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The Association of British Orchestras
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Emma StenningDirector · since 2025
- David Anthony ButcherDirector · since 2025
- Sarah Jane BardwellDirector · since 2025
- Matthew John DownesDirector · since 2024
- Dominic James ParkerDirector · since 2024
- David BurkeDirector · since 2024
- Lucy Ann GalliardDirector · since 2023
- Sophie LewisDirector · since 2023
- Helen DunneDirector · since 2023
- Ellen GallagherDirector · since 2019
- Judith Olivia WebsterSecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 83
- Lisa Tregale 2021-2024 View profile
- Dr Joanne Marie Kirkbride Buckley 2021-2023 View profile
- Paul Andrew Philbert 2021-2025 View profile
- Christopher Jamie Dowson Loughran 2021-2025 View profile
- Leslie Kwan 2021-2025 View profile
- Thorben Dittes 2019-2025 View profile
- James Wyndham Williams 2019-2024 View profile
- Jennifer Catriona Jamison 2018-2024 View profile
- Professor Linda Joyce Merrick 2018-2023 View profile
- Peter Gordon Bellingham 2018-2021 View profile
- Helen Mary Barbara Sprott 2017-2019 View profile
- Simon James Webb 2017-2022 View profile
- Philip Michael Boughton 2017-2023 View profile
- Fraser Anderson 2016-2018 View profile
- Matthew Robert Swann 2014-2020 View profile
- Roy James Mcewan 2014-2016 View profile
- Louise Catherine Mitchell 2014-2019 View profile
- John Heath Summers 2014-2019 View profile
- Virginia Clare Macbeth 2014-2020 View profile
- Catherine Jane Arlidge 2014-2020 View profile
- Michael John Elliott 2011-2014 View profile
- Simon Mark Funnell 2011-2014 View profile
- Peter Michael Helps 2011-2017 View profile
- Anna Frances Rowe 2011-2013 View profile
- Michael George Eakin OBE 2011-2017 View profile
- Carol Betsy Lees Dickson Main 2011-2017 View profile
- Justin Mathew Schokman Lee 2010-2011 View profile
- Kathryn Alexandra Mcdowell 2010-2017 View profile
- Simon Beresford Taylor 2009-2011 View profile
- Barry Lewis Kempton 2009-2011 View profile
- Leonora Hope Thomson 2008-2014 View profile
- Peter Harrap 2008-2014 View profile
- Andrew John Jowett 2008-2014 View profile
- Dawn Lesley Day 2008-2009 View profile
- Chinyere Adah Nwanoku MBE 2008-2013 View profile
- Gavin Donald Reid 2007-2020 View profile
- Hazel Province 2006-2008 View profile
- Simon Nicholas Michael Woods 2006-2011 View profile
- Robert Mark Riley 2006-2024 View profile
- Elizabeth Anne Anderson 2006-2007 View profile
- Patrick Stevenson Frederick 2006-2007 View profile
- Timothy Alexander Walker 2004-2010 View profile
- Jennifer Weller 2004-2004 View profile
- Stephen David Maddock 2003-2009 View profile
- Andrew Connolly 2003-2017 View profile
- Nicola Jane Goold 2002-2002 View profile
- David John Lee Fisk 2000-2001 View profile
- David Robert Murray 2000-2003 View profile
- Andrew John Bennett 2000-2002 View profile
- Lawrence, Christopher Simon Miles, Mr. 2000-2003 View profile
- Simon Philip Crookall 1999-2004 View profile
- Malcolm Frederick Warne Holland 1999-2006 View profile
- Dr Daniel John Owen Evans 1999-2000 View profile
- David Keith Pickard 1998-2000 View profile
- Huw Tregelles Williams 1998-1999 View profile
- Michael Brian Henson 1998-2007 View profile
- Cathryn Judith Graham 1998-2006 View profile
- Rowena Margaret Brown 1997-2000 View profile
- Roger William Wright 1997-1998 View profile
- David William Courtenay Whelton 1996-2003 View profile
- Ian Patrick Killik 1995-2000 View profile
- Susan Marcia Bottomley 1995-1996 View profile
- Paul Michael Hughes 1995-2003 View profile
- Edward Smith 1995-1999 View profile
- Brent Anthony Cornwall Lewis Crosby 1994-2000 View profile
- Judith Jane Ackrill 1994-1998 View profile
- Stephen Charles David Carpenter 1994-2001 View profile
- Paul Gregory Meecham 1993-1995 View profile
- Paul Alan Barker 1993-1994 View profile
- Monya Jean Gilbert 1992-1995 View profile
- Trevor John Green 1992-1997 View profile
- John Adrian Whibley 1996 View profile
- Ian Charles Stewart Ritchie 1994 View profile
- Anthony Douglas Henry Woodcock 1995 View profile
- Clive Frederick Smart 1991 View profile
- Clive Daniel Gillinson 1995 View profile
- Roger Lionel Lloyd 1992 View profile
- John Anthony Willan 1992 View profile
- Louise Mary Honeyman 1995 View profile
- David Vivian Richardson 1994 View profile
- Mark William Pemberton 2007-2022 View profile
- Russell Alan Jones 2002-2007 View profile
- Libby Macnamara 2002 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 06/04/1984
Financials
- Net assets
- £190,238
- Total assets
- £190,238
- Cash
- £221,929
- Employees
- 3
- Turnover
- £368,297
- Profit/loss
- £7,492
Filed as Small company accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
5 grants · £125,000 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
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £125,000 (5 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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.
10 directors on the board
- Emma Stenning Director · appointed 2025
- Lucy Ann Galliard Director · appointed 2023
- Matthew John Downes Director · appointed 2024
- Dominic James Parker Director · appointed 2024
- David Burke Director · appointed 2024
- David Anthony Butcher Director · appointed 2025
- Sarah Jane Bardwell Director · appointed 2025
- Sophie Lewis Director · appointed 2023
- Ellen Gallagher Director · appointed 2019
- Helen Dunne Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Ellen Gallagher Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Matthew John Downes Director · appointed 2024
- Dominic James Parker Director · appointed 2024
- Sophie Lewis Director · appointed 2023
- Helen Dunne Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (6)
- Emma Stenning Director · appointed 2025
- Lucy Ann Galliard Director · appointed 2023
- David Burke Director · appointed 2024
- David Anthony Butcher Director · appointed 2025
- Sarah Jane Bardwell Director · appointed 2025
- Ellen Gallagher Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Thorben Dittes Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Paul Andrew Philbert Director · appointed 2021 · 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.
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
- 01806863
- 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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