Company · Newcastle upon Tyne
The Heart of the City Partnership
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Pauline AllenDirector · since 2026
- Catherine Margaret Elizabeth WinfieldDirector · since 2025
- Batson, Lee Paul, Very Rev'DDirector · since 2025
- Adam James SerfonteinDirector · since 2023
- Ian Martin AyrisDirector · since 2023
- Katie Coralee MountainDirector · since 2022
- Elizabeth Hannah MacrobertDirector · since 2022
- Dr Richard Malcolm PearsDirector · since 2015
- Gavin Macfarlane BlackDirector · since 2013
- John GrundyDirector · since 2011
Previous officers 41
- Kilgour, Karen Louise, Councillor 2024-2025 View profile
- Alexander Hay 2024-2026 View profile
- Dobson, Peter David, the Reverend Canon 2022-2024 View profile
- Marion Williams 2022-2024 View profile
- Teresa Mary Cairns 2022-2023 View profile
- Very Reverend Geoffrey Vincent Miller 2021-2022 View profile
- Stephenson, John-Paul, Councillor 2021-2022 View profile
- Gerald William Bell 2020-2021 View profile
- Professor John Burgess Goddard 2019-2021 View profile
- Delinda Virginia Julia Conlon 2018-2022 View profile
- Eric Jubb 2018-2025 View profile
- Cara Kim Mcguinness 2018-2020 View profile
- George Scott 2016-2022 View profile
- Peter Wood 2016-2025 View profile
- Marjorie Pratt Wood 2014-2015 View profile
- Cook, David Burford, Doctor 2013-2022 View profile
- Mary-Anne Sinclair 2013-2014 View profile
- Harvey, Steven Charles, the Rev Canon 2013-2019 View profile
- Lindsay Allason-Jones 2011-2017 View profile
- Dr Geoffrey O'Brien 2011-2018 View profile
- Packham, Diane Margaret, Councillor 2011-2012 View profile
- Arthur William Frelford 2011-2017 View profile
- Susan Katharine Ward 2010-2022 View profile
- Ronald Denton Clark 2010-2011 View profile
- Bamber, Sheila Jane, the Reverend Canon 2010-2012 View profile
- Bell, Gerald William, Councillor 2010-2013 View profile
- Jackson, Michael James, Canon Dr 2009-2013 View profile
- Dorothy Beryl Charlton 2008-2011 View profile
- Teresa Brown 2008-2012 View profile
- David William Hide 2007-2015 View profile
- Gage, Robert Edward, Canon 2007-2009 View profile
- John Patrick Blue 2007-2008 View profile
- Rosemarie Brigid Serdiville 2007-2010 View profile
- Nicholas Iain Forbes 2007-2010 View profile
- Ruth Edwards 2007-2009 View profile
- Christopher Charles Dalliston 2007-2018 View profile
- Lord John Warren Shipley 2007-2010 View profile
- Grace Mccombie 2007-2010 View profile
- George Scott 2017-2022 View profile
- Linda Scott 2013-2017 View profile
- Ian Poll 2007-2012 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
- Incorporated
- 17/09/2007
- Registered office
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Also a registered charity
- Heart of the City Partnership
Financials
- Employees
- 0.23
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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 · £1,793,700 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,483,500
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £310,200 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
10 directors on the board
- Dr Richard Malcolm Pears Director · appointed 2015
- John Grundy Director · appointed 2011
- Adam James Serfontein Director · appointed 2023
- Elizabeth Hannah Macrobert Director · appointed 2022
- Gavin Macfarlane Black Director · appointed 2013
- Ian Martin Ayris Director · appointed 2023
- Batson, Lee Paul, Very Rev'D Director · appointed 2025
- Pauline Allen Director · appointed 2026
- Catherine Margaret Elizabeth Winfield Director · appointed 2025
- Katie Coralee Mountain Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Dr Richard Malcolm Pears Director · appointed 2015
- John Grundy Director · appointed 2011
- Gavin Macfarlane Black Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Dr Richard Malcolm Pears Director · appointed 2015
- John Grundy Director · appointed 2011
- Elizabeth Hannah Macrobert Director · appointed 2022
- Ian Martin Ayris Director · appointed 2023
- Pauline Allen Director · appointed 2026
- Katie Coralee Mountain Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (4)
- Adam James Serfontein Director · appointed 2023
- Gavin Macfarlane Black Director · appointed 2013
- Batson, Lee Paul, Very Rev'D Director · appointed 2025
- Catherine Margaret Elizabeth Winfield Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
- Gavin Macfarlane Black Cathedral Church of ST Nicholas in Newcastle, The Reverend Doctor Thomlinson's Library and the Endownment of Walter Blackett, Isabel Wrightson, The Ecclesiastical Charity of William Moulton, The Stanley Walton Brown Memorial Fund, The Charlotte Straker Project
- Batson, Lee Paul, Very Rev'D Newcastle Council of Faiths Limited, Newcastle Carers, Newcastle Diocesan Education Board, The Newcastle Diocesan Board of Finance
- Catherine Margaret Elizabeth Winfield Newcastle Carers, Jane Gibson Almshouses, Search: Services for Older People CIO
- Katie Coralee Mountain The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Left in the last 12 months
- Alexander Hay Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
- Kilgour, Karen Louise, Councillor Director · appointed 2024 · 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 06373460
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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