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Manchester International Festival

Performing arts

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 41

  1. Ibrahim Mahama 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Grace Ladoja 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Gary Neville 2021-2025 Director View profile
  4. Jeanette Winterson 2020-2021 Director View profile
  5. Amy Louise Lawrence 2020-2021 Director View profile
  6. Dr Maria Balshaw 2018-2025 Director View profile
  7. Jamil Khalil 2017-2025 Director View profile
  8. Alan John Bishop 2017-2025 Director View profile
  9. Professor Malcolm Colin Press 2017-2021 Director View profile
  10. Cathryn Wright 2017-2025 Director View profile
  11. Sir Howard Bernstein 2017-2024 Director View profile
  12. Luthfur Rahman 2016-2024 Director View profile
  13. Keith Joseph Black 2014-2017 Director View profile
  14. Battle, Rosa May, Cllr 2012-2016 Director View profile
  15. Professor Dame Nancy Jane Rothwell 2011-2017 Director View profile
  16. Stephen John Downes 2011-2017 Director View profile
  17. Jeremy Deller 2011-2021 Director View profile
  18. Joyce Anita Hytner 2009-2017 Director View profile
  19. Dr Irene Khan 2009-2010 Director View profile
  20. Kulwinder Thiarai 2009-2022 Director View profile
  21. Michael Lee Amesbury 2008-2012 Director View profile
  22. Mike Amesbury 2008-2008 Director View profile
  23. Kane, Mike, Cllr 2007-2008 Director View profile
  24. Sir Brian John Mcmaster 2006-2018 Director View profile
  25. Andrew John Stokes 2006-2015 Director View profile
  26. Julia Peyton Jones 2006-2007 Director View profile
  27. Thomas Paul Richard Bloxham 2004-2024 Director View profile
  28. Richard Paver 2004-2024 Director View profile
  29. Hackett, Mark, Councillor 2004-2007 Director View profile
  30. Brenda Lucy Smith 2004-2008 Director View profile
  31. Howard Kingsley Raynor 2004-2010 Director View profile
  32. Michael John Oglesby 2004-2009 Director View profile
  33. Karen Bass 2025-2025 Secretary View profile
  34. Sheena Wrigley 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  35. Hannah Sarah Cork 2020-2024 Secretary View profile
  36. Fiona Sally Garfield Gasper 2016-2020 Secretary View profile
  37. James William Forrester 2012-2016 Secretary View profile
  38. Jacqueline Mary Mcnerney 2008-2012 Secretary View profile
  39. Anna Carys Neale 2006-2008 Secretary View profile
  40. Belinda Kidd 2005-2006 Secretary View profile
  41. Manchester Professional Services LTD 2004-2005 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Performing arts; Support activities to performing arts; Artistic creation
Incorporated
22/11/2004
Registered office
Manchester
Also a registered charity
Manchester International Festival

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Manchester International Festival on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

3 other companies 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

13 grants · £20,956,627 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 · £20,112,134 (4 grants)
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £776,258 (5 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £44,700
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £23,543 (2 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £-8

Most recent

  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation £6,2582023-01-18
  • Department for Work and Pensions £19,0432022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £-82022-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £4,5002021-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £1,009,4162020-04-01
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.

20 directors on the board

3.5y median 3.1y
average tenure
8.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (10)

Portfolio (10)

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.

Professional services 4Business services 3Arts and leisure 2Education 2Other services 2Property 2Hospitality 1

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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
05292793
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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