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Company · Ellesmere Port

Theatre Porto LTD

Performing arts

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

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Previous officers 63

  1. Mathew Jayne 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Charlotte Beatrice Bholer 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Debbie Amanda Freedman 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Louise Victoria Hesketh 2020-2023 Director View profile
  5. Emma-Louise Parry-Jones 2020-2024 Director View profile
  6. Debbie Tomkinson 2020-2025 Director View profile
  7. Jack Maddocks 2019-2020 Director View profile
  8. Lucy Linford 2019-2021 Director View profile
  9. Susan Mary Kervin 2019-2019 Director View profile
  10. Pieternella Cornelia Van Den Houten 2018-2019 Director View profile
  11. Gemma Victoria Elizabeth Johnson 2018-2023 Director View profile
  12. David Lyons 2018-2022 Director View profile
  13. Charlotte Louise Rachwal 2018-2023 Director View profile
  14. Gail Rosemary Young 2018-2020 Director View profile
  15. Sarah Rosalind Bailey 2016-2019 Director View profile
  16. Jordi Joan Morell 2015-2021 Director View profile
  17. Jeremy Paul Grice 2015-2021 Director View profile
  18. Celia Katherine Makin-Bell 2015-2018 Director View profile
  19. Dr Amy Clare Bonsall-Redston 2015-2021 Director View profile
  20. John Harris Napier 2015-2017 Director View profile
  21. Jenny Ann Harris 2014-2017 Director View profile
  22. Victoria Jane Symes 2014-2018 Director View profile
  23. Linda Anne Molyneux 2014-2015 Director View profile
  24. Jude Caroline Bird 2012-2015 Director View profile
  25. Elizabeth Anne Sherman 2012-2018 Director View profile
  26. Herman Wouter De Winter 2012-2014 Director View profile
  27. Jason Moore 2012-2015 Director View profile
  28. Janine Charlotte Atkin 2011-2012 Director View profile
  29. Christopher Charles Leicester 2011-2012 Director View profile
  30. Margaret Jane Buddle 2011-2011 Director View profile
  31. Jennifer Rachael Mills 2011-2013 Director View profile
  32. John Benjamin Dean 2011-2017 Director View profile
  33. Jane Corrigan 2011-2012 Director View profile
  34. Roger Lang 2010-2011 Director View profile
  35. Bryan Elsley 2005-2008 Director View profile
  36. Katherine Anne Crabtree 2005-2009 Director View profile
  37. Heather Margaret Swainston 2003-2004 Director View profile
  38. Michael James Moores 2001-2007 Director View profile
  39. Judith Hastings Pugh 2001-2003 Director View profile
  40. David Selzer 2001-2011 Director View profile
  41. Jennifer Ann Simmonds 2001-2003 Director View profile
  42. Brian Eugene Hallett 2000-2010 Director View profile
  43. Natalie Power 1999-2000 Director View profile
  44. Jacqueline Ann Hughes-Lundy 1999-2000 Director View profile
  45. Marc Morris 1998-1999 Director View profile
  46. Patricia Merrick 1998-2001 Director View profile
  47. Peter Rodger 1998-2000 Director View profile
  48. Sylvia Christina Elizabeth Selzer 1997-2012 Director View profile
  49. Louise Chaddock 1997-2002 Director View profile
  50. Professor Allan Arthur Owens 1996-2000 Director View profile
  51. Vivien Gear 1991-1997 Director View profile
  52. Paul Graham Buist 2000 Director View profile
  53. Simon Wilfrid Taylor 1998 Director View profile
  54. Hayward, Pamela Winifred, Hon Alderman 2002 Director View profile
  55. Catherine Elizabeth Hawkes 1991 Director View profile
  56. Hayward, Raymond Stuart, Cllr 1998 Director View profile
  57. Stuart James Rogers 1997 Director View profile
  58. John Edwin Housley 1999 Director View profile
  59. David Arthur Penn 1998 Director View profile
  60. Karen Parry 2006-2021 Secretary View profile
  61. Sarah Jane Phillips 2001-2006 Secretary View profile
  62. Paula Davenport-Ball 1999-2000 Secretary View profile
  63. Margaret Ann Housley 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Performing arts; Support activities to performing arts; Artistic creation; Operation of arts facilities
Incorporated
26/07/1989
Registered office
Ellesmere Port
Also a registered charity
Theatre Porto
Previous names
Action Transport Theatre (until 19/08/2022)
Action Transport Theatre Company Limited (until 27/02/2016)

Grants received

8 grants · £525,525 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £217,1352026-01-30
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,1722024-01-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,5002021-10-28
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £122,9172020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £82,4762020-04-01
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.

11 directors on the board

2.9y median 3.2y
average tenure
5.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

1
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.

Retail and trade 2Arts and leisure 1Health 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.

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
02408067
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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