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NEW Writing North

Support activities to performing arts

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 60

  1. Neil Kenneth Warwick 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Ian Crow 2023-2026 Director View profile
  3. Yvonne Battle-Felton 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. Kim Stella Tserkezie 2020-2024 Director View profile
  5. Naana Orleans-Amissah 2020-2024 Director View profile
  6. Julie Boakes 2020-2022 Director View profile
  7. Mark Dobson 2020-2023 Director View profile
  8. Mary Cannam 2020-2022 Director View profile
  9. John Kenneth William Seager 2020-2021 Director View profile
  10. Clare Frances Alexander 2019-2023 Director View profile
  11. Michael John Parker 2018-2020 Director View profile
  12. Dominica Clare O'Neil 2017-2023 Director View profile
  13. Sharna Louise Jackson 2017-2019 Director View profile
  14. Ian Mcmillan 2016-2018 Director View profile
  15. Michael Chaplin 2016-2020 Director View profile
  16. Niel Martin Bushnell 2016-2019 Director View profile
  17. Professor Jerome Edward Gerard De Groot 2015-2020 Director View profile
  18. Joanna Ceyton Ellis 2015-2022 Director View profile
  19. Lee Mason 2015-2017 Director View profile
  20. Sarah Punshon 2015-2017 Director View profile
  21. David Redmond Roche 2015-2024 Director View profile
  22. Caroline Mary Murphy 2014-2024 Director View profile
  23. Ruth Martina Connorton 2013-2017 Director View profile
  24. Anthony Devine 2013-2023 Director View profile
  25. Jodie Barwick-Bell 2009-2011 Director View profile
  26. Ann Coburn 2008-2015 Director View profile
  27. Stephen Reginald Bishop 2008-2015 Director View profile
  28. Professor Charles Philip Fernyhough 2008-2013 Director View profile
  29. Rosamund Rigby 2008-2015 Director View profile
  30. Martin Parker 2008-2011 Director View profile
  31. Jeanne Diane Hale 2007-2017 Director View profile
  32. Jonathan Adam Blackie 2007-2015 Director View profile
  33. Adam Cataldo Lopardo 2006-2014 Director View profile
  34. Steve Dearden 2005-2015 Director View profile
  35. Wendy Scott 2005-2015 Director View profile
  36. Stephen Paul Chambers 2005-2013 Director View profile
  37. John Graham Clarke 2005-2008 Director View profile
  38. Michael Paul Seeney 2005-2011 Director View profile
  39. John Alexander Dodds 2002-2005 Director View profile
  40. Chrissie Glazebrook 2001-2006 Director View profile
  41. Michael Geoffrey Baron 2001-2002 Director View profile
  42. Wendy Hunter Robertson 2001-2004 Director View profile
  43. Edith Anne Wright 2001-2004 Director View profile
  44. Lesley Aers 2001-2006 Director View profile
  45. Wils Wilson 2001-2007 Director View profile
  46. Tony Harrington 2001-2006 Director View profile
  47. Andy Croft 2001-2005 Director View profile
  48. Lesley Willetts 1999-2000 Director View profile
  49. Kathleen Jones 1999-2000 Director View profile
  50. Andrew Mark Robinson 1998-2000 Director View profile
  51. Pauline Moger 1998-2006 Director View profile
  52. William Neil Herbert 1998-2005 Director View profile
  53. Amanda Jane Stewart 1996-1998 Director View profile
  54. Gordon Hodgeon 1996-2000 Director View profile
  55. Kathleen Avril Marley Worrall 1996-1996 Director View profile
  56. Margaret Beatrice Lewis 1996-2001 Director View profile
  57. Peter Cedric Moth 1996-1998 Director View profile
  58. Catherine Jane Robson 2008-2018 Secretary View profile
  59. Claire Dorothy Malcolm 1996-2008 Secretary View profile
  60. Graeme Philip Rigby 1996-2001 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
29/02/1996
Registered office
Newcastle upon Tyne
Also a registered charity
NEW Writing North

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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.

Group

  1. NEW Writing North is controlled by Helen Louise Dalby
    Evidence
    active 25-50% voting, significant influence (trust) · notified 2026-01-13 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Helen Louise Dalby.

2 other companies 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

27 grants · £1,817,272 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

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

3.2y median 2.6y
average tenure
7.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (6)

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 4Tech and media 3Other services 2Education 1Finance 1Health and social care 1Professional services 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
03166037
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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