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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Performing arts

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

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Previous officers 101

  1. Elizabeth Ann Clements 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Darius Singh Sandhu 2022-2026 Director View profile
  3. Tim Birchall 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Helen Edgar 2020-2025 Director View profile
  5. Emily Claire An-Li Ingram 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Elspeth Dutch 2019-2021 Director View profile
  7. Margaret June Cookhorn 2018-2020 Director View profile
  8. Susan Patricia Foster 2018-2021 Director View profile
  9. Alex Yip 2018-2022 Director View profile
  10. David Lovell Burbidge 2018-2023 Director View profile
  11. David Andrew Roper 2017-2023 Director View profile
  12. David Charles Gregory 2017-2019 Director View profile
  13. Sir Albert Bore 2017-2022 Director View profile
  14. Graham Brian Sibley 2016-2018 Director View profile
  15. Joseph Godwin 2016-2021 Director View profile
  16. Lucy Kate Williams 2016-2022 Director View profile
  17. Anthony Alfred Davis 2016-2022 Director View profile
  18. Catherine Jane Arlidge 2015-2016 Director View profile
  19. John Arthur Tattersdill 2014-2015 Director View profile
  20. Hendrikus Verwer 2014-2018 Director View profile
  21. Sir Dexter Walter Hutt 2014-2017 Director View profile
  22. Peter John Marshall Sinclair 2013-2016 Director View profile
  23. Jane Helen Jarvis 2013-2017 Director View profile
  24. Julian Nicholas Atkinson 2013-2017 Director View profile
  25. Adrian Humphrey Austen Osborn 2012-2018 Director View profile
  26. Joanna Claire Patton 2012-2014 Director View profile
  27. Dr Randal Anthony Maddock Brew 2012-2018 Director View profile
  28. Bridget Penelope Blow 2012-2018 Director View profile
  29. Roger Brentnall Pemberton 2011-2017 Director View profile
  30. Gregson, Matthew John, Councillor 2011-2016 Director View profile
  31. Clive Lewis Bawden 2010-2017 Director View profile
  32. Marie-Christine Zupancic 2010-2012 Director View profile
  33. Dorothea Anne Underwood 2010-2012 Director View profile
  34. Julia Beisswanger 2009-2010 Director View profile
  35. Sarah Elizabeth Wilson 2008-2011 Director View profile
  36. Afzal, Mohammad, Councillor 2008-2011 Director View profile
  37. Catherine Ardagh-Walter 2008-2009 Director View profile
  38. Kumar Periakaruppan Muthalagappan 2007-2012 Director View profile
  39. Roger Cunningham 2007-2013 Director View profile
  40. Geoffrey Lionel Sutton 2007-2010 Director View profile
  41. Ronald John Bowker 2007-2010 Director View profile
  42. Mark Jeremy Doust 2006-2008 Director View profile
  43. Holbrook, Penny, Cllr 2006-2008 Director View profile
  44. Peter William Spilsbury 2005-2012 Director View profile
  45. Dianne Page 2005-2013 Director View profile
  46. John Charles Fiddian Barwell 2005-2015 Director View profile
  47. Tahir Ali 2005-2006 Director View profile
  48. Charles James Wall 2004-2006 Director View profile
  49. Gregory, Leonard Robin, Honorary Alderman 2004-2007 Director View profile
  50. Green, William Gordon, Councillor 2003-2005 Director View profile
  51. Elspeth Cox 2003-2004 Director View profile
  52. Margaret Hurt 2002-2006 Director View profile
  53. Edward Innes Cox 2002-2005 Director View profile
  54. Peter Doughty Arculus 2002-2005 Director View profile
  55. Danny Longstaff 2002-2007 Director View profile
  56. Karen Yvette O Connor 2002-2003 Director View profile
  57. Michael Percy Adams 2001-2008 Director View profile
  58. Jillian Joanne Bermingham 2001-2003 Director View profile
  59. John Bertram Hood 2001-2004 Director View profile
  60. Wally Lawson Francis 2001-2011 Director View profile
  61. Sir Michael Thomas Lyons 2001-2007 Director View profile
  62. Huw Ceredig 2001-2003 Director View profile
  63. Catherine Laura Scott 2000-2001 Director View profile
  64. Roger James Walls 1999-2005 Director View profile
  65. Brian Charles Brown 1999-2000 Director View profile
  66. Anne Marie O'Meara 1998-2007 Director View profile
  67. David Robert Murray 1998-1999 Director View profile
  68. Philip James Head 1997-2000 Director View profile
  69. Digby Lord Jones of Birmingham 1997-1998 Director View profile
  70. Edith Margaret Wilson 1996-1999 Director View profile
  71. James Bertram John Berrow 1996-2002 Director View profile
  72. Roger Wilson 1995-1999 Director View profile
  73. Andrew Charles Coulson 1995-2001 Director View profile
  74. Alan Malcolm Rudge 1995-2001 Director View profile
  75. Geoffrey William Brown 1994-1997 Director View profile
  76. Mark Jonathan Phillips 1993-1997 Director View profile
  77. Sir Michael Checkland 1993-2001 Director View profile
  78. ROE, Delphine, Cllr Mrs 1995 Director View profile
  79. Eames, Erick James, Honorary Alderman 1995 Director View profile
  80. Dr Michael Baird 1993 Director View profile
  81. Diana Jackson 1995 Director View profile
  82. Mark Leslie Goodchild 1993 Director View profile
  83. Richard Godfrey Hartshorn 1999 Director View profile
  84. Arthur Stafford Maddison 1994 Director View profile
  85. Donald Hamilton 1999 Director View profile
  86. John Charles Patrick 2000 Director View profile
  87. Michael Royce Corbett 2000 Director View profile
  88. Ann Doreen Cottis 2002 Director View profile
  89. Peter Patrick Monahan 1999 Director View profile
  90. George Siegfried Jonas 1998 Director View profile
  91. Arthur Bailey Knapp 1996 Director View profile
  92. Paul Robert Smith 2002 Director View profile
  93. Bernard Rushmer Jones 1996 Director View profile
  94. Sally Irene Munday 2023-2024 Secretary View profile
  95. Emma Bunting 2022-2023 Secretary View profile
  96. Annmarie Wallis 2009-2022 Secretary View profile
  97. Catherine Simonds Malkin 2004-2009 Secretary View profile
  98. Alistair Kerr Scott 2003-2004 Secretary View profile
  99. Cheryl Karon Gentry 2002-2003 Secretary View profile
  100. Richard John York 2000-2002 Secretary View profile
  101. Rosemary Harby 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Performing arts
Incorporated
07/06/1976
Registered office
Birmingham
Also a registered charity
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 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.

Grants received

9 grants · £7,348,764 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 Culture, Media & Sport · £4,442,226 (2 grants)
  • Birmingham City Council · £1,578,788 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,327,750 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £2,221,1132022-10-20
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £2,221,1132022-10-20
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £4,7502022-06-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £843,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £480,0002020-04-01
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.

11 directors on the board

4y median 3.5y
average tenure
8.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Education 4Agriculture 2Property 2Retail and trade 2Arts and leisure 1Manufacturing 1Professional services 1Tech and media 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01262018
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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