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UK Storyhouse Limited

Operation of arts facilities

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

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Previous officers 41

  1. Alisia Tonkin 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Michaela Leighanna Dalton 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Willam Andrew Fergus 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Jack Christopher Howard 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Huey-Shiuan Lin 2020-2023 Director View profile
  6. Ngunan Maureen Adamu 2020-2024 Director View profile
  7. Amy Louise Jones 2020-2023 Director View profile
  8. Louise Clare Towers 2019-2022 Director View profile
  9. Erik Boekesteijn 2019-2024 Director View profile
  10. Judith Madeleine Clarke 2019-2020 Director View profile
  11. Rio Alexandra Matchett 2019-2023 Director View profile
  12. Phoebe Elizabeth Orsmond 2018-2019 Director View profile
  13. Susan Victoria Stubbs 2017-2018 Director View profile
  14. Katrina Kerr 2017-2023 Director View profile
  15. Caroline Jane Hyndman 2017-2023 Director View profile
  16. Richard Mark Beacham 2015-2019 Director View profile
  17. Emma Jane Stringfellow 2015-2017 Director View profile
  18. Claire Louise Barlow 2011-2016 Director View profile
  19. Professor Neil Oliver Grant 2011-2017 Director View profile
  20. Professor Allan Arthur Owens 2011-2022 Director View profile
  21. Peter Malcolm Mearns 2011-2022 Director View profile
  22. Hilarie June Mcnae 2009-2015 Director View profile
  23. Therese Catherine Stephenson Gray 2007-2009 Director View profile
  24. Susan Mary Leech 2007-2022 Director View profile
  25. Katharine Jane Carpenter 2007-2011 Director View profile
  26. Robin Glover Wendt 2006-2009 Director View profile
  27. David Challen 2006-2007 Director View profile
  28. Daniel Gollins 2006-2006 Director View profile
  29. Ruth Alexandra Davidson 2005-2006 Director View profile
  30. Matthew Howard Baker 2005-2015 Director View profile
  31. Plenderleath, Charles Eric, Councillor 2005-2007 Director View profile
  32. William John Hughes 2005-2018 Director View profile
  33. Geoffrey Andrew Clifton 2005-2022 Director View profile
  34. Adam Geoffrey Holloway 2005-2011 Director View profile
  35. Elizabeth Ann Jane Davies 2005-2006 Director View profile
  36. Nicholas John Fry 2005-2011 Director View profile
  37. Katrina Mary Delargy 2005-2011 Director View profile
  38. Annabel Turpin 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  39. Rosalyn Cheryl Thomas 2022-2024 Secretary View profile
  40. Andrew Bentley 2017-2022 Secretary View profile
  41. Robert Iain Campbell 2005-2018 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Operation of arts facilities
Incorporated
19/08/2005
Registered office
Chester
Also a registered charity
UK Storyhouse Limited
Previous names
Chester Performing Arts Centre Limited (until 03/04/2018)

Grants received

9 grants · £2,519,190 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 · £2,239,321 (7 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £279,869 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £228,0152021-12-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £275,0002021-10-27
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £228,0152020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £730,2522020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £326,1292020-04-01
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.

13 directors on the board

2.6y median 2.6y
average tenure
5.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (8)

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.

Arts and leisure 4Business services 3Education 1Hospitality 1Tech and media 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.

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
05541255
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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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