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Absolutely Cultured Limited

Performing arts

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 35

  1. David Sinclair 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Philip John White 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Mark Lorch 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Kath Wynne-Hague 2023-2025 Director View profile
  5. Louise Clarkson 2023-2024 Director View profile
  6. Julia Anne Weldon 2022-2023 Director View profile
  7. Lee Michael Pitcher 2021-2024 Director View profile
  8. Matthew David Gibson 2021-2023 Director View profile
  9. Dr Charlotte Harriet Tomlinson 2021-2023 Director View profile
  10. Dr Kerry Harker 2021-2025 Director View profile
  11. Professor Lucy Mazdon 2019-2022 Director View profile
  12. Susan Sheila Fisher 2019-2019 Director View profile
  13. Georgia Faye Allenby 2018-2023 Director View profile
  14. Benedict Peter Norman 2018-2026 Director View profile
  15. Lee Anne Corner 2018-2021 Director View profile
  16. Stephen Brady 2016-2021 Director View profile
  17. Matthew Scott Jukes 2016-2022 Director View profile
  18. Christopher Martin Hees 2015-2018 Director View profile
  19. Parnaby OBE, Stephen Robert, Councillor 2015-2018 Director View profile
  20. Peter Glenn Burgess 2015-2019 Director View profile
  21. Professor Darryl Leslie Stephenson 2015-2018 Director View profile
  22. Philip Andrew Benson 2014-2018 Director View profile
  23. Alicia Claire Jardine Laurie 2014-2018 Director View profile
  24. Lord Bhikhu Chhotalal Parekh 2014-2018 Director View profile
  25. Jon Richard Moss 2014-2018 Director View profile
  26. Karen Ann Ama Okra 2014-2019 Director View profile
  27. Malcolm Stephen Scott 2014-2018 Director View profile
  28. Anthony Mcreavy 2014-2015 Director View profile
  29. Dr Tapan Kumar Mahapatra 2014-2019 Director View profile
  30. Sameera Anwar West 2014-2019 Director View profile
  31. Neil Robert Hodgkinson 2014-2021 Director View profile
  32. Rosemary Harriet Millard 2014-2018 Director View profile
  33. Stephen John Liddle 2014-2019 Director View profile
  34. Geraghty, Terence, Councillor 2014-2015 Director View profile
  35. Steven James Bayes 2014-2016 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Performing arts; Support activities to performing arts; Artistic creation; Operation of arts facilities
Incorporated
27/06/2014
Registered office
Hull
Also a registered charity
Absolutely Cultured Limited
Previous names
Hull UK City of Culture 2017 Limited (until 24/05/2018)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Absolutely Cultured Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

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.

Grants received

12 grants · £7,820,991 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

  • Spirit of 2012 · £3,450,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £3,257,500 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £499,991
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £350,000
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £138,500 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £60,0002022-01-19
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £100,0002019-04-17
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £125,0002019-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £97,5002018-12-17
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport £13,5002018-10-18
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.

6 directors on the board

3y median 2.5y
average tenure
6.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Tech and media 4Arts and leisure 3Business services 1Education 1Health and social care 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
09106231
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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