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Hive Bradford

Cultural education

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 50

  1. Mary Colleen Heenan 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Elaine Hankinson 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Hannah Robson 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Oliver James Engley 2023-2024 Director View profile
  5. Raymond Higgins 2023-2026 Director View profile
  6. Clive Whitaker 2022-2023 Director View profile
  7. Peter Walton 2020-2022 Director View profile
  8. Susan Bale 2020-2024 Director View profile
  9. Jeannie Crowther 2019-2024 Director View profile
  10. Susan Rana 2019-2023 Director View profile
  11. Michael Kennedy 2019-2023 Director View profile
  12. Anthony Wayne Ovenell 2018-2019 Director View profile
  13. Jane Bilton 2018-2019 Director View profile
  14. Nicola Suzanne Shaw 2017-2021 Director View profile
  15. Lizzy Moyce 2017-2019 Director View profile
  16. Dr Karen Anne Steenson 2017-2025 Director View profile
  17. Juliette Kinsey 2015-2016 Director View profile
  18. Irene Lofthouse 2015-2018 Director View profile
  19. Steve Benjamin Mackay 2015-2022 Director View profile
  20. Joyce Muriel Baruch 2014-2017 Director View profile
  21. Hannah Bolland 2013-2014 Director View profile
  22. Gillian Smith 2013-2014 Director View profile
  23. Kate Oddy 2013-2015 Director View profile
  24. Jonathan Martell 2012-2014 Director View profile
  25. Geoff Taylor 2012-2018 Director View profile
  26. David Christopher Worsley 2011-2012 Director View profile
  27. Richard John Hedges 2010-2012 Director View profile
  28. Kate Lauren Stearn 2009-2017 Director View profile
  29. Raymond Bell 2008-2013 Director View profile
  30. Kathryn Williams 2008-2010 Director View profile
  31. Valerie Denise Baruch 2007-2014 Director View profile
  32. Ahmed Said Karodia 2007-2011 Director View profile
  33. Lucy Pollyanna Goldsmith 2006-2009 Director View profile
  34. David Stephen James 2006-2011 Director View profile
  35. Fred Gilbert 2005-2006 Director View profile
  36. Deborah Jane Alison Beaumont 2004-2007 Director View profile
  37. Rachel Anne Lee 2004-2006 Director View profile
  38. Said Karodia 2003-2004 Director View profile
  39. Steven Robertson 2003-2006 Director View profile
  40. Ann Colley 2003-2016 Director View profile
  41. Christine Lucy Godfrey 2003-2005 Director View profile
  42. Beryl Mary Wheal 2003-2008 Director View profile
  43. Elizabeth Smith 2003-2004 Director View profile
  44. David Warwick Skelton James 2003-2005 Director View profile
  45. Dr Karen Steenson 2022-2025 Secretary View profile
  46. Susan Bale 2021-2022 Secretary View profile
  47. Jacqueline Luckham 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  48. Julia Charlton 2007-2009 Secretary View profile
  49. Colleen Maria Elgy 2003-2012 Secretary View profile
  50. Jennifer Anne Danson 2003-2007 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Cultural education; Other human health activities; Operation of arts facilities
Incorporated
02/04/2003
Registered office
Shipley
Also a registered charity
Hive Bradford
Previous names
Kirkgate Studios and Workshops (until 16/03/2012)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Hive Bradford 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

25 grants · £1,214,661 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £848,701 (15 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £122,400 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £103,860 (2 grants)
  • Leeds Community Foundation · £72,100 (3 grants)
  • Henry Smith Foundation · £59,600

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £18,6402024-07-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £190,0852024-06-28
  • Leeds Community Foundation £2,5002023-02-20
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9502022-08-30
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £51,8602020-09-15
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.

7 directors on the board

0.9y median 0.6y
average tenure
3.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

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 2

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

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
04720047
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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