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Action for Children's Arts

Support activities to performing arts

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

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Joe Godwin 2023-2023 Director View profile
Jacqueline Malcolm 2020-2022 Director View profile
Janna Toba Balham 2017-2024 Director View profile
Simon George Bates 2017-2025 Director View profile
Dr Christopher David Abbott 2016-2018 Director View profile
James John Mayhew 2016-2019 Director View profile
John Keith Shanley 2015-2019 Director View profile
Elizabeth Greaves 2015-2016 Director View profile
James Tarbit 2014-2025 Director View profile
Sarah Elizabeth Dickinson Payne 2012-2015 Director View profile
Laura Jane Ogilvy 2011-2017 Director View profile
Marlena Schmool 2011-2016 Director View profile
Lady Judy Rowen Vereker 2010-2016 Director View profile
Grainne Ellen Powell 2009-2021 Director View profile
Andrew Paul Tyrrell Clark 2009-2017 Director View profile
David Murray Stark 2008-2009 Director View profile
Dr Katherine Finlay Waring 2008-2012 Director View profile
Colin Stanley Grigg 2008-2015 Director View profile
Philip Hamilton Gibson 2006-2008 Director View profile
Benjamin Davies 2004-2006 Director View profile
Lois Lee Beeson 2000-2002 Director View profile
Adrian Edward Phillips 2000-2000 Director View profile
Richard John Simkin 1999-2002 Director View profile
Christopher Lawrence 1999-2000 Director View profile
Michael Dalton 1999-2000 Director View profile
Kenneth Grahame Rea 1999-2002 Director View profile
Timothy Gerald Webb 1999-2001 Director View profile
Guy Stuart Hallifax 1999-2000 Director View profile
Moyra Janet Gambleton 1999-2002 Director View profile
Tel Williams 1999-1999 Director View profile
Andrew William Dodge 1999-2010 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: 26/02/1999
Registered office: Cambridge
Also a registered charity: Action for Children's Arts

Financials

Net assets: £20,568
Total assets: £20,568
Employees: 1
Turnover: Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-02-28. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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

Philip Spedding Director · appointed 2014
David Bernard Richard Wood Director · appointed 1999
Victoria Ireland Director · appointed 2008
Dr Gwyneth Kadiatu Kanneh Director · appointed 2025
Susan Lynn Whiddington Director · appointed 2015
Catherine Ann Ritman Director · appointed 2025
(Martin) Christopher Jarvis Director · appointed 2016
David Lee Jones Director · appointed 2017
Peter James Dowse Director · appointed 2023
Elaine Evadnie Grant Director · appointed 2025
Janet Helen Robertson Director · appointed 2008
Emma Borley-Johnson Director · appointed 2025
Toby Benjamin Brailsford Mitchell Director · appointed 2023

9y median 9.5y

average tenure

27.4y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Philip Spedding Director · appointed 2014
David Bernard Richard Wood Director · appointed 1999
Victoria Ireland Director · appointed 2008
Susan Lynn Whiddington Director · appointed 2015
(Martin) Christopher Jarvis Director · appointed 2016
David Lee Jones Director · appointed 2017
Janet Helen Robertson Director · appointed 2008

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

David Bernard Richard Wood Director · appointed 1999
Victoria Ireland Director · appointed 2008
Catherine Ann Ritman Director · appointed 2025
(Martin) Christopher Jarvis Director · appointed 2016
David Lee Jones Director · appointed 2017
Peter James Dowse Director · appointed 2023
Emma Borley-Johnson Director · appointed 2025
Toby Benjamin Brailsford Mitchell Director · appointed 2023

Portfolio (5)

Philip Spedding Director · appointed 2014
Dr Gwyneth Kadiatu Kanneh Director · appointed 2025
Susan Lynn Whiddington Director · appointed 2015
Elaine Evadnie Grant Director · appointed 2025
Janet Helen Robertson Director · appointed 2008

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.

Arts and leisure 2Education 2Finance 1Other services 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.

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving directors could step down together
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details

Company number: 03721564
Status: Active
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due: 30/11/2026
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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