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Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust
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Who leads it
- Louise Adele BradfordDirector · since 2026
- Gavin Stuart FosterDirector · since 2026
- Hannah James-SalterDirector · since 2026
- Adam Cataldo LopardoDirector · since 2024
- Graeme ThompsonDirector · since 2023
- Kumareswaradas RamanathasDirector · since 2022
- Professor Donna Patricia ChambersDirector · since 2022
- John Dennis MowbrayDirector · since 2021
- Sharon Catherine ApplebyDirector · since 2021
- Samantha PattersonDirector · since 2021
- Linda WilliamsDirector · since 2021
- Paul Scott WilsonDirector · since 2019
- Julia Frances PottsDirector · since 2017
- Patrick MeliaSecretary · since 2018
Previous officers 93
- Phillipa Campbell 2023-2026 View profile
- Anna Victoria Disley 2021-2023 View profile
- Colin John Marr 2020-2023 View profile
- Andrew Rawlinson 2019-2020 View profile
- Graham Burt 2019-2019 View profile
- Abigail Pogson 2019-2022 View profile
- Alison Jennifer Smullen 2019-2020 View profile
- Zoe Hull 2019-2023 View profile
- Rachel Louise Smith 2017-2020 View profile
- Peter Howard Evans 2017-2019 View profile
- Sheree Irene Rymer 2017-2019 View profile
- Thomas Capeling 2017-2018 View profile
- Sergio Petrucci 2017-2018 View profile
- Caroline Rebecca Pedlow 2017-2018 View profile
- Claire Louise Dixon 2017-2019 View profile
- Karen Tracey Davison 2017-2019 View profile
- Hunt, Paula, Councillor 2017-2021 View profile
- Oliver, Robert Geoffrey, Councillor 2016-2017 View profile
- Lynda Rontree Scanlan 2016-2017 View profile
- Karen Patricia Wood 2015-2017 View profile
- Price, Bob, Councillor 2015-2016 View profile
- Gibson, Peter, Councillor 2014-2017 View profile
- Trueman, Dorothy, Councillor 2014-2017 View profile
- Juliana Heron 2014-2015 View profile
- Tate, Richard David, Councillor 2014-2017 View profile
- Wright, Norma, Councillor 2014-2017 View profile
- Maria Adamson 2013-2014 View profile
- William Leach 2013-2014 View profile
- Edna Rochester 2012-2013 View profile
- Ball, Ellen, Councillor 2012-2017 View profile
- Joyce Wilson 2011-2017 View profile
- Dianne Elizabeth Snowdon 2011-2017 View profile
- Lisa Fahy 2010-2011 View profile
- George Keith Macknight 2010-2017 View profile
- Flecther, Jill Elaine, Councillor 2010-2017 View profile
- Foster, Stephen Paul, Councillor 2010-2011 View profile
- Richardson, Dennis, Councillor 2010-2014 View profile
- Councillor Dale Michael Mordey 2009-2014 View profile
- Paul Stewart 2009-2017 View profile
- David Tate 2009-2014 View profile
- Dianne Northway 2008-2012 View profile
- Doris Macknight 2008-2010 View profile
- Wilson, Denis, Cllr 2008-2011 View profile
- David Ross Wares 2008-2010 View profile
- Gofton, Cecilia, Councillor 2008-2017 View profile
- Jeanette Taylor 2008-2010 View profile
- James Bain Scott 2008-2010 View profile
- George Howe 2008-2015 View profile
- Wright, Thomas Harvey, Councillor 2007-2016 View profile
- Margaret Higgins 2007-2008 View profile
- Paul Dixon 2006-2007 View profile
- John Scott 2005-2012 View profile
- Watson, Susan, Councillor 2004-2017 View profile
- Garry Rowley 2004-2017 View profile
- Melville George Speding 2004-2009 View profile
- Hollern, Jim, Coun 2004-2006 View profile
- Peter Walker 2004-2017 View profile
- Vera Brydon 2003-2008 View profile
- Whalen, Denis Gerard, Councillor 2002-2009 View profile
- Ambrose, Maureen, Councillor. 2002-2004 View profile
- Bohill, Norman, Councillor 2002-2008 View profile
- Shattock, Christine Mary, Councillor 2000-2002 View profile
- Forbes, Margaret, Councillor 2000-2002 View profile
- Mann, Leslie, Councillor 1999-2007 View profile
- Smith, Mary, Councillor 1998-2004 View profile
- Galbraith, Ian Macadam, Councillor 1998-2002 View profile
- Bainbridge, Ronald, Councillor 1998-2008 View profile
- Greenfield, Mark, Councillor 1997-2004 View profile
- Stephenson, William Foster, Councillor 1996-2004 View profile
- Alexander Campbell 1996-1999 View profile
- Kathleen Sidaway 1996-2002 View profile
- Anderson, Florence, Councillor 1995-2004 View profile
- Christie, Robert, Councillor 1994-2000 View profile
- Brynley Hunter Sidaway 1994-2003 View profile
- Sonia Slater 2002 View profile
- John Kenneth Murray 1998 View profile
- Scott, Leslie, Councillor 1994 View profile
- Dari Taylor 1995 View profile
- Graham, Isabell, Councillor 2000 View profile
- Bramfitt, Louise Anthea Florence, Councillor 1998 View profile
- John Stuart Wilson 2008 View profile
- Elliott, Patricia Ann, Councillor 1994 View profile
- John Mawston 2008 View profile
- Stewart, Paul, Councillor 1996 View profile
- Ralph Carroll Baxter 2004 View profile
- Cameron, Keith William, Councillor 1998 View profile
- Charles Henry Slater 2008 View profile
- Irene Lucas 2016-2018 View profile
- Sonia Tognarelli 2015-2016 View profile
- Dr David Smith 2008-2015 View profile
- Gerard Brian Fitzgerald 2004-2008 View profile
- Dr Colin William Sinclair 1993-2003 View profile
- Geoffrey Philip Key 1993 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 09/03/1973
- Also a registered charity
- Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust
Financials
- Net assets
- £335,504
- Total assets
- £335,504
- Cash
- £24,092
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
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
12 grants · £35,165 total360Giving 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
- Community Foundation North East · £22,040 (10 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £10,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £3,125
Most recent
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.
13 directors on the board
- Adam Cataldo Lopardo Director · appointed 2024
- Linda Williams Director · appointed 2021
- Louise Adele Bradford Director · appointed 2026
- Kumareswaradas Ramanathas Director · appointed 2022
- Gavin Stuart Foster Director · appointed 2026
- John Dennis Mowbray Director · appointed 2021
- Julia Frances Potts Director · appointed 2017
- Hannah James-Salter Director · appointed 2026
- Graeme Thompson Director · appointed 2023
- Sharon Catherine Appleby Director · appointed 2021
- Professor Donna Patricia Chambers Director · appointed 2022
- Paul Scott Wilson Director · appointed 2019
- Samantha Patterson Director · appointed 2021
Directors past 6 years
- Julia Frances Potts Director · appointed 2017
- Paul Scott Wilson Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Gavin Stuart Foster Director · appointed 2026
- Hannah James-Salter Director · appointed 2026
- Paul Scott Wilson Director · appointed 2019
Portfolio (10)
- Adam Cataldo Lopardo Director · appointed 2024
- Linda Williams Director · appointed 2021
- Louise Adele Bradford Director · appointed 2026
- Kumareswaradas Ramanathas Director · appointed 2022
- John Dennis Mowbray Director · appointed 2021
- Julia Frances Potts Director · appointed 2017
- Graeme Thompson Director · appointed 2023
- Sharon Catherine Appleby Director · appointed 2021
- Professor Donna Patricia Chambers Director · appointed 2022
- Samantha Patterson Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
- Adam Cataldo Lopardo Funders Together
- Linda Williams Oxclose and District Young Peoples Project LTD, The Sunderland Football Trust, Mayor's Fund for Necessitous Children
- Kumareswaradas Ramanathas Wearmouth Miners' Welfare Scheme, Durham County Cricket Foundation
- John Dennis Mowbray Sunderland Music, Arts & Culture Trust, Ryhope Engines Trust
- Graeme Thompson Ensemble '84, The Cultural Spring, Sunderland Music, Arts & Culture Trust
- Professor Donna Patricia Chambers The Wordsworth Trust
- Samantha Patterson The National Football Museum
Left in the last 12 months
- Phillipa Campbell Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
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
- 01100887
- 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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