Keith Malcolm Sturgess 1993 Director View profile
  92. David Howard Blezard 1992 Director View profile
  93. Sheena Mairi Macdonald 1999 Director View profile
  94. Richard Henry Shepherd 2006 Director View profile
  95. James Clifford Wilkinson 1996 Director View profile
  96. Ken Vincent Peasnell 1993 Director View profile
  97. Karen O'Neill 2022-2024 Secretary View profile
  98. Thomas Michael Fisher 2020-2022 Secretary View profile
  99. Theresa Jane Booker 2019-2020 Secretary View profile
  100. Ivan Wadeson 2014-2019 Secretary View profile
  101. Michael Ransome Sumsion 2008-2014 Secretary View profile
  102. Amanda Anne Belcham 1999-2008 Secretary View profile
  103. Patricia Susan Russell 1999-1999 Secretary View profile
  104. Mary Caws 1997-1999 Secretary View profile
  105. Penelope Jane Saville Mcphillips 1994-1997 Secretary View profile
  106. Paul Furley Mellor 1993-1996 Secretary View profile
  107. Jonathan Robert Hartley 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Performing arts; Support activities to performing arts; Artistic creation; Operation of arts facilities
Incorporated
19/10/1972
Registered office
Lancaster
Also a registered charity
The Duke's Playhouse Limited

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Dukes Play House Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

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.

Financials

Employees
0.3
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

17 grants · £1,896,758 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 · £1,077,998 (6 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £320,238 (2 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £260,904
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £168,918 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £68,700 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8502023-04-28
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £260,9042022-10-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £141,0002022-09-22
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £75,0002021-10-22
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £260,9042020-04-01
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.

7 directors on the board

2.4y median 2.8y
average tenure
3.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

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 1Education 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
01077517
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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