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Manchester Literature Festival Limited

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

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Previous officers 28

  1. Gillian Darling 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Dr Yvonne Kim Battle-Felton 2021-2023 Director View profile
  3. Christine Ann Gaskell 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. Eleanor Manson-Sawko 2019-2022 Director View profile
  5. Thomas Karl Glover Jackson 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. Peter Malcolm Mearns 2019-2025 Director View profile
  7. Afshan Tania D'Souza-Lodhi 2018-2024 Director View profile
  8. Janice Bradley 2017-2019 Director View profile
  9. Stella Marie Bowdell 2016-2020 Director View profile
  10. Martin Alexander Carr 2015-2018 Director View profile
  11. Edward Joseph Farrelly 2013-2022 Director View profile
  12. Dawn Devonald 2012-2013 Director View profile
  13. Colette Morgan 2012-2015 Director View profile
  14. Alison Spenceley 2012-2015 Director View profile
  15. Professor Jerome Edward Gerard De Groot 2011-2020 Director View profile
  16. Punam Rani Ramchurn 2010-2020 Director View profile
  17. Stephanie Klass 2006-2007 Director View profile
  18. Jane Elizabeth Mathieson 2006-2013 Director View profile
  19. Katherine Elisabeth Jane Beacon 2006-2019 Director View profile
  20. Gianetta Maria Gatti Grainger 2002-2006 Director View profile
  21. Ra Kwame Page 2002-2004 Director View profile
  22. Dr Christopher John Gribble 2002-2006 Director View profile
  23. Cheryl Marie Martin 2002-2004 Director View profile
  24. Michael Jack Rubinstein 2002-2002 Director View profile
  25. Megan Katherine Brown 2002-2004 Director View profile
  26. Francis Matthew Philip Welton 2002-2007 Director View profile
  27. Matthew Jonathan Frost 2006-2021 Secretary View profile
  28. Richard G N Michael 2002-2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
08/02/2002
Also a registered charity
Manchester Literature Festival

Grants received

9 grants · £335,801 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 · £288,216 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £47,585 (5 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,3202023-05-12
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £78,0722021-12-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8372021-09-03
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £78,0722020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £54,0002020-04-01
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.

9 directors on the board

4.3y median 5y
average tenure
5.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

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 1Education 1Other services 1Professional services 1Property 1Tech and media 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
04369668
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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