Skip to content
Governance Register
Sign inFind yourself
Find yourselfSign in
Search How it works For organisations For professionals

Edition

United Kingdom (current)IrelandUnited StatesNew ZealandCanadaAustraliaScotlandNorthern Ireland

Company · London

Laidlaw Opera Trust

Other service activities n.e.c.

How am I connected?
More
View network map Report an issue

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

Network

The large node is Laidlaw Opera Trust. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.

Who leads it

Previous officers 8

  1. Bryan Evans 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Linda Doyle 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Professor Dame Louise Mary Richardson 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. David Anthony Carter 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Steffen Dietel 2017-2022 Director View profile
  6. Brian Harrison 2017-2019 Director View profile
  7. Peter Fair OBE 2017-2019 Director View profile
  8. Chris Maybury 2017-2023 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

About

What it does
Other service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
19/05/2017
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
Laidlaw Opera Trust
Previous names
Laidlaw Foundation (until 30/05/2025)
The Irvine Laidlaw Foundation (until 21/08/2020)
The Laidlaw Foundation (until 10/10/2017)

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.

Group

  1. Laidlaw Opera Trust is controlled by Irvine Alan Stewart Laidlaw
    Evidence
    active appoints directors · notified 2017-05-19 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Irvine Alan Stewart Laidlaw.

6 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.

Financials

Employees
0.01
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-12-31Not reportedNot reported
2025-12-31Not reportedNot reported

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

7 directors on the board

3.1y median 2.8y
average tenure
9.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

1
also govern a charity
0
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.

Professional services 3Education 2Other services 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
10780520
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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data