The Canterbury Festival Foundation

Company 04504231 Active

Registered charity: The Canterbury Festival Foundation

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.

directors on the board

9.5y median 7.1y

average tenure

22.3y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

3 vs 2 portfolio

first-time directors

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Arts and leisure 3Transport 2Business services 1Dormant 1Education 1Retail and trade 1

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Gaps to watch

Several long-serving directors could step down together

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Related organisations

Canterbury Theatre and Festival Trust 3 shared directors
Corps of Commissionaires Management Limited 1 shared director
ST. Edmund's School Canterbury 1 shared director
Steds Limited 1 shared director
Hewitt Brothers LTD 1 shared director
Insconic LTD 1 shared director

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number	04504231
Status	Active
Type	PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated	06/08/2002
Address	8 ORANGE STREET, CANTERBURY, KENT, CT1 2JA
Accounts next due	31/12/2026
Accounts last made up	31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

90020 - Support activities to performing arts

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

Officers (35)

LEE, Margaret Teresa Director · appointed 2021
Ludden, Simon Thomas Director · appointed 2021
Hewitt, Andrew Charles Director · appointed 2021
Nickols, Christopher Mark, Air Marshal Director · appointed 2019
Mannering, Alison Secretary · appointed 2018
Walder, Anthony Stephen Director · appointed 2016
Mander, Keith Charles, Prof Director · appointed 2014
Williams, Peter Director · appointed 2004
Pratt, Anthony William Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
Glynn-Williams, Celia Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2021
Burford, Mark Former Secretary · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
Neales, Kate Elisabeth, Dr Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
Gerth, Frances Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2023
Gaskain, Diane Beryl Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
Behar, Julia Former Secretary · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
Wright, Michael, Professor Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
Barton, David Garbutt, Dr Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
Barber, Kerry Louise Former Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
Wright, Evelyn Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2017
LE Lean, Mary Ann Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2014
Baker, Robin William, Professor Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2010
Loder-Symonds, Roderick, Francis Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
Pentin, David Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
Martell, Sylviane Michelle Daniele Former Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2011
Cotton, George Boulton Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
Seymour URE, Judy Virginia Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
Harris, John Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
Bull, Alan Thomas, Professor Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
Chipperfield, Geoffrey, Sir Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
Meardon, Martin John, Brigadier Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2010
Harris, Peter James Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
Lewis, Katharine Mary, Mrs. Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
Summerfield, Hugh John Edward Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2025
Sturt, Richard Harry Brooke Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2010
Cousins, Janet Elaine Former Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2002

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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