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Lancaster and District Festival Limited
Artistic creation
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Madelief MathesonDirector · since 2025
- Samantha Scarff-HurstDirector · since 2025
- Ian PlaceDirector · since 2025
- Dr Oliver LangmeadDirector · since 2023
- Dr Beth Hannah DaleyDirector · since 2023
- Dr Gurmit SinghDirector · since 2023
- Anthony John DurcanDirector · since 2023
- Emma Rose CrightonDirector · since 2020
- William John Gallienne SwainsonDirector · since 2019
- Natalie Sorrel CharlesworthDirector · since 2015
- Jacob Akhtar HopeDirector · since 2009
- Julie BellSecretary · since 1993
Previous officers 33
- Dr Sakthidharan Paramasivam Karunanithi 2023-2025 View profile
- Benjamin Stephen Guilfoyle 2023-2024 View profile
- Megan Jane Lounds 2020-2022 View profile
- Janet Doherty 2020-2021 View profile
- Saul Max Argent 2020-2023 View profile
- Olivia Ruth Egdell-Page 2020-2023 View profile
- Nina Bleasdale 2017-2020 View profile
- John Richard Chell 2015-2019 View profile
- Helen Fiona Day 2015-2016 View profile
- Patricia Hansell 2009-2015 View profile
- Tom Holman 2007-2012 View profile
- Susan Riley 2007-2016 View profile
- Dr Lucy Collins 2006-2007 View profile
- Philip Garside 2004-2011 View profile
- George Green 2002-2013 View profile
- John Bates 1998-2005 View profile
- Christopher Culshaw 1998-2001 View profile
- June Loraine Watson 1998-2002 View profile
- Ronald George Baker 1996-1998 View profile
- Christine Elizabeth Bissell 1993-1996 View profile
- Anthony Nicholas Reed 1991-1993 View profile
- Donna Jane Munday 1991-1993 View profile
- Christine Agnes Gladwin 1991-1993 View profile
- Hilton Dawson 1992 View profile
- Jacqueline Greaves 2019 View profile
- Anne Downes 1992 View profile
- Jonathan Hartley 1993 View profile
- Charles Ambler 1995 View profile
- Richard Algar 1992 View profile
- Peter William Sampson 2006-2016 View profile
- Kathy Flann 2004-2006 View profile
- Sarah Padmore 1993-1997 View profile
- Hugo Saleel Nurbhai 1993-1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Artistic creation
- Incorporated
- 29/04/1980
- Registered office
- Lancaster
- Also a registered charity
- Lancaster and District Festival Limited
Grants received
1 grant · £10,000 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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
- Dr Oliver Langmead Director · appointed 2023
- William John Gallienne Swainson Director · appointed 2019
- Emma Rose Crighton Director · appointed 2020
- Jacob Akhtar Hope Director · appointed 2009
- Dr Beth Hannah Daley Director · appointed 2023
- Anthony John Durcan Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Gurmit Singh Director · appointed 2023
- Madelief Matheson Director · appointed 2025
- Samantha Scarff-Hurst Director · appointed 2025
- Natalie Sorrel Charlesworth Director · appointed 2015
- Ian Place Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- William John Gallienne Swainson Director · appointed 2019
- Emma Rose Crighton Director · appointed 2020
- Jacob Akhtar Hope Director · appointed 2009
- Natalie Sorrel Charlesworth Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (9)
- Dr Oliver Langmead Director · appointed 2023
- Emma Rose Crighton Director · appointed 2020
- Jacob Akhtar Hope Director · appointed 2009
- Dr Beth Hannah Daley Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Gurmit Singh Director · appointed 2023
- Madelief Matheson Director · appointed 2025
- Samantha Scarff-Hurst Director · appointed 2025
- Natalie Sorrel Charlesworth Director · appointed 2015
- Ian Place Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (2)
- William John Gallienne Swainson Director · appointed 2019
- Anthony John Durcan Director · appointed 2023
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01494221
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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