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Ovada (Oxfordshire Visual Arts Development Agency) Limited

Ovada (Oxfordshire Visual Arts Development Agency) Limited is an active UK company (number 05138370), incorporated 2004, with 5 current directors including Helene Kazan and Donette Min Lei Donna Victor. Source: Companies House, updated 18th October 2026.

Operation of arts facilities

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Who leads it

Previous officers 41

  1. Laura Novo De Azevedo 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Carla Campanaro 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Crispian Humphrey Denby 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Anoushka Khandwala 2022-2023 Director View profile
  5. Lisa Marie Bates 2022-2022 Director View profile
  6. Mitaba Vaghela 2020-2021 Director View profile
  7. Thomas Neil Milnes 2020-2021 Director View profile
  8. Sara Holdsworth 2020-2025 Director View profile
  9. Sonia Boue 2020-2023 Director View profile
  10. Romina Provenzi 2019-2022 Director View profile
  11. Katherine Mary Taylor 2018-2020 Director View profile
  12. Ryan Charles Quarterman 2015-2022 Director View profile
  13. Gerard Hanson 2014-2020 Director View profile
  14. Jonathon Place 2014-2019 Director View profile
  15. Ruth Simons 2013-2014 Director View profile
  16. Ian Holgate 2013-2014 Director View profile
  17. Laura Bleach 2013-2016 Director View profile
  18. Elizabeth Cox 2013-2014 Director View profile
  19. Karrine Powell 2011-2016 Director View profile
  20. Hugh William Arthur Pryor 2011-2023 Director View profile
  21. Toni Le Busque 2011-2012 Director View profile
  22. Joanne Elizabeth Race 2010-2011 Director View profile
  23. Hannah Ruth Wilmshurst 2010-2020 Director View profile
  24. Adrian Douglas Pawley 2010-2020 Director View profile
  25. Polly Josephine Nuttgens 2010-2012 Director View profile
  26. Roger Perkins 2010-2021 Director View profile
  27. Jan Crombie 2010-2025 Director View profile
  28. George Alexander O'Shaughnessy 2010-2011 Director View profile
  29. Emma Titcombe 2010-2012 Director View profile
  30. Linda Oliver 2008-2024 Director View profile
  31. John Leslie Hole 2005-2011 Director View profile
  32. Alan Jay Berman 2005-2005 Director View profile
  33. Professor Linda Fitzsimmons 2005-2009 Director View profile
  34. Sarah Anne Mossop 2004-2009 Director View profile
  35. Ian Morris Taylor 2004-2010 Director View profile
  36. Andrew Charles Danby Bloch 2004-2009 Director View profile
  37. Joanna Catherine Ross 2004-2009 Director View profile
  38. Susie Caroline Medley 2004-2006 Director View profile
  39. Adrian Arbib 2004-2021 Director View profile
  40. Astrid Bowron 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  41. Jonathan Piers Black 2004-2008 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Operation of arts facilities
Incorporated
26/05/2004
Registered office
Oxford

Ownership

Owned by (3) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Ovada (Oxfordshire Visual Arts Development Agency) Limited is controlled by Rachel Barbaresi
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2025-05-20 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Rachel Barbaresi.

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.

Financials

Net assets
£15,328
Total assets
£15,653
Employees
1
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Micro-entity accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-05-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

3 grants · £65,000 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 · £50,000
  • Oxford City Council · £15,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £50,0002020-04-01
  • Oxford City Council £10,0002018-12-21
  • Oxford City Council £5,0002017-02-09
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.

5 directors on the board

2.8y median 2.9y
average tenure
4.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

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
05138370
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
28/02/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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