Company · Newcastle upon Tyne
NEW Writing North
Support activities to performing arts
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Chun Kit FanDirector · since 2025
- Tessy Eghosa IdemudiaDirector · since 2025
- Helen Louise DalbyDirector · since 2024
- Livia BirdDirector · since 2024
- Maria AntoniouDirector · since 2024
- Ted HodgkinsonDirector · since 2024
- Hector Miquel Vidal DuraDirector · since 2023
- Matthew ForsterDirector · since 2023
- Caroline Greenwood DowerDirector · since 2023
- Gary Robert WrightDirector · since 2023
- Sara LloydDirector · since 2020
- Clare HaringtonDirector · since 2020
- Degna Michelle Aston StoneDirector · since 2018
- Fiona MelvinSecretary · since 2019
Previous officers 60
- Neil Kenneth Warwick 2024-2025 View profile
- Ian Crow 2023-2026 View profile
- Yvonne Battle-Felton 2020-2023 View profile
- Kim Stella Tserkezie 2020-2024 View profile
- Naana Orleans-Amissah 2020-2024 View profile
- Julie Boakes 2020-2022 View profile
- Mark Dobson 2020-2023 View profile
- Mary Cannam 2020-2022 View profile
- John Kenneth William Seager 2020-2021 View profile
- Clare Frances Alexander 2019-2023 View profile
- Michael John Parker 2018-2020 View profile
- Dominica Clare O'Neil 2017-2023 View profile
- Sharna Louise Jackson 2017-2019 View profile
- Ian Mcmillan 2016-2018 View profile
- Michael Chaplin 2016-2020 View profile
- Niel Martin Bushnell 2016-2019 View profile
- Professor Jerome Edward Gerard De Groot 2015-2020 View profile
- Joanna Ceyton Ellis 2015-2022 View profile
- Lee Mason 2015-2017 View profile
- Sarah Punshon 2015-2017 View profile
- David Redmond Roche 2015-2024 View profile
- Caroline Mary Murphy 2014-2024 View profile
- Ruth Martina Connorton 2013-2017 View profile
- Anthony Devine 2013-2023 View profile
- Jodie Barwick-Bell 2009-2011 View profile
- Ann Coburn 2008-2015 View profile
- Stephen Reginald Bishop 2008-2015 View profile
- Professor Charles Philip Fernyhough 2008-2013 View profile
- Rosamund Rigby 2008-2015 View profile
- Martin Parker 2008-2011 View profile
- Jeanne Diane Hale 2007-2017 View profile
- Jonathan Adam Blackie 2007-2015 View profile
- Adam Cataldo Lopardo 2006-2014 View profile
- Steve Dearden 2005-2015 View profile
- Wendy Scott 2005-2015 View profile
- Stephen Paul Chambers 2005-2013 View profile
- John Graham Clarke 2005-2008 View profile
- Michael Paul Seeney 2005-2011 View profile
- John Alexander Dodds 2002-2005 View profile
- Chrissie Glazebrook 2001-2006 View profile
- Michael Geoffrey Baron 2001-2002 View profile
- Wendy Hunter Robertson 2001-2004 View profile
- Edith Anne Wright 2001-2004 View profile
- Lesley Aers 2001-2006 View profile
- Wils Wilson 2001-2007 View profile
- Tony Harrington 2001-2006 View profile
- Andy Croft 2001-2005 View profile
- Lesley Willetts 1999-2000 View profile
- Kathleen Jones 1999-2000 View profile
- Andrew Mark Robinson 1998-2000 View profile
- Pauline Moger 1998-2006 View profile
- William Neil Herbert 1998-2005 View profile
- Amanda Jane Stewart 1996-1998 View profile
- Gordon Hodgeon 1996-2000 View profile
- Kathleen Avril Marley Worrall 1996-1996 View profile
- Margaret Beatrice Lewis 1996-2001 View profile
- Peter Cedric Moth 1996-1998 View profile
- Catherine Jane Robson 2008-2018 View profile
- Claire Dorothy Malcolm 1996-2008 View profile
- Graeme Philip Rigby 1996-2001 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.
- Helen Louise Dalby
25-50% voting, significant influence (trust) · notified 2026-01-13 - David Redmond Roche ceased 2024-09-11
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Neil Kenneth Warwick ceased 2025-12-22
significant influence · notified 2024-09-11
Group
- 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 total360Giving 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 · £1,014,702 (3 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £416,600 (3 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £164,500 (13 grants)
- Architectural Heritage Fund · £79,600
- Virgin Money Foundation · £59,200
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
- Matthew Forster Director · appointed 2023
- Degna Michelle Aston Stone Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Chun Kit Fan Director · appointed 2025
- Tessy Eghosa Idemudia Director · appointed 2025
- Hector Miquel Vidal Dura Director · appointed 2023
- Maria Antoniou Director · appointed 2024
- Helen Louise Dalby Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Greenwood Dower Director · appointed 2023
- Ted Hodgkinson Director · appointed 2024
- Sara Lloyd Director · appointed 2020
- Livia Bird Director · appointed 2024
- Clare Harington Director · appointed 2020
- Gary Robert Wright Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Degna Michelle Aston Stone Director · appointed 2018
- Sara Lloyd Director · appointed 2020
- Clare Harington Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (7)
- Matthew Forster Director · appointed 2023
- Tessy Eghosa Idemudia Director · appointed 2025
- Maria Antoniou Director · appointed 2024
- Caroline Greenwood Dower Director · appointed 2023
- Sara Lloyd Director · appointed 2020
- Livia Bird Director · appointed 2024
- Clare Harington Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (6)
- Degna Michelle Aston Stone Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Chun Kit Fan Director · appointed 2025
- Hector Miquel Vidal Dura Director · appointed 2023
- Helen Louise Dalby Director · appointed 2024
- Ted Hodgkinson Director · appointed 2024
- Gary Robert Wright Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Neil Kenneth Warwick Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- Ian Crow Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
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.
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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