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The Open Theatre Company Limited

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

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Previous officers 30

  1. Aaliyah Gohir 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Janet Vaughan 2018-2025 Director View profile
  3. Mandy Rose 2018-2024 Director View profile
  4. Melanie Jayne Smith 2018-2022 Director View profile
  5. Tanya Elizabeth Raabe-Webber 2018-2019 Director View profile
  6. Richard Hawley 2015-2025 Director View profile
  7. Mollie Guilfoyle 2015-2025 Director View profile
  8. Michelle May Yee Bould 2010-2025 Director View profile
  9. Timothy James Bryan 2010-2013 Director View profile
  10. Mark Davies 2009-2010 Director View profile
  11. David Antony Evans 2009-2010 Director View profile
  12. Shirley Roberts 2006-2008 Director View profile
  13. Sally Rew 2006-2012 Director View profile
  14. Penelope Wynne Amis 2004-2010 Director View profile
  15. Phil Woodcock 2003-2006 Director View profile
  16. Elizabeth Mary Stone 2002-2009 Director View profile
  17. Clive Barker 2000-2005 Director View profile
  18. Kate Gant 1998-2001 Director View profile
  19. John Scott Lawton 1997-2002 Director View profile
  20. Joanna Read 1996-1997 Director View profile
  21. David Omar Beidas 1996-2016 Director View profile
  22. Alan Huw Llewelyn Champion 1996-2002 Director View profile
  23. Elizabeth Bayley 1996-1998 Director View profile
  24. Patricia Eileen Katis 1993 Director View profile
  25. Charles James Ritchie 1998 Director View profile
  26. Helen Magee 1993 Director View profile
  27. Dr Margaret Sheehy 1997 Director View profile
  28. Jane Louise Hytch 2004 Director View profile
  29. Jennifer Stephens 2005 Director View profile
  30. Elisabeth Katis 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
12/12/1984
Also a registered charity
The Open Theatre Company Limited

Financials

Employees
0.2
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

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

10 grants · £1,394,529 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 Culture, Media & Sport · £452,760
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £305,520 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £295,974 (2 grants)
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £268,500 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £49,800

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £249,7652025-12-17
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation £250,0002023-05-09
  • Postcode Local Trust £18,9752023-04-03
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £452,7602022-10-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,8002021-04-01
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.

9 directors on the board

6.3y median 2.5y
average tenure
30.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

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 1Health and social care 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.

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01871300
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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