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Company · Luton

Paraiso School of Samba

Performing arts

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 18

  1. Marcelo Ribas 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Richard Brett Sleeman 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Bettina Fernandez 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Alexandre De Sousa Silva 2023-2026 Director View profile
  5. Emmanuel Nana Yaw Opoku 2022-2023 Director View profile
  6. Maria Da Costa Oliveira Teixeira De Melo 2022-2022 Director View profile
  7. Reine Evelyne Eboa Joss Tatto 2022-2022 Director View profile
  8. Paulo Esteves Rodrigues Da Silva 2019-2023 Director View profile
  9. Junior Black 2017-2026 Director View profile
  10. Rosa Maria Goncalves 2017-2019 Director View profile
  11. Frederico Maximiliano Pinheiro Lins 2017-2023 Director View profile
  12. Hopal Elaine Romans 2014-2015 Director View profile
  13. Caroline Jane Stagg 2013-2016 Director View profile
  14. Howard Morgan Ostrer 2011-2013 Director View profile
  15. Teresa Szczotka 2011-2019 Director View profile
  16. Luke Benjamin Daniel Howard 2006-2017 Director View profile
  17. Alasdair James Campbell Brown 2006-2014 Director View profile
  18. Richard Noel Galbraith 2006-2023 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Performing arts
Incorporated
16/01/2006
Registered office
Luton
Also a registered charity
Paraiso School of Samba

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. Paraiso School of Samba is controlled by Richard Noel Galbraith
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2019-03-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Richard Noel Galbraith.

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

6 grants · £429,180 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 Culture, Media & Sport · £244,806 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £184,374 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £11,8902024-02-19
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £116,4582022-10-20
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £116,4582022-10-20
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £61,4582021-12-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £61,4582020-04-01
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.

3 directors on the board

1.6y median 1.8y
average tenure
2.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Construction 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
05676918
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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