Company
Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Alison CurrieDirector · since 2025
- Dorothy Patricia AlexanderDirector · since 2025
- Carolyn Sarah Jane RamsbothamDirector · since 2025
- Alison Jennifer JonesDirector · since 2023
- Andrew RobertsDirector · since 2023
- Dr Ben Fletcher-WatsonDirector · since 2020
- Scott HollandDirector · since 2019
- Lorna EdwardsDirector · since 2019
- Nicholas Roger SwalesDirector · since 2018
- Julie BlackieDirector · since 2017
- Raymond MillsDirector · since 2017
- Colin Stuart JohnstonSecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 53
- Geoffrey Thompson 2017–2018 View profile
- David William Midgley 2016–2018 View profile
- James Wilson Ainslie 2015–2017 View profile
- John Antony Carver 2014–2023 View profile
- Joan Eileen Louw 2013–2022 View profile
- John Paul Lee 2013–2018 View profile
- Yvonne May Richardson 2012–2015 View profile
- Graham, Kevin Andrew, Councillor 2012–2013 View profile
- Karin Patricia Dyke 2012–2012 View profile
- John Douglas Stokel-Walker 2011–2012 View profile
- Bartlett, Christopher John, Cllr 2011–2012 View profile
- Jacqueline Ann Slesenger 2007–2015 View profile
- Hillicks, Patricia, Councillor 2004–2008 View profile
- Lord John Warren Shipley 2004–2012 View profile
- Taylor, Wendy Barbara, Councillor 2004–2013 View profile
- Lower, Anita Anne, Councillor 2004–2011 View profile
- Peter John Stuart Thomson 2002–2004 View profile
- Bell, Gerald William, Councillor 2002–2016 View profile
- Peter John Arnold 2002–2007 View profile
- Nicholas Adam Hodnett Fenwick 2001–2018 View profile
- Sheila Mary Chapman 2001–2020 View profile
- Howard William Tait 2001–2019 View profile
- Taylor, Keith, Councillor 1998–2004 View profile
- Linda Isabell Wright 1998–2004 View profile
- David Alan Faulkner 1997–2000 View profile
- Angus, June, Councillor 1997–2004 View profile
- Donald Joseph Price 1996–1998 View profile
- Murphy, Darren, Councillor 1995–1997 View profile
- James Christopher Sharp 1993–1997 View profile
- Flynn, Anthony Gerard, Councillor 1992–2001 View profile
- Thomas Johnston Marr 1998 View profile
- Robert Noel David Stephenson 1992 View profile
- Jennifer Robson 1998 View profile
- Margaret Watson 1992 View profile
- Peter Stattersfield 2012 View profile
- Beecham, Jeremy Hugh, the Lord Beecham 2015 View profile
- Theresa Science Russell 2002 View profile
- John Streeton Ward OBE 2014 View profile
- Albert Moore 1996 View profile
- Anthony Reginald Pender 1998 View profile
- Rice, Bernard, Councillor 2001 View profile
- O'Neill, Kenneth George, Councillor 1995 View profile
- Colin Gray 2012 View profile
- Arthur Fletcher Stabler 1997 View profile
- Sir Gerald Henry Elliot 1998 View profile
- Cuthbert Stephenson 1996 View profile
- Leslie Alexander Russell 1999 View profile
- Marcia Lant 2018–2022 View profile
- Pamela Dowds 2015–2018 View profile
- Philip Alexander Francis Bernays 2012–2015 View profile
- Ian Stratford 2002–2008 View profile
- Kevin Gregory Lavery 1997–2001 View profile
- Geoffrey Nettleton Cook 1997 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 26/06/1975
- Also a registered charity
- Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust Limited
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
2 other companies 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.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
11 directors on the board
- Dorothy Patricia Alexander Director · appointed 2025
- Raymond Mills Director · appointed 2017
- Alison Jennifer Jones Director · appointed 2023
- Carolyn Sarah Jane Ramsbotham Director · appointed 2025
- Julie Blackie Director · appointed 2017
- Alison Currie Director · appointed 2025
- Andrew Roberts Director · appointed 2023
- Nicholas Roger Swales Director · appointed 2018
- Lorna Edwards Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson Director · appointed 2020
- Scott Holland Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Raymond Mills Director · appointed 2017
- Julie Blackie Director · appointed 2017
- Nicholas Roger Swales Director · appointed 2018
- Lorna Edwards Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson Director · appointed 2020
- Scott Holland Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Dorothy Patricia Alexander Director · appointed 2025
- Andrew Roberts Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (8)
- Raymond Mills Director · appointed 2017
- Alison Jennifer Jones Director · appointed 2023
- Carolyn Sarah Jane Ramsbotham Director · appointed 2025
- Julie Blackie Director · appointed 2017
- Alison Currie Director · appointed 2025
- Nicholas Roger Swales Director · appointed 2018
- Lorna Edwards Director · appointed 2019
- Scott Holland Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01217427
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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