Company · Newcastle upon Tyne
Open Clasp Theatre Company
Performing arts
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Holly Rachael GallagherDirector · since 2025
- Joanne CloughDirector · since 2025
- Mary BrooksDirector · since 2025
- Diane Elizabeth GatesDirector · since 2025
- Dr Kate SweeneyDirector · since 2025
- Leanne SutherlandDirector · since 2023
- Charlotte BennettDirector · since 2022
- Hayley CalvertDirector · since 2022
- Jacqueline Ann KellDirector · since 2022
- Lara JonahDirector · since 2020
Previous officers 30
- Carly Ahmed 2020-2021 View profile
- Rebecca Clare Dixon 2020-2021 View profile
- Mandy Jane Barker 2020-2022 View profile
- Francesca Cross 2020-2026 View profile
- Professor Janet Elizabeth Clarkson 2018-2020 View profile
- Fiona Margaret O'Connor 2017-2025 View profile
- Gillian Margaret Firth 2017-2020 View profile
- Jaheda Choudhury Potter 2017-2018 View profile
- Ellen Lefley 2017-2018 View profile
- Gillian Robson 2017-2022 View profile
- Josephine Dixon 2016-2016 View profile
- Jennifer Hinves 2016-2020 View profile
- Victoria Cooper 2015-2017 View profile
- Helen Ferguson 2015-2024 View profile
- Jo Cundall 2014-2022 View profile
- Selma Dimitrijevic 2014-2018 View profile
- Alice Catherine Thwaite 2012-2014 View profile
- Sarah Catherine Wade 2012-2015 View profile
- Hazel Davison 2011-2016 View profile
- Anna Victoria Disley 2008-2022 View profile
- Diane Fisher Naylor 2007-2017 View profile
- Annie Ruth Rigby 2007-2012 View profile
- Janice Vincent 2005-2011 View profile
- Beverley Anne Robinson 2004-2006 View profile
- Anna Mary Flood 2004-2011 View profile
- Caroline Airs 2004-2010 View profile
- Shamshad Begum Malik Iqbal 2004-2010 View profile
- Ellen Paula Phethean 2004-2006 View profile
- Roma Evelyn Yagnik 2006-2015 View profile
- Susan Jane Tarr 2004-2010 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Performing arts
- Incorporated
- 25/05/2004
- Registered office
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Also a registered charity
- Open Clasp Theatre Company
Grants received
21 grants · £319,725 total360Giving 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
- Community Foundation North East · £237,986 (18 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £36,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £35,739
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
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.
10 directors on the board
- Dr Kate Sweeney Director · appointed 2025
- Lara Jonah Director · appointed 2020
- Holly Rachael Gallagher Director · appointed 2025
- Jacqueline Ann Kell Director · appointed 2022
- Hayley Calvert Director · appointed 2022
- Joanne Clough Director · appointed 2025
- Charlotte Bennett Director · appointed 2022
- Leanne Sutherland Director · appointed 2023
- Mary Brooks Director · appointed 2025
- Diane Elizabeth Gates Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Lara Jonah Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Dr Kate Sweeney Director · appointed 2025
- Lara Jonah Director · appointed 2020
- Hayley Calvert Director · appointed 2022
- Joanne Clough Director · appointed 2025
- Leanne Sutherland Director · appointed 2023
- Mary Brooks Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Holly Rachael Gallagher Director · appointed 2025
- Jacqueline Ann Kell Director · appointed 2022
- Charlotte Bennett Director · appointed 2022
- Diane Elizabeth Gates Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Francesca Cross Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05137687
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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