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Talawa Theatre Company Limited

Performing arts

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

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Previous officers 83

  1. Elaine Rose Banton 2020-2026 Director View profile
  2. Philip Raymond Turner 2020-2025 Director View profile
  3. Davinia Trudi Tomlinson 2019-2024 Director View profile
  4. Beth Katie Grossman 2019-2020 Director View profile
  5. Olivier Pierre-NoËL 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Shereen Jasmin Phillips 2018-2022 Director View profile
  7. Dominic Alexander Kinnersley Haddock 2018-2024 Director View profile
  8. Laura Collier 2018-2024 Director View profile
  9. Rashada Harry 2018-2024 Director View profile
  10. Irogwehi Nieros Oyegun 2018-2025 Director View profile
  11. Lewis Parry 2018-2019 Director View profile
  12. Heather Deanna Clark Charrington 2014-2019 Director View profile
  13. Viloshini Sinden 2013-2018 Director View profile
  14. Derek Roger Brown 2012-2017 Director View profile
  15. Nadia Latif 2012-2017 Director View profile
  16. Ben Bennett 2012-2013 Director View profile
  17. Don Warrington 2012-2017 Director View profile
  18. Jim Kenworth 2012-2017 Director View profile
  19. Gregory Hersov 2012-2020 Director View profile
  20. Susan Hilary Mayo 2010-2017 Director View profile
  21. Donald Peter Herbert Q C 2009-2012 Director View profile
  22. Makeda Coaston 2009-2012 Director View profile
  23. Yvette Griffith 2007-2009 Director View profile
  24. Lee Halliday Davis 2006-2012 Director View profile
  25. Benjamin Seng-Loong Yeoh 2005-2013 Director View profile
  26. Mark Gordon Godfrey 2005-2010 Director View profile
  27. Colin Washington 2005-2017 Director View profile
  28. Rex Obano 2005-2012 Director View profile
  29. Juliet Alexander 2005-2010 Director View profile
  30. Joy Elaine Nichols 2005-2008 Director View profile
  31. Rudolph Oliver Page 2005-2005 Director View profile
  32. Pax Allotey 2003-2005 Director View profile
  33. Rene Roland Carayol 2003-2003 Director View profile
  34. Jennifer Anne Francis 2003-2005 Director View profile
  35. Don Williams 2003-2010 Director View profile
  36. Baroness Howells of ST Davids 2003-2005 Director View profile
  37. Claudia Naomi Webbe 2002-2005 Director View profile
  38. Louis Kepler Hyde Fleming 2002-2004 Director View profile
  39. Dr Alastair Neil Robertson Niven 2002-2004 Director View profile
  40. David Andrew Hamilton-Peters 1999-2002 Director View profile
  41. Ben Thomas 1999-2005 Director View profile
  42. Catherine Ugwu 1998-2000 Director View profile
  43. Jack Hurlstone Haslam 1998-2004 Director View profile
  44. Judy Ann Hawes 1998-1999 Director View profile
  45. Dr David Vivian Johnson 1998-2002 Director View profile
  46. Bob Ramdhanie 1998-2002 Director View profile
  47. Valarie Leonora Johnson-Crooks 1997-2001 Director View profile
  48. Karin Sophie Hedwig Gartzke 1997-1998 Director View profile
  49. Dr Marcia Annisette 1997-1997 Director View profile
  50. Anna Chantal Benjamin 1997-1998 Director View profile
  51. Patricia Kenneally Forrester 1996-1998 Director View profile
  52. John Earl 1996-2000 Director View profile
  53. Kofoworolla June Esme Baden-Semper 1994-2005 Director View profile
  54. Alan Nigel Smith 1994-2003 Director View profile
  55. Augustine Gregory John 1993-1998 Director View profile
  56. Treva Etienne 1993-1994 Director View profile
  57. Lady Susan Mary Woodford-Hollick 1993-1998 Director View profile
  58. Gerald Frankel 1993-1996 Director View profile
  59. Courtney Griffiths 1992 Director View profile
  60. Mary Louise Lauder 2005 Director View profile
  61. Anthony John Humphries 1992 Director View profile
  62. Dr Paulette Rose Randall MBE 1992 Director View profile
  63. Sandra Boyce 2002 Director View profile
  64. Carmen Munroe 1994 Director View profile
  65. John Antony La Rose 1999 Director View profile
  66. Michael Anthony Ricardo Haynes 1992 Director View profile
  67. Patricia Abraham 1996 Director View profile
  68. James Berry 1994 Director View profile
  69. Marie Eloise Stewart 2005 Director View profile
  70. Margo Boye-Anawoma 2005 Director View profile
  71. Jean Annette Bullwinkle 1997 Director View profile
  72. Peter Huntley 2020-2020 Secretary View profile
  73. Natasha Bucknor 2014-2020 Secretary View profile
  74. Christopher Joseph Rodriguez 2009-2014 Secretary View profile
  75. Deborah Titilola Sawyerr 2006-2009 Secretary View profile
  76. Nadia Stern 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
  77. Catherine Mary Ann Sarley 2003-2005 Secretary View profile
  78. Suzannah Bedford 2001-2002 Secretary View profile
  79. Elsie Yvonne Brewster 2000-2001 Secretary View profile
  80. Anthony Corriette 1997-2000 Secretary View profile
  81. Oscar Lumley Watson 1996-1997 Secretary View profile
  82. Anne Wanjiku Grace Nyacha 1995-1996 Secretary View profile
  83. Angela Mcsherry 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Performing arts
Incorporated
02/04/1986
Registered office
Croydon
Also a registered charity
Talawa Theatre Company Limited

Grants received

7 grants · £2,058,385 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 · £1,396,814 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £280,600 (2 grants)
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £275,000
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £105,971 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation £275,0002023-10-02
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £698,4072022-10-13
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £698,4072022-10-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £20,0002021-12-21
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £85,9712020-04-01
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.

13 directors on the board

2.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
8.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (5)

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.

Education 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Professional services 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

  • 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
02005971
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 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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