Company
Universal Music UK Sound Foundation
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michelle Elaine EmmersonDirector · since 2025
- Stephen Mark LilleyDirector · since 2025
- Duncan John Timothy BratchellDirector · since 2025
- Ms Sharlotte RitchieDirector · since 2025
- Yolanda Faye BrownDirector · since 2023
- Laura ArowoloDirector · since 2021
- Adam Martin BarkerDirector · since 2016
- Keith HarrisDirector · since 2014
- Josephine Margaret HibbittDirector · since 2009
- Antony Ronald WadsworthDirector · since 2004
- David HughesDirector · since 2004
- Leslie Francis HillDirector · since 2004
- Margaret Jane OrrSecretary · since 2004
Previous officers 13
- Ruth Linda Katz 2016-2018 View profile
- Max Hole 2012-2015 View profile
- Leo J. Corbett 2011-2012 View profile
- Honourable Richard Cavendish Lyttelton 2011-2021 View profile
- Charles Patrick Ashcroft 2008-2024 View profile
- Paul Matthew Gambaccini 2005-2024 View profile
- Christine Anne Walter 2005-2015 View profile
- John Hutchinson 2004-2005 View profile
- Eric Luciano Nicoli 2004-2009 View profile
- Rupert Perry 2004-2023 View profile
- Richard Holland 2004-2005 View profile
- John Deacon 2004-2013 View profile
- Henry James Beach 2004-2022 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 03/03/2004
- Also a registered charity
- Universal Music UK Sound Foundation
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Universal Music UK Sound Foundation 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.
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
- David Hughes Director · appointed 2004
- Stephen Mark Lilley Director · appointed 2025
- Laura Arowolo Director · appointed 2021
- Josephine Margaret Hibbitt Director · appointed 2009
- Adam Martin Barker Director · appointed 2016
- Yolanda Faye Brown Director · appointed 2023
- Leslie Francis Hill Director · appointed 2004
- Duncan John Timothy Bratchell Director · appointed 2025
- Antony Ronald Wadsworth Director · appointed 2004
- Michelle Elaine Emmerson Director · appointed 2025
- Ms Sharlotte Ritchie Director · appointed 2025
- Keith Harris Director · appointed 2014
Directors past 6 years
- David Hughes Director · appointed 2004
- Josephine Margaret Hibbitt Director · appointed 2009
- Adam Martin Barker Director · appointed 2016
- Leslie Francis Hill Director · appointed 2004
- Antony Ronald Wadsworth Director · appointed 2004
- Keith Harris Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- David Hughes Director · appointed 2004
- Stephen Mark Lilley Director · appointed 2025
- Laura Arowolo Director · appointed 2021
- Josephine Margaret Hibbitt Director · appointed 2009
- Ms Sharlotte Ritchie Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (7)
- Adam Martin Barker Director · appointed 2016
- Yolanda Faye Brown Director · appointed 2023
- Leslie Francis Hill Director · appointed 2004
- Duncan John Timothy Bratchell Director · appointed 2025
- Antony Ronald Wadsworth Director · appointed 2004
- Michelle Elaine Emmerson Director · appointed 2025
- Keith Harris Director · appointed 2014
Also govern a charity
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05062390
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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