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The NEW Theatre Royal - Trustees (Portsmouth) Limited

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

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Previous officers 94

  1. Catherine Jane Pearce 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Helena Berry 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. David John Parfitt 2024-2025 Director View profile
  4. Sally Garner-Gibbons 2024-2025 Director View profile
  5. James Richard Tickell 2024-2025 Director View profile
  6. Dr Anna Louise Farthing 2023-2024 Director View profile
  7. George David Madgwick 2023-2024 Director View profile
  8. Benjamin Roberts 2023-2025 Director View profile
  9. Jane Caroline Long 2023-2023 Director View profile
  10. Christopher David Gambs 2023-2025 Director View profile
  11. David Richard Moore 2023-2023 Director View profile
  12. Lucy Elizabeth Ashton 2023-2024 Director View profile
  13. Janet Elizabeth Rawson 2023-2025 Director View profile
  14. Angela Jane Parks 2022-2025 Director View profile
  15. Louise Margaret Wilders 2020-2022 Director View profile
  16. Claire Elizabeth Ward 2020-2022 Director View profile
  17. Dr Catherine Mcnamara 2020-2022 Director View profile
  18. Deborah Jane Owen-Ellis Clark 2018-2020 Director View profile
  19. Simon Francis Eden 2018-2022 Director View profile
  20. William Albert Purvis 2018-2022 Director View profile
  21. Scott Ramsay 2017-2020 Director View profile
  22. Alexander Martin Wardle 2017-2020 Director View profile
  23. Fiona Louise Baxter 2017-2020 Director View profile
  24. Neill Matthew Young 2016-2018 Director View profile
  25. Sheena Kirsteen Louise Hulme 2016-2017 Director View profile
  26. Judith Deborah Smyth 2015-2018 Director View profile
  27. Timothy Nigel Herman 2015-2023 Director View profile
  28. David Michael Penrose 2015-2020 Director View profile
  29. Krystyna Stefania Butwilowska 2015-2024 Director View profile
  30. Professor Catherine Harper 2013-2016 Director View profile
  31. Susan Elizabeth Aistrope 2013-2022 Director View profile
  32. Colin Bradey 2012-2021 Director View profile
  33. Drusilla Moody 2012-2019 Director View profile
  34. Caroline Anne Sharman-Mendoza 2011-2016 Director View profile
  35. Clare Clayton 2011-2014 Director View profile
  36. Sir Alan Michael Massey 2010-2016 Director View profile
  37. Peter George Eddis 2010-2013 Director View profile
  38. Paul Norman Taylor 2010-2016 Director View profile
  39. Wemyss, Stephen, Councillor 2010-2014 Director View profile
  40. Charles Brabazon Savage 2010-2013 Director View profile
  41. Peter Graham Cordrey 2010-2011 Director View profile
  42. Adrienne Lauren Pye 2010-2010 Director View profile
  43. Eloise Charlotte Elspeth Juryeff 2010-2013 Director View profile
  44. Arlene St John-Mosse 2008-2013 Director View profile
  45. Mark Barham Smith 2008-2011 Director View profile
  46. Sir Michael Anthony Claes Moore 2008-2009 Director View profile
  47. Cheryl Buggy 2008-2010 Director View profile
  48. Kay Marilyn Lowery 2008-2012 Director View profile
  49. Robin Frederick Sparshatt 2006-2007 Director View profile
  50. Theresa Wynne Hall 2006-2007 Director View profile
  51. Robert Gerald Van Cortlandt Vernon-Jackson 2003-2025 Director View profile
  52. Lynda Fisher 2003-2009 Director View profile
  53. Anne Mary Burrill 2003-2013 Director View profile
  54. Frank Bernard Worley 2002-2006 Director View profile
  55. Josh Brown 2002-2016 Director View profile
  56. Gene Denzil Duff 2001-2002 Director View profile
  57. Neil Hedley Young 2001-2009 Director View profile
  58. Bernadatte Jane Topham 2001-2002 Director View profile
  59. Dudley William Pearce Lewis 2000-2008 Director View profile
  60. Fred Anthony Warner 2000-2002 Director View profile
  61. Sir Malcolm Rowland Bates 1999-2001 Director View profile
  62. Michael John Major 1999-2005 Director View profile
  63. Darryl Michael Whitehead 1999-2001 Director View profile
  64. Barry Clive Walker 1999-2008 Director View profile
  65. Margaret Diane Snaith 1999-2001 Director View profile
  66. Marie Ogugua Costa 1999-2014 Director View profile
  67. Deepa Patel 1999-1999 Director View profile
  68. Elizabeth Mary Weston 1999-2001 Director View profile
  69. Martin John Heighton 1999-2002 Director View profile
  70. Louis Shurmer-Smith 1999-2000 Director View profile
  71. Thomas Patrick Blair 1998-1999 Director View profile
  72. Bruce Raphael Oliver 1997-1999 Director View profile
  73. Gareth Rhodri Vaughan 1997-2000 Director View profile
  74. Carolyn Jean Lowndes 1996-1998 Director View profile
  75. Giles, David Peter, Councillor 1995-1997 Director View profile
  76. John Graham Stainer 1994-1999 Director View profile
  77. Jason Sutton 1993-1997 Director View profile
  78. Joan Bellamy Katz 1993-1994 Director View profile
  79. Josephine Collett 1992-1999 Director View profile
  80. Gordon Alexander Bradshaw 1999 Director View profile
  81. Thomas, Sally, Councillor Mrs 1994 Director View profile
  82. Bentley, Alexander Michael, Councillor 1993 Director View profile
  83. John Harman Offord 1999 Director View profile
  84. Leslie Albert Kitchen 1993 Director View profile
  85. Lawrence Justin Guyer 1994 Director View profile
  86. John Kyrle Hickman 1993 Director View profile
  87. Axendis Dimitris Zemenides 1999 Director View profile
  88. Perey George Chandler 1993 Director View profile
  89. Mary Ellen Kelly 2008-2011 Secretary View profile
  90. Graham Philip Heaney 2002-2008 Secretary View profile
  91. Fiona Anne Cole 2000-2002 Secretary View profile
  92. Professor John Anthony George Craven 1999-2010 Secretary View profile
  93. Christopher Charles Durham 1995-1997 Secretary View profile
  94. Phyllida Jane Clark 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Artistic creation
Incorporated
29/06/1976
Registered office
Portsmouth Hants
Also a registered charity
The NEW Theatre Royal-Trustees (Portsmouth) Limited

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. The NEW Theatre Royal - Trustees (Portsmouth) Limited is controlled by The Kings Theatre Trust Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-04-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by The Kings Theatre Trust Limited.

3 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.

Grants received

3 grants · £1,643,849 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,389,300 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £254,549

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,8002020-08-10
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £254,5492017-06-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,384,5002010-06-22
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

1.9y median 1.2y
average tenure
3.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (6)

0
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 8Professional services 5Business services 1Education 1Property 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
01266053
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/05/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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