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The Birks Cinema Trust

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

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Previous officers 40

  1. Deborah Margaret Johnstone 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Katherine Anne Isles Peattie 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Rebecca Threlfall 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Jenny Minhinnick 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Damien Alexander Waller 2021-2022 Director View profile
  6. Sarah Nicole Price 2021-2022 Director View profile
  7. Nicholas Bruce Scott 2020-2021 Director View profile
  8. Brett Allen De Woody 2020-2025 Director View profile
  9. Brian Winton Hawkins 2019-2023 Director View profile
  10. Frances Rossi 2019-2020 Director View profile
  11. Agnes Dorothy Penelope Kennedy 2017-2018 Director View profile
  12. Anna Brocklehurst 2017-2021 Director View profile
  13. Mary Katrina Minett Mcdougall 2017-2021 Director View profile
  14. John Frederick Freeman 2016-2020 Director View profile
  15. Patricia Walker Booth 2016-2023 Director View profile
  16. Kevin John Ramage 2016-2019 Director View profile
  17. Susan Evelyn Hoare 2016-2016 Director View profile
  18. William Keith Macgillivray 2015-2016 Director View profile
  19. Robin Paul Baker 2015-2023 Director View profile
  20. Claire Gillian Hewitt 2014-2015 Director View profile
  21. Pamela Blanks 2014-2015 Director View profile
  22. Dianne Strang 2014-2016 Director View profile
  23. Karolina Ratajczak 2013-2014 Director View profile
  24. Patti Walker-Booth 2013-2013 Director View profile
  25. Susan Margaret Pascoe 2012-2013 Director View profile
  26. Marion Strang 2012-2014 Director View profile
  27. Dr Kevin Mccaughey 2012-2015 Director View profile
  28. Caroline Dorothee Pearce 2012-2013 Director View profile
  29. George Baxter 2011-2019 Director View profile
  30. Dr Muriel Helen Dunbar 2011-2015 Director View profile
  31. Eelin Margaret Thomas 2011-2013 Director View profile
  32. Douglas William Fraser Swan 2011-2023 Director View profile
  33. Terence Roy Wisdom 2010-2011 Director View profile
  34. Eleanor Kate Timperley 2010-2012 Director View profile
  35. Michael James Patrick 2010-2011 Director View profile
  36. Helen Julia Watson 2009-2012 Director View profile
  37. Ronald Neil Young 2009-2012 Director View profile
  38. Dr Charlotte Amanda Flower 2009-2012 Director View profile
  39. Brett Dewoody 2020-2025 Secretary View profile
  40. J & H Mitchell WS 2009-2018 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
04/06/2009

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Birks Cinema Trust 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

21 grants · £976,626 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £786,194 (5 grants)
  • Foundation Scotland · £108,978 (4 grants)
  • BBC Children in Need · £63,654 (5 grants)
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig · £17,800 (7 grants)

Most recent

  • Foundation Scotland £4,9782025-05-27
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig £2,5002025-03-04
  • BBC Children in Need £1,0002023-05-10
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig £2,5002023-03-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £147,2552022-12-01
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

2.1y median 2.3y
average tenure
3.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Hospitality 4Finance 3Business 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
SC360708
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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