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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Limited

Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Previous officers 66

  1. Neil Robert Weir 2021–2025 Director View profile
  2. Hazel Anne Anderson 2021–2025 Director View profile
  3. Peter Michael Utton 2020–2024 Director View profile
  4. James Stuart Mackenzie 2020–2024 Director View profile
  5. Katy Koren 2019–2023 Director View profile
  6. Miroslava Bronnikova 2019–2023 Director View profile
  7. Stephen Melville Allison 2018–2021 Director View profile
  8. Toby Benjamin Brailsford Mitchell 2018–2022 Director View profile
  9. Sharon Burgess 2017–2019 Director View profile
  10. Fiona Lesley Davis 2015–2023 Director View profile
  11. Matthew Zak Panesh 2015–2023 Director View profile
  12. Luke Meredith Williams 2015–2023 Director View profile
  13. Harry Gooch 2015–2017 Director View profile
  14. Richard Brodie Sutherland Lloyd 2014–2018 Director View profile
  15. Gareth Morinan 2013–2017 Director View profile
  16. Professor Richard John Wiseman 2013–2021 Director View profile
  17. Susan Wylie Morrison 2013–2021 Director View profile
  18. Sir Professor Timothy Michael Martin O'Shea 2012–2021 Director View profile
  19. Sam Murray Gough 2011–2015 Director View profile
  20. Rachel Margaret Mckenzie 2011–2013 Director View profile
  21. William James Collin Wood 2011–2018 Director View profile
  22. Shelagh Cameron Mackay 2011–2015 Director View profile
  23. Dr Peter Buckley Hill 2011–2014 Director View profile
  24. Katherine Jane Smurthwaite 2009–2020 Director View profile
  25. Tommy Sheppard 2008–2015 Director View profile
  26. Charles Browne Martin Wood 2008–2018 Director View profile
  27. Steve Gove 2007–2011 Director View profile
  28. Sarah Louise Cowling 2006–2014 Director View profile
  29. Andre Vincent 2006–2012 Director View profile
  30. Catherine O'Shea 2005–2008 Director View profile
  31. Alister O'Loughlin 2005–2015 Director View profile
  32. David James Gorman 2003–2006 Director View profile
  33. Timothy Mark Nicholson 2002–2005 Director View profile
  34. Sean William Dermot Egan 2002–2009 Director View profile
  35. Anthony David Moss 2001–2008 Director View profile
  36. Julius Green 2001–2007 Director View profile
  37. Judith Ann Doherty 2000–2020 Director View profile
  38. Timothy David Hawkins 2000–2006 Director View profile
  39. Donald Craig Anderson 1999–2003 Director View profile
  40. Roger Earl Okin 1997–2000 Director View profile
  41. Sarah Joanne Buckland 1997–2000 Director View profile
  42. David Scott Gray 1996–2002 Director View profile
  43. Smith of Gilmorehill, Elizabeth Margaret, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill 1995–2012 Director View profile
  44. Edward Peter Jackson 1992–1995 Director View profile
  45. Charles Ashley Rupert Hartill 1992–2000 Director View profile
  46. Deirdre Barber 1991–1995 Director View profile
  47. Alan Lawrence Jeffreys 1990–2002 Director View profile
  48. Michael John Herbert Westcott 1990 Director View profile
  49. Duncan John Low 1992 Director View profile
  50. David Michael Arrow 1996 Director View profile
  51. Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller 1995 Director View profile
  52. Simon Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe 2011 Director View profile
  53. Allan Woolfe 2011 Director View profile
  54. Philip Bernays 1993 Director View profile
  55. Andrew Leigh 2007 Director View profile
  56. Carol Betsy Lees Dickson Main 2005 Director View profile
  57. Jonathan Paine Holloway 1992 Director View profile
  58. Christopher Nicholas Gosselin Richardson 1997 Director View profile
  59. Jean Barbara Bechhofer 1994 Director View profile
  60. Shona Mary Mccarthy 2016–2025 Secretary View profile
  61. Kathleen Mary Mainland 2009–2016 Secretary View profile
  62. Timothy David Hawkins 2009–2009 Secretary View profile
  63. Anna Eila Greig 2008–2008 Secretary View profile
  64. Lynn Heather Taylor 2002–2008 Secretary View profile
  65. Andrew Mark Kerr 1999–2002 Secretary View profile
  66. Bell & Scotts 1999 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
22/05/1969

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society 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.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

17 directors on the board

3.8y median 2.9y
average tenure
7.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (12)

2
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.

Arts and leisure 18Business services 5Retail and trade 3Professional services 2Property 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
SC046605
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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