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Who leads it
Previous officers 15
- Julie O'Donnell 2020-2022 View profile
- Simon John Chalk 2020-2025 View profile
- Sheila Read 2020-2025 View profile
- Richard Simon William Liddiard 2011-2015 View profile
- David Vernon Russell 2009-2023 View profile
- Christopher David Stewart 2009-2011 View profile
- John Sebastian Norman James Horsey 2009-2020 View profile
- Dr James Stephen Garnett 2009-2011 View profile
- Michael Charles Overend 2009-2010 View profile
- Lady Karalyn Mary Norrington 2005-2024 View profile
- Prudence Helen Murdoch 2005-2007 View profile
- Jonathan Joseph Hopson 2005-2011 View profile
- Andrew Worth Hills 2005-2020 View profile
- Gillian May Lane 2006-2015 View profile
- Julian James Ronald Parkes 2005-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 06/01/2005
- Also a registered charity
- Southern Sinfonia
Ownership
Owned by (5) 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.
- Vanessa Garside
appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2026-01-05 - David Vernon Russell ceased 2020-10-02
appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - John Sebastian Norman James Horsey ceased 2020-10-02
appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Andrew Worth Hills ceased 2020-09-14
appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Sheila Read ceased 2025-11-26
appoints directors, appoints directors (trust) · notified 2020-07-27 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Southern Sinfonia
is controlled by Vanessa Garside
Evidence
active appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2026-01-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Vanessa Garside.
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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £9,587
- Total assets
- £9,587
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-04-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
4 directors on the board
- Chris Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Vanessa Garside Director · appointed 2025
- Helena Rose Syvret Payne Director · appointed 2025
- Edward Owen Jenkins Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Edward Owen Jenkins Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Chris Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Edward Owen Jenkins Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Vanessa Garside Director · appointed 2025
- Helena Rose Syvret Payne Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Sheila Read Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
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
- 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
- 05325475
- 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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