Company · Gateshead
North Music Trust
North Music Trust is an active UK company (number 04044936), incorporated 2000, with 12 current directors including Philip Henry Keller and Ian Henry Shipley. Source: Companies House, updated 18th October 2026.
Performing arts
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Who leads it
- Philip Henry KellerDirector · since 2026
- Ian Henry ShipleyDirector · since 2026
- Dale OwensDirector · since 2025
- Andrew HaldaneDirector · since 2025
- Puja Girish DarbariDirector · since 2025
- Eleanor McgreevyDirector · since 2025
- Rory Bruce CowenDirector · since 2025
- Margaret Anne ScottDirector · since 2024
- Gabriel Francis Patrick DayDirector · since 2021
- Ruth LyonDirector · since 2021
- Tony WadsworthDirector · since 2018
- Emily Katherine CoxDirector · since 2018
- Fraser AndersonSecretary · since 2025
Previous officers 70
- Alfred Joseph Chamberlain Whillis 2022-2024 View profile
- Emyr Hedd Penry Dance 2022-2024 View profile
- Joanna Lawson 2021-2026 View profile
- Jacqueline Hodgson 2021-2026 View profile
- Oliver Mack 2021-2022 View profile
- Michael Alexander Barker 2020-2025 View profile
- Darren Thomas Collins 2020-2025 View profile
- Marianne Dora Sice 2019-2022 View profile
- Sophie Grace Speed 2019-2021 View profile
- Antony Ronald Wadsworth 2018-2026 View profile
- Caroline Jackson 2018-2023 View profile
- Jane Wyman Spiers 2018-2026 View profile
- Abigail Pogson 2018-2018 View profile
- Bradford, David Berry, Councillor 2017-2020 View profile
- Subashis Das 2016-2024 View profile
- Sir Martin James Narey 2016-2024 View profile
- Roy James Mcewan 2016-2024 View profile
- Martin Gannon 2016-2020 View profile
- Jacinta Mary Scannell 2016-2021 View profile
- Young Herb Kim 2016-2024 View profile
- Vidya Sarangapani 2016-2022 View profile
- Susan Lois Underwood 2016-2019 View profile
- Hilary Patricia Florek 2016-2024 View profile
- Lord Charles Leslie Falconer 2012-2020 View profile
- Prof Jane Elizabeth Robinson 2012-2016 View profile
- Donald Anthony Sargent 2011-2012 View profile
- Marcus Damon Robinson 2011-2018 View profile
- Alistair Miles Anderson 2011-2019 View profile
- Marc David Naveed Jaffrey 2010-2011 View profile
- John Arthur Cuthbert 2010-2018 View profile
- Fiona Crozier 2010-2016 View profile
- Margaret Fay 2010-2018 View profile
- Sir Nicholas Roger Kenyon 2008-2016 View profile
- Stephen Heap 2008-2010 View profile
- Lesley Douglas 2008-2016 View profile
- James Andrew Miller 2008-2016 View profile
- Susan Lesley Palmer OBE 2008-2016 View profile
- Alan Fearon 2008-2016 View profile
- Anne Maryrose Millman 2007-2017 View profile
- Malcolm Courtney Gerrie 2007-2016 View profile
- Lord David Puttnam of Queensgate 2007-2012 View profile
- Michael John Robinson 2007-2016 View profile
- Patricia Lankester 2007-2016 View profile
- Douglas Johnson 2006-2008 View profile
- Roger Michael Kelly 2004-2012 View profile
- Helen Elizabeth Pickering 2003-2011 View profile
- James Patrick Beirne 2003-2011 View profile
- Michael Francis Henry 2002-2016 View profile
- Richard Hickox 2000-2006 View profile
- Nigel Sherlock 2000-2005 View profile
- Howard Goodall 2000-2010 View profile
- Stella Robson 2000-2007 View profile
- Marjorie Olivia Grant 2000-2003 View profile
- John Mcelroy 2000-2008 View profile
- John Squires 2000-2010 View profile
- John Gall 2000-2008 View profile
- Sir Leslie Norman Elton 2000-2004 View profile
- Kyra Humphreys 2000-2008 View profile
- George Robert Loggie 2000-2002 View profile
- George Gill 2000-2005 View profile
- Anthony Reginald Pender 2000-2007 View profile
- Lindsay Tuck 2020-2025 View profile
- Abigail Pogson 2018-2025 View profile
- Colin Johnston 2018-2020 View profile
- Elizabeth Emma Squires 2015-2018 View profile
- Blanche Joan Phillips 2011-2015 View profile
- Anthony Sargent 2007-2011 View profile
- George Wilkie 2006-2007 View profile
- Elizabeth Jayne Manns 2003-2006 View profile
- Brian Richard Anthony Debnam 2001-2003 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
- 01/08/2000
- Registered office
- Gateshead
- Also a registered charity
- North Music Trust
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above North Music Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company 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
101 grants · £26,941,247 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 · £14,051,067 (11 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £7,153,490 (2 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £5,025,149 (79 grants)
- Department for Education · £250,833 (2 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £198,000
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.
12 directors on the board
- Gabriel Francis Patrick Day Director · appointed 2021
- Margaret Anne Scott Director · appointed 2024
- Puja Girish Darbari Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Henry Shipley Director · appointed 2026
- Emily Katherine Cox Director · appointed 2018
- Andrew Haldane Director · appointed 2025
- Dale Owens Director · appointed 2025
- Ruth Lyon Director · appointed 2021
- Tony Wadsworth Director · appointed 2018
- Eleanor Mcgreevy Director · appointed 2025
- Rory Bruce Cowen Director · appointed 2025
- Philip Henry Keller Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Emily Katherine Cox Director · appointed 2018
- Tony Wadsworth Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Emily Katherine Cox Director · appointed 2018
- Dale Owens Director · appointed 2025
- Ruth Lyon Director · appointed 2021
- Eleanor Mcgreevy Director · appointed 2025
- Rory Bruce Cowen Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (7)
- Gabriel Francis Patrick Day Director · appointed 2021
- Margaret Anne Scott Director · appointed 2024
- Puja Girish Darbari Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Henry Shipley Director · appointed 2026
- Andrew Haldane Director · appointed 2025
- Tony Wadsworth Director · appointed 2018
- Philip Henry Keller Director · appointed 2026
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Joanna Lawson Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
- Jacqueline Hodgson Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
- Jane Wyman Spiers Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
- Antony Ronald Wadsworth Director · appointed 2018 · 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
- 04044936
- 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 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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