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The Oxford Playhouse Trust

Operation of arts facilities

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

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Previous officers 65

  1. Katherine Anne Wilkes 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Lucy Pauline Marcus 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Annabel Reed 2019-2022 Director View profile
  4. Sandip Popat 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Chilina Thurlby-Brooks 2019-2023 Director View profile
  6. Dr Rebecca Surender 2019-2023 Director View profile
  7. Professor Sir Rory Edwards Collins 2018-2023 Director View profile
  8. Maurice Simon Whitlum-Cooper 2017-2022 Director View profile
  9. Warwick Hampden-Woodfall 2017-2018 Director View profile
  10. Andrew John Parker 2017-2019 Director View profile
  11. Elizabeth Mary Clare Paris 2017-2021 Director View profile
  12. Robert John Price 2017-2022 Director View profile
  13. Liesl Ann Elder 2016-2021 Director View profile
  14. Professor Colin Mayer 2015-2023 Director View profile
  15. Paul David Moore 2015-2018 Director View profile
  16. Eleanor Rose Lloyd 2015-2021 Director View profile
  17. Susan Rosemary Staunton 2014-2023 Director View profile
  18. Jo Blundell 2013-2017 Director View profile
  19. Eleanor Claire Alexandra Simpson 2011-2016 Director View profile
  20. Saphie Ashtiany 2011-2019 Director View profile
  21. Prof Alan Grafen 2010-2018 Director View profile
  22. Andrew Charles Danby Bloch 2009-2017 Director View profile
  23. Catherine Rowena Mallyon 2008-2014 Director View profile
  24. Richard James Jordan 2008-2011 Director View profile
  25. Martin Alexander Sutherland 2006-2015 Director View profile
  26. Timothy David Gardam 2006-2010 Director View profile
  27. Kathryn Jill Judson 2006-2016 Director View profile
  28. Jeremy Harris 2006-2016 Director View profile
  29. Caroline Elizabeth Laing 2006-2014 Director View profile
  30. Professor Anthony James Bailey 2005-2010 Director View profile
  31. Wendy Elizabeth Hart 2005-2015 Director View profile
  32. Andrew Christopher Williams 2002-2004 Director View profile
  33. Helen Carasso 2001-2005 Director View profile
  34. David Francis Kerr Finlay 2001-2010 Director View profile
  35. Graham Upton 2001-2009 Director View profile
  36. Anna Ghislaine Cooper 2000-2001 Director View profile
  37. Peter Bennett-Jones 1999-2007 Director View profile
  38. Ruth Alexandra Laer 1999-2000 Director View profile
  39. Richard James Flint 1997-2000 Director View profile
  40. John Stanton Flemming 1997-2003 Director View profile
  41. Holly Gayle Kendrick 1996-1998 Director View profile
  42. Maureen Lena Christian 1996-2005 Director View profile
  43. Sir John Clifford Mortimer 1995-1998 Director View profile
  44. Peter Colley 1994-1995 Director View profile
  45. Dr Vincent Gillespie 1994-1999 Director View profile
  46. Sir Martin Wakefield Jacomb 1994-2006 Director View profile
  47. Stephen John Curran 1993-1994 Director View profile
  48. Lord Claus Moser 1992-2004 Director View profile
  49. Richard Egerton Morris Adams 1992-2006 Director View profile
  50. Angela Huth 1991-2004 Director View profile
  51. Anthony William Lilley 1991-1994 Director View profile
  52. Dr Nicholas Gower Shrimpton 1994 Director View profile
  53. James Edmund Sargant 2008 Director View profile
  54. Jeremy Potter 1992 Director View profile
  55. Bridget Anne Veronica Hayward 2009 Director View profile
  56. Anthony John Boyce 1994 Director View profile
  57. Keen, Beryl, Councillor 1993 Director View profile
  58. Robert Lush 1998 Director View profile
  59. Martin Boase 1997 Director View profile
  60. Gary Steven Baker 2017-2025 Secretary View profile
  61. Roland Eric Fuggle 2001-2017 Secretary View profile
  62. Clive Graeme Bramley 2000-2001 Secretary View profile
  63. Edgar Tom Coker 1995-2000 Secretary View profile
  64. David Suratgar 2002 Secretary View profile
  65. Dennis John Iles 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Operation of arts facilities
Incorporated
21/06/1989
Registered office
Oxford
Also a registered charity
The Oxford Playhouse Trust

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Oxford Playhouse Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

6 grants · £2,318,034 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 · £1,544,622 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £772,912 (2 grants)
  • Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £500

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £386,4562022-10-13
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £386,4562022-10-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £458,0262020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,056,5962020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £30,0002020-04-01
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

5y median 2.4y
average tenure
26.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (8)

1
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 7Construction 4Hospitality 3Professional services 3Tech and media 3Business services 2Dormant 2Health 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02397373
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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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