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British Youth Opera

Cultural education

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 57

  1. Janet Mary Younghusband 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Vivek Haria 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Julia Burbach 2021-2026 Director View profile
  4. Jeremy Thomas Alun Jones 2017-2024 Director View profile
  5. Dr Andrew Higgins 2017-2023 Director View profile
  6. John Lloyd Sunnucks 2017-2026 Director View profile
  7. Graham David Mcgregor-Smith 2016-2021 Director View profile
  8. Ellie Patsalos 2016-2021 Director View profile
  9. Dr Genevieve Davies 2016-2020 Director View profile
  10. Susan Margaret Bullock CBE 2016-2020 Director View profile
  11. Matthew Eltringham 2015-2016 Director View profile
  12. Professor Dame Parveen June Kumar 2013-2024 Director View profile
  13. Elaine Marguirite Padmore 2013-2024 Director View profile
  14. Dipesh Jayantilal Shah 2010-2021 Director View profile
  15. Rodney Milnes Blumer 2010-2012 Director View profile
  16. Donald Maxwell 2010-2015 Director View profile
  17. Moore, Simon, Rear Admiral 2008-2016 Director View profile
  18. Hazel Marilyn Ellis 2005-2018 Director View profile
  19. Richard Cecil Greenhalgh 2005-2025 Director View profile
  20. Hugh Merrill 2004-2013 Director View profile
  21. Andrew Peter Masheter 2003-2005 Director View profile
  22. Garry Mark Magee 2003-2006 Director View profile
  23. Michael Paul Simmons 2003-2021 Director View profile
  24. David John Kilshaw Rigg 2003-2005 Director View profile
  25. Christopher James Campbell 2003-2009 Director View profile
  26. Eileen Grommell 2002-2003 Director View profile
  27. William Nicholas Taylor 2001-2005 Director View profile
  28. Jane Mcculloch 2001-2012 Director View profile
  29. Henry Moss 2000-2002 Director View profile
  30. Richard Anthony Dale Jackson 1998-2010 Director View profile
  31. Ian George Salter 1998-2000 Director View profile
  32. Professor Christopher Jennings 1997-2002 Director View profile
  33. Martin Saville 1997-2017 Director View profile
  34. Jamie Hayes 1996-1997 Director View profile
  35. Christopher Edward De Souza 1996-1999 Director View profile
  36. Kenneth John Bowen 1994-2008 Director View profile
  37. Alan Kenneth Sievewright 1994-2002 Director View profile
  38. Christopher Andrew Joll 1994-2000 Director View profile
  39. Julia Emily Egan 1994-2004 Director View profile
  40. Rt Hon Lord Alfred Morris of Manchester 1994-1999 Director View profile
  41. Rajai Khouri 1994-2006 Director View profile
  42. Sir John Hannam 1994-2008 Director View profile
  43. Prue Lyndall Waterhouse 1994-2001 Director View profile
  44. Jason Howard 1994-1998 Director View profile
  45. Valerie Masterson 1994-2000 Director View profile
  46. Noelle Camilla Berners Barker 1994-2006 Director View profile
  47. Peter Leslie Robinson 1994-2002 Director View profile
  48. Sarah Frances Gibb 1994-2006 Director View profile
  49. Denis Walter Coe 1997 Director View profile
  50. Dr Nicola Anne Candlish 2019-2022 Secretary View profile
  51. David Thomas Balcombe 2014-2019 Secretary View profile
  52. Ivan Rockey 2009-2014 Secretary View profile
  53. Judith Helen Butler 2000-2009 Secretary View profile
  54. Jessica Wanamaker 2000-2000 Secretary View profile
  55. Mikel Nicholas Toms 1997-2000 Secretary View profile
  56. Martin Oliver Saville 1995-1997 Secretary View profile
  57. Sir Maurice Sutherland 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Cultural education; Performing arts
Incorporated
28/11/1988
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
British Youth Opera

Grants received

6 grants · £230,490 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £130,215 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £100,000 (2 grants)
  • Suffolk Community Foundation · £275

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £50,0002022-10-13
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £50,0002022-10-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £43,4052021-12-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £43,4052020-04-01
  • Suffolk Community Foundation £2752019-07-22
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.

11 directors on the board

4.1y median 2.4y
average tenure
13.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (5)

Also govern a charity

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 2Tech and media 2Health and social care 1Other services 1Professional services 1Property 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
02322037
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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