Down Community Arts
Company NI027833 Active
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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
- Vera Winifred Woods Director · appointed 2014
- Ritchie, Margaret Mary, Baroness Director · appointed 2018
- Eileen Anna Branagh Director · appointed 2026
- Brenda Mary Kent Director · appointed 2016
- Martina Byrne Director · appointed 2025
- Emma Whitehead Director · appointed 2018
6.3y median 7.6y
average tenure
11.6y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Vera Winifred Woods Director · appointed 2014
- Ritchie, Margaret Mary, Baroness Director · appointed 2018
- Brenda Mary Kent Director · appointed 2016
- Emma Whitehead Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Ritchie, Margaret Mary, Baroness Director · appointed 2018
- Eileen Anna Branagh Director · appointed 2026
- Brenda Mary Kent Director · appointed 2016
- Emma Whitehead Director · appointed 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Vera Winifred Woods Director · appointed 2014
- Martina Byrne Director · appointed 2025
0
also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Claire Rose Canavan Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
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.
Business services 1Education 1Tech and media 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Church of Ireland Press. 1 shared director
- Clonduff Development Enterprise (COI) Limited 1 shared director
- Mourne Meitheal CIC 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | NI027833 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 04/10/1993 |
| Address | 2 - 6, IRISH STREET, DOWNPATRICK, COUNTY DOWN, BT30 6BP |
| Accounts next due | 31/12/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/03/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
90030 - Artistic creation
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Officers (45)
- Eileen Anna Branagh Director · appointed 2026
- Margaret Mary Ritchie Secretary · appointed 2026
- Martina Byrne Director · appointed 2025
- Emma Whitehead Director · appointed 2018
- Ritchie, Margaret Mary, Baroness Director · appointed 2018
- Brenda Mary Kent Director · appointed 2016
- Vera Winifred Woods Director · appointed 2014
Show 38 former officers
- Bill Osbourne Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
- Claire Rose Canavan Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
- Clare Rose Canavan Secretary · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
- Philip Simon Reilly Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
- Pamela Cooper Secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
- Anne Hanna Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2024
- Mark Higgins Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
- Pamela Cooper Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
- Louise O'Prey Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2012
- Celeste Mcevoy Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2011
- Andrew Gibson Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2014
- Sharon Elisabeth Casement Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
- Sharon Casement Secretary · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
- Donal Michael O'Hagan Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
- Stella Gilmartin Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2018
- Aidan Mcloone Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
- Debra Mulholland Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
- Heather Thompson Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
- Alice Mcdaniel Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
- Oliver John (Jack) Mcilheron Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
- Colin Paul Mcgrath Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
- Margaret Orr Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- James Paul Bradshaw Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
- Lisa Young Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
- Gerry Mccann Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2005
- Margaret Ann Orr Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2007
- Linda Martina Mckenna Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2007
- Annette Mccann Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2006
- Rita Rice Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
- Kathleen Gill Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
- James Damian Conlon Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2005
- Ronald Leslie Fleming Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2000
- Helen Evelyn Honeyman Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2010
- John Francis Noble Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2013
- Francis Patrick Gallagher B.A. Dip.Ed. Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2002
- Liam Mckeating Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
- Mary Josephine Rogan Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
- Spencer Dunbar Cusack Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2003
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