Company · Ipswich
Alexander Whitley Dance Company
Performing arts
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 14
- Bruno Bertrand-Delfrau 2024-2024 View profile
- David CléMent Ripert 2022-2025 View profile
- Kade Francis Stroude 2021-2024 View profile
- Anna Frances Rowe 2020-2023 View profile
- Kaushik Ray 2020-2024 View profile
- Joshua Mcnorton 2019-2023 View profile
- Florence Yumi Uchida 2019-2025 View profile
- Margaret Helen Andraos 2018-2023 View profile
- Dr Cynthia Marie Sughrue 2017-2025 View profile
- Craig Sinclair Mullan 2016-2018 View profile
- Melanie Precious 2016-2019 View profile
- Denis Shafranik 2016-2024 View profile
- Alexander Marris Whitley 2013-2025 View profile
- Eleanor Whitley 2013-2019 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Performing arts
- Incorporated
- 13/11/2013
- Registered office
- Ipswich
- Also a registered charity
- Alexander Whitley Dance Company
- Previous names
- Alexander Whitley Dance Company Limited (until 24/01/2017)
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- Alexander Marris Whitley
75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Alexander Whitley Dance Company
is controlled by Alexander Marris Whitley
Evidence
active 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Alexander Marris Whitley.
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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
5 grants · £376,121 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £165,600 (2 grants)
- John Ellerman Foundation · £133,770
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £76,751 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
5 directors on the board
- Hope Grace Alexander Director · appointed 2024
- Mahesh Ramachandra Director · appointed 2024
- Thomas Charles Edward Higham Director · appointed 2019
- Emma Ruth Mcfarland Director · appointed 2022
- Toby Coffey Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Thomas Charles Edward Higham Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Hope Grace Alexander Director · appointed 2024
- Thomas Charles Edward Higham Director · appointed 2019
- Emma Ruth Mcfarland Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Mahesh Ramachandra Director · appointed 2024
- Toby Coffey Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- David CléMent Ripert Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Alexander Marris Whitley Director · appointed 2013 · 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
- 08773567
- 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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