Company · Leeds
Opera North Limited
Performing arts
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Laura Frances CanningDirector · since 2025
- Anthony Peter FreudDirector · since 2024
- Aniruddha Dinanath KaprekarDirector · since 2024
- Kaley Victoria GardinerDirector · since 2024
- Victoria Emma Louise WhartonDirector · since 2022
- Minhazul AbedinDirector · since 2022
- Rachel Louisa ElwellDirector · since 2021
- Sarah Elizabeth HallDirector · since 2021
Show all 14 current officers
- Dominic Laurence Carden WallisDirector · since 2021
- Howard Charles GatissDirector · since 2019
- Rosemary Harriet MillardDirector · since 2018
- Henrietta JowittDirector · since 2018
- Paul Anthony LeeDirector · since 2014
- Kirsten Jean BullenSecretary · since 2018
Previous officers (61)
- Caroline Roberts-CherryDirector · 2022–2025
- Renee HuntDirector · 2019–2023
- Liza Miranda Ryerson KellettDirector · 2018–2019
- Nicola Christine BrentnallDirector · 2017–2020
- Jonathan David PryorDirector · 2016–2025
- Edmund John Seward AndersonDirector · 2014–2023
- Paul Antony BaverstockDirector · 2014–2018
- John Irving WarnettDirector · 2013–2023
- Keith Ivor WakefieldDirector · 2013–2015
- Peter Dominic ManiuraDirector · 2013–2023
- Mantle OBE DL, Richard John, SirDirector · 2012–2023
- Mark Henry ArmourDirector · 2012–2021
- Wayne BowserDirector · 2011–2013
- Derek Nigel Donald NethertonDirector · 2010–2014
- Poovaya-Smith OBE, Nima, DrDirector · 2009–2019
- John Andrew BywaterDirector · 2008–2018
- Martin Laurence Vander WeyerDirector · 2008–2018
- Paula Marie DillonDirector · 2008–2017
- Clive Roland LloydDirector · 2008–2018
- Arthur, Michael James Paul, ProfessorDirector · 2006–2013
- Christopher Gowland GreenDirector · 2006–2009
- Feldman, Ronald David, Mr (Councillor)Director · 2004–2006
- Roger Peter Terence DuckworthDirector · 2003–2006
- Ronald Thomas McmillanDirector · 2003–2009
- Vivien Murray GibneyDirector · 2003–2013
- Geoffrey PotterDirector · 2003–2013
- Blake, Judith Vivienne, CouncillorDirector · 2003–2013
- Widdows, Angela Hermione, the HonDirector · 2003–2005
- Ann BishopDirector · 2003–2013
- John Henry Godfrey HellerDirector · 2001–2011
- Cowell, Raymond, ProfessorDirector · 2000–2010
- Thomas MurrayDirector · 1999–2003
- Josephine Clare BarstowDirector · 1998–2005
- Eccles of Moulton, Diana Catherine, LadyDirector · 1998–2011
- Walker, Antony Kenneth Frederick, SirDirector · 1998–2000
- Jack Lindsay MackinlayDirector · 1998–2011
- Paul Anthony LeeDirector · 1997–2000
- David John LovellDirector · 1996–2002
- Lynn PortDirector · 1995–2003
- Penelope Julia HemmingDirector · 1995–2004
- Geoffrey Arnold ShindlerDirector · 1994–1997
- Rosalind Edith Jean GilmoreDirector · 1993–1997
- Clive William LeachDirector · 1992–2002
- Pratt, George Malcolm, Emeritus ProfessorDirector · 1992–1998
- Heinitz, Chris Alan, CouncillorDirector · 1992–1994
- Anthony Clement TappDirector · –1992
- Michael BeverleyDirector · –2010
- William John GunnellDirector · –2001
- Russell Young Willis TaylorDirector · –1993
- Atha, Bernard Peter, Honorary AldermanDirector · –2004
- Graham, John Alistair, SirDirector · –2002
- George Oliver WorsleyDirector · –1992
- Peter Norman SparlingDirector · –2012
- Bullock, Matthew Peter Dominic, the HonDirector · –1996
- Adsetts, William Norman, SirDirector · –1994
- Lascelles, George Henry Hubert, the Right Hon.the Earl of HarewoodDirector · –2006
- Linacre, John Gordon Seymour, SirDirector · –1998
- Helen Margaret DobsonSecretary · 1999–2018
- Sally Christine NeocosmosSecretary · 1995–2003
- George Martin Winton David HoganSecretary · 1994–1999
Showing the 60 most recently appointed.
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Related organisations
- Opera North Trading Limited 3 shared directors
Connected through a shared director
- Opera Rara 1 shared director
- National Opera Studio 1 shared director
- Holmes Marine Parade (Maintenance) Limited(the) 1 shared director
- Leaf Properties Limited 1 shared director
- Music Preserved 1 shared director
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About
- What it does
- Performing arts
- Incorporated
- 13/03/1981
- Registered office
- Leeds
- Also a registered charity
- Opera North Limited
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.
13 directors on the board
- Anthony Peter Freud Director · appointed 2024
- Henrietta Jowitt Director · appointed 2018
- Minhazul Abedin Director · appointed 2022
- Victoria Emma Louise Wharton Director · appointed 2022
- Laura Frances Canning Director · appointed 2025
- Rachel Louisa Elwell Director · appointed 2021
- Aniruddha Dinanath Kaprekar Director · appointed 2024
- Paul Anthony Lee Director · appointed 2014
- Kaley Victoria Gardiner Director · appointed 2024
- Sarah Elizabeth Hall Director · appointed 2021
- Dominic Laurence Carden Wallis Director · appointed 2021
- Howard Charles Gatiss Director · appointed 2019
- Rosemary Harriet Millard Director · appointed 2018
Directors past 6 years
- Henrietta Jowitt Director · appointed 2018
- Paul Anthony Lee Director · appointed 2014
- Howard Charles Gatiss Director · appointed 2019
- Rosemary Harriet Millard Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Minhazul Abedin Director · appointed 2022
- Victoria Emma Louise Wharton Director · appointed 2022
- Howard Charles Gatiss Director · appointed 2019
- Rosemary Harriet Millard Director · appointed 2018
Portfolio (9)
- Anthony Peter Freud Director · appointed 2024
- Henrietta Jowitt Director · appointed 2018
- Laura Frances Canning Director · appointed 2025
- Rachel Louisa Elwell Director · appointed 2021
- Aniruddha Dinanath Kaprekar Director · appointed 2024
- Paul Anthony Lee Director · appointed 2014
- Kaley Victoria Gardiner Director · appointed 2024
- Sarah Elizabeth Hall Director · appointed 2021
- Dominic Laurence Carden Wallis Director · appointed 2021
Also govern a charity
- Anthony Peter Freud The Opera Awards Foundation, Music Preserved
- Henrietta Jowitt Friends of Opera North
- Victoria Emma Louise Wharton Friends of Opera North
- Laura Frances Canning National Opera Studio
- Rachel Louisa Elwell Just Finance Foundation
- Aniruddha Dinanath Kaprekar Rifco Arts, Friends of Opera North
- Paul Anthony Lee Chorlton & Didsbury Foodbank, Friends of Opera North, Opera North Future Fund
- Sarah Elizabeth Hall Southwell Music Festival Limited, The Landmark Trust (Auchinleck) Limited
- Howard Charles Gatiss Waterperry Opera Festival
Left in the last 12 months
- Jonathan David Pryor Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
- Caroline Roberts-Cherry Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01550778
- 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 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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