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National Opera Studio

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

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Previous officers 49

  1. Jan Michaelis 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Christopher Barron 2024-2024 Director View profile
  3. Jennifer Diane Mollica 2023-2026 Director View profile
  4. Antje Hensel-Roth 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Virginia Anne Gabbertas 2020-2026 Director View profile
  6. Peter Dominic Maniura 2019-2023 Director View profile
  7. Aidan Lang 2019-2023 Director View profile
  8. Stuart Murphy 2019-2023 Director View profile
  9. Diane Patula Henry Lepart 2018-2026 Director View profile
  10. Daniel Kramer 2018-2019 Director View profile
  11. Lorna Mary Southcombe Parker 2017-2025 Director View profile
  12. Sue Walter 2017-2020 Director View profile
  13. Sebastian F Schwarz 2016-2018 Director View profile
  14. Cressida Bathsheba Kathleen Pollock 2015-2018 Director View profile
  15. Gillian Newson 2013-2021 Director View profile
  16. Sir David Hugh Wootton 2013-2019 Director View profile
  17. Sir Vernon James Ellis 2012-2019 Director View profile
  18. David Pountney 2011-2019 Director View profile
  19. Kasper Holten 2011-2017 Director View profile
  20. Peter Ian Espenhahn 2008-2018 Director View profile
  21. John Fisher 2006-2010 Director View profile
  22. John Edward Berry 2005-2015 Director View profile
  23. James Alexander Macconnell Orr 2004-2008 Director View profile
  24. Baroness Genista Mary Mcintosh of Hudnall 2004-2016 Director View profile
  25. Sean Doran 2003-2005 Director View profile
  26. Rothermere, Claudia, Viscountess 2001-2003 Director View profile
  27. Elaine Marguirite Padmore 2000-2011 Director View profile
  28. Michael Kaiser 1999-2000 Director View profile
  29. Michael Nicholas Snowman 1998-2000 Director View profile
  30. Richard Neville Jarman 1998-1999 Director View profile
  31. Ruth Mackenzie 1997-1999 Director View profile
  32. Alastair Ross Goobey 1997-2008 Director View profile
  33. Dr Johnson David Cohen 1994-2004 Director View profile
  34. Sir Richard John Mantle OBE Dl 1994-2023 Director View profile
  35. Anthony Peter Freud 1994-2005 Director View profile
  36. Geoffrey John Nicholas Payne 1994-2002 Director View profile
  37. Douglas Kane 1994-2000 Director View profile
  38. David Michael Blackburn 1994-2012 Director View profile
  39. Sir Brian John Mcmaster 1993-2012 Director View profile
  40. Dennis Michael Marks 1993-1997 Director View profile
  41. Ian Charles Stewart Ritchie 1993-1994 Director View profile
  42. Matthew Allen Epstein 1994 Director View profile
  43. Jeremy Israel Isaacs 1996 Director View profile
  44. Sir Robert Hugh Willatt 1993 Director View profile
  45. Peter Jonas 1993 Director View profile
  46. Stuart Anthony Whitworth-Jones 1998 Director View profile
  47. Emily Jessica Kate Gottlieb 2015-2022 Secretary View profile
  48. David Fletcher 2012-2015 Secretary View profile
  49. Hugh Vaughan Lloyd 2012 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
07/10/1977
Also a registered charity
National Opera Studio

Grants received

5 grants · £856,580 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 · £513,948 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £342,632 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £171,3162022-10-13
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £171,3162022-10-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £171,3162021-12-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £171,3162020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £171,3162017-06-09
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

6.3y median 3.2y
average tenure
25.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (8)

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 7Professional services 3Education 2Business services 1Finance 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 1Property 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
01332955
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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