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Chichester Festival Theatre

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 48

  1. Hugh William Tyler Summers 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jean Vianney Cordeiro 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Georgina Patience Liley 2019-2022 Director View profile
  4. Holly Louise Mirams 2019-2022 Director View profile
  5. Judith Russell Fowler 2019-2023 Director View profile
  6. Lippiett, Richard John, Rear Admiral 2016-2025 Director View profile
  7. Patricia Mary Tull 2015-2019 Director View profile
  8. Susan Jane Wells 2015-2022 Director View profile
  9. Christina Webster 2014-2023 Director View profile
  10. Nicholas Paul Backhouse 2014-2020 Director View profile
  11. Jill Rosemary Green 2014-2020 Director View profile
  12. Harold Nsamba Matovu 2014-2024 Director View profile
  13. Denise Lesley Anne Patterson 2013-2019 Director View profile
  14. Michael John Mccart 2013-2022 Director View profile
  15. Nigel Brice Bennett 2012-2018 Director View profile
  16. Alan Brodie 2012-2022 Director View profile
  17. Shelagh Jane Legrave 2012-2019 Director View profile
  18. David William Seddon 2012-2017 Director View profile
  19. Odile Lesley Griffith 2011-2020 Director View profile
  20. Helen Marjorie Kilpatrick 2010-2013 Director View profile
  21. Oliver Henry James Stocken 2009-2015 Director View profile
  22. Sir William Martin Castell 2009-2022 Director View profile
  23. Dr Robin William Baker 2007-2010 Director View profile
  24. Peter Jonathon Clayton 2007-2014 Director View profile
  25. Fiona Oliver Watkins 2005-2011 Director View profile
  26. Howell Malcolm Plowden James 2005-2014 Director View profile
  27. Philip Edward Donald Robinson 2005-2007 Director View profile
  28. Douglas Paul Rigg 2005-2014 Director View profile
  29. Graham Leslie Marchant 2005-2006 Director View profile
  30. Bruce William Corbet Mcgregor 2004-2013 Director View profile
  31. Janet Elizabeth Duncton 2003-2015 Director View profile
  32. Peter Macleod Benson 2002-2012 Director View profile
  33. Diane Rosalind Dockrell 2001-2004 Director View profile
  34. Stephen James Phillips 2001-2003 Director View profile
  35. Richard Matthew Bannister 2001-2003 Director View profile
  36. Dr John Herbert Jarvis 2001-2009 Director View profile
  37. Angela Elizabeth Sims 2001-2009 Director View profile
  38. Christopher Michael Tod 2001-2015 Director View profile
  39. Jane Louise Chevis 2001-2003 Director View profile
  40. Clifford Lionel Hodgetts 2001-2012 Director View profile
  41. Young, David Ivor, the Right Honourable Lord Young of Graffham Pc 2001-2012 Director View profile
  42. Neville Denis Lacey 2001-2003 Director View profile
  43. Simon Kenneth Parsonage 2014-2023 Secretary View profile
  44. Alan Arthur Finch 2005-2014 Secretary View profile
  45. Wendy Ludford 2004-2005 Secretary View profile
  46. Winifred Margaret Saxon 2002-2004 Secretary View profile
  47. Andrew Leigh 2002-2002 Secretary View profile
  48. John Bailey 2001-2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
02/05/2001
Also a registered charity
Chichester Festival Theatre

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Chichester Festival Theatre on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

5 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

9 grants · £11,506,750 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £6,618,227 (5 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £3,544,468 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,344,055 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £84,7552024-10-02
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £1,772,2342022-10-20
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £1,772,2342022-10-20
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,772,2342021-12-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £348,2612021-10-27
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

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
8.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (10)

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 15Hospitality 5Professional services 3Tech and media 3Business services 2Agriculture 1Education 1Manufacturing 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
04210225
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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