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Hartlepool Community Studio

Support activities to performing arts

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

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Previous officers 39

  1. Michael Kitching 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. James Leonard Hewitson 2023-2023 Director View profile
  3. Criag Bradley 2022-2022 Director View profile
  4. Karen Patricia Martin 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Craig Bradley 2022-2023 Director View profile
  6. Amanda Gallagher 2018-2022 Director View profile
  7. Angela Kay Hill 2010-2010 Director View profile
  8. Samantha Swinburne 2008-2012 Director View profile
  9. Mark Anthony Pinchen 2008-2018 Director View profile
  10. Tony Lawson 2007-2010 Director View profile
  11. Andrew Gordon Ditchburn 2007-2010 Director View profile
  12. John Tough 2006-2008 Director View profile
  13. Donna Joanne Bailey 2004-2008 Director View profile
  14. Dr Kai Sander 2002-2004 Director View profile
  15. Howard James Ellis 2002-2008 Director View profile
  16. Paul Hutchinson 2002-2003 Director View profile
  17. Garry Patrick Hutchinson 2002-2003 Director View profile
  18. Gary Handisides 2001-2014 Director View profile
  19. Philip Reay 2000-2004 Director View profile
  20. Steven Christopher Hart 1999-2002 Director View profile
  21. Stephen Michael Campbell 1998-2001 Director View profile
  22. Nicholas Phillip Crozier 1998-2000 Director View profile
  23. Thomas Anthony Glenn 1997-1999 Director View profile
  24. Philip Richard Smith 1996-1998 Director View profile
  25. Kenneth Alexander Napper 1996-1999 Director View profile
  26. Sidney James Sadler 1996-2004 Director View profile
  27. Anthony George Rowsell 1996-2014 Director View profile
  28. Peter Anthony Waite 1996-1998 Director View profile
  29. Mark Robert Lloyd 1996-2001 Director View profile
  30. Douglas Richard Phillips Ferriday 1996-1998 Director View profile
  31. Andrew David Wain 1996-1998 Director View profile
  32. Philip Swinburne 1996-2014 Director View profile
  33. Mark Anthony Taylor 1996-1999 Director View profile
  34. John Grayson 1995-2002 Director View profile
  35. David Philip Muir 1995-2000 Director View profile
  36. Nigel Swinburne 1995-2008 Director View profile
  37. Elizabeth Anne Carter 2004-2009 Secretary View profile
  38. Peter Joseph Hall 1996-2000 Secretary View profile
  39. Neil Alistair Gibson 1996-2008 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Support activities to performing arts
Incorporated
02/02/1995
Registered office
Hartlepool
Also a registered charity
Hartlepool Community Studio

Ownership

Owned by (4) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Brian Anthony Barnes
    significant influence · notified 2025-04-30
  • Mark Anthony Pinchen ceased 2018-07-13
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Amanda Gallagher ceased 2023-06-01
    significant influence · notified 2018-10-25 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Karen Patricia Martin ceased 2025-02-03
    significant influence · notified 2023-06-20 - confirmed: also a director of this company

Group

  1. Hartlepool Community Studio is controlled by Brian Anthony Barnes
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2025-04-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Brian Anthony Barnes.

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.

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.

5 directors on the board

2.5y median 1.9y
average tenure
3.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

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.

Manufacturing 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

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03017582
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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