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EX Cathedra Limited

Performing arts

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 33

  1. Peter Sean Phillips 2021-2022 Director View profile
  2. Prudence Katherine Hawthorne Smalley 2018-2020 Director View profile
  3. Julian Lloyd Webber 2016-2017 Director View profile
  4. Kathryn Sara Rami 2013-2018 Director View profile
  5. Paul Mountain 2013-2016 Director View profile
  6. Raymond Geoffrey Hassall 2010-2012 Director View profile
  7. Graham Roche Mackenzie 2010-2021 Director View profile
  8. Meurig Bowen 2010-2017 Director View profile
  9. Amy Commander 2010-2013 Director View profile
  10. Simon Purkess 2010-2020 Director View profile
  11. Professor Helen Elisabeth Higson 2009-2016 Director View profile
  12. Roderick Dungate 2009-2018 Director View profile
  13. Roger William Blears 2008-2012 Director View profile
  14. Phillip Neil Ledgard 2008-2023 Director View profile
  15. Robert Paul Marchant 2008-2012 Director View profile
  16. Derek Acock 2008-2019 Director View profile
  17. Anthony David Jackson 2007-2009 Director View profile
  18. Whorwood, James Edward, Cllr 2006-2010 Director View profile
  19. Gareth Robert William Evans 2005-2007 Director View profile
  20. Farah Baksh 2005-2008 Director View profile
  21. Paul Agnew 1999-2004 Director View profile
  22. Peter Scurlock 1999-2008 Director View profile
  23. Jeffrey Edward Sutherland-Kay 1999-2008 Director View profile
  24. Jill Robinson 1997-2025 Director View profile
  25. Vayu Naidu-Banfield 1996-2000 Director View profile
  26. Professor George Caird 1995-1999 Director View profile
  27. Roger Miles Whitworth Taylor 1995-1998 Director View profile
  28. John Alfred Pulford 1991-2011 Director View profile
  29. Kenneth Heaton France 1991-1996 Director View profile
  30. Charles Traill Groves 1991-1997 Director View profile
  31. Jeffrey Skidmore 1991 Director View profile
  32. Christopher John Bullough 1994 Director View profile
  33. Alison Rose Perrier-Burgess 2024 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Performing arts
Incorporated
16/06/1989
Registered office
Birmingham
Also a registered charity
EX Cathedra LTD

Grants received

18 grants · £913,942 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 · £461,873 (7 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £234,968 (2 grants)
  • Birmingham City Council · £106,500 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £72,101 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £38,500 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-02-09
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £117,4842022-10-13
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £117,4842022-10-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £58,7422021-12-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £56,9442021-10-22
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.

9 directors on the board

6.4y median 7.5y
average tenure
9.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (5)

0
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 2Education 1Health and social care 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02396173
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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