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Stanza - Scotland's Poetry Festival

Stanza - Scotland's Poetry Festival is an active UK company (number SC253342), incorporated 2003, with 7 current directors including Naila Tariq Iqbal and Oliver Roy Hazzard. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 37

  1. Rita Cummings 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jacob Anthony O'Sullivan 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Hannah Laura Whaley 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Dr ÉAdaoíN ThéRèSe Lynch 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Marjorie Jean Lotfi 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Dr Jane Feaver 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Erinna Gail Mcelhinney 2021-2026 Director View profile
  8. Lewis Camley 2021-2024 Director View profile
  9. Amina Tasleem Shah 2020-2023 Director View profile
  10. Kate Hendry 2019-2022 Director View profile
  11. Dr Robyn Louise Marsack 2017-2022 Director View profile
  12. Ann Lorraine Fannin 2016-2018 Director View profile
  13. Kathryn Jane Ross 2015-2021 Director View profile
  14. Robert Blyth Steel 2014-2021 Director View profile
  15. Colin David Will 2014-2017 Director View profile
  16. Claire Marion Easingwood 2014-2017 Director View profile
  17. Andrew Walter Yorkstone Wright 2013-2015 Director View profile
  18. Iain Henderson Gray 2012-2013 Director View profile
  19. Tom Jones 2010-2022 Director View profile
  20. Jennifer None Erdal 2009-2014 Director View profile
  21. Angela Mary Wrapson 2008-2013 Director View profile
  22. Shona Munro 2007-2021 Director View profile
  23. Chris Jones 2007-2019 Director View profile
  24. David Smart 2006-2011 Director View profile
  25. John Alexander Bell 2005-2008 Director View profile
  26. Michael Weatherill 2005-2006 Director View profile
  27. Maureen Valerie Jack 2005-2021 Director View profile
  28. Colin Mackay 2004-2014 Director View profile
  29. Ian Richard Walter Higgins 2004-2005 Director View profile
  30. Jennifer Martha Mcdonald Elliott 2003-2007 Director View profile
  31. Iain Ross Suttie 2003-2004 Director View profile
  32. Alistair William Mackinnon 2003-2005 Director View profile
  33. Victoria Clare Quinn 2003-2004 Director View profile
  34. Anne-Marie Crowe 2003-2021 Director View profile
  35. Dr Peter Mackay 2022-2025 Secretary View profile
  36. Helen Lesley Beaton 2005-2007 Secretary View profile
  37. Clegg, Andrew Jack, Secretary 2003-2022 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
28/07/2003

Grants received

4 grants · £19,543 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

  • People's Postcode Trust · £8,500
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £7,043
  • Foundation Scotland · £4,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Foundation Scotland £2,0002025-07-09
  • People's Postcode Trust £8,5002023-11-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £7,0432021-04-01
  • Foundation Scotland £2,0002017-10-02
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

1.4y median 1.2y
average tenure
2.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

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
SC253342
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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