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

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Previous officers 36

  1. Josie Pook 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. David Campbell Lindsay 2020-2025 Director View profile
  3. Katherine Wendy Chillistone 2018-2019 Director View profile
  4. David Owen Bailey 2016-2019 Director View profile
  5. Christine Morris 2015-2016 Director View profile
  6. Geoffrey Robert Ruck 2014-2025 Director View profile
  7. Janette Elaine Brookes 2014-2017 Director View profile
  8. Helen Louise Osborne 2013-2020 Director View profile
  9. Jamie Alan Pearce 2013-2014 Director View profile
  10. Dr David John Mcmullen 2013-2023 Director View profile
  11. James Bodle 2011-2018 Director View profile
  12. Frances Jane Holdsworth 2010-2014 Director View profile
  13. Benedict Malcolm Anthony Sebastian Rouse 2010-2022 Director View profile
  14. Wendy Ruth Varley 2009-2023 Director View profile
  15. Malcolm Hilton Groves 2008-2014 Director View profile
  16. Peter David Farwell 2006-2014 Director View profile
  17. Susan Anne Young 2005-2006 Director View profile
  18. Anthony Stephen Hebditch 2005-2010 Director View profile
  19. Peter William Thipthorp 2005-2010 Director View profile
  20. Helen Elsey 2004-2006 Director View profile
  21. Dr Ilona Kumar 2003-2010 Director View profile
  22. Ann Florence Parkes 1999-2002 Director View profile
  23. Anne Jennifer Turner 1999-2010 Director View profile
  24. Anthony Charles Blee 1997-2006 Director View profile
  25. Michael O'Malley 1997-2003 Director View profile
  26. Genevieve Ann Taylor 1993-1998 Director View profile
  27. William Hunter Way Buckell 1993-2009 Director View profile
  28. John Randolph Marriott 1992-1998 Director View profile
  29. Michael Elphick Rainey 1996 Director View profile
  30. Hugh Stadish Cope Harrison 1993 Director View profile
  31. John Lloyd Hunter 1993 Director View profile
  32. Joyce Rosemary Finch 2003 Director View profile
  33. David Roy Harris 2005 Director View profile
  34. Lisa Elizabeth Gagliani 2019-2024 Secretary View profile
  35. Cathryn Emma Ball 2009-2019 Secretary View profile
  36. Carol Anne Martys 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
16/07/1987
Also a registered charity
Independent Arts

Grants received

14 grants · £521,435 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

  • Henry Smith Foundation · £320,290 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £101,441 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £57,856 (2 grants)
  • People's Health Trust · £41,848 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Henry Smith Foundation £5,6902025-03-11
  • Henry Smith Foundation £172,0002024-08-21
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,0142021-11-05
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £28,9282021-01-18
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £28,9282020-04-01
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.

10 directors on the board

3y median 2.6y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

Left in the last 12 months

  • Josie Pook Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026

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.

Retail and trade 5Business services 2Arts and leisure 1Education 1Finance 1Other services 1Property 1Tech and media 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02147908
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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