ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION

Company summary

Company number: 00480523
Status: ACTIVE
Incorporated / age: 1 April 195076 years
Registered office: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
Accounts due: 31 May 2027
Confirmation statement due: 31 January 2027
Active officers: 18
Outstanding charges: 0

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Company type
Private limited by guarantee without share capital
Address
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
Nature of business
Artistic creation
Operation of arts facilities
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Previous company names
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE,COVENT GARDEN LIMITED

Officer details

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Name	Role	Appointed On	Resigned On	Country of Residence	Date of Birth	Address
HURST, Leah ACTIVE	Secretary	08 Oct 2019				Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
BADAWI-MALIK, Zeinab Mohammed-Khair ACTIVE	Director	08 Oct 2019		England	October 1959	2, Glenloch Road, London, NW3 4BU, England
BRITTON, Caroline Louise ACTIVE	Director	14 Dec 2021		England	February 1965	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
BROWNE OF MADINGLEY, John, Lord ACTIVE	Director	01 Sep 2020		England	February 1948	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
BULL, Deborah, Baroness ACTIVE	Director	01 Sep 2025		England	March 1963	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
BUNTING, Timothy Brian ACTIVE	Director	03 Oct 2017		England	August 1963	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
BURGER, Lisa Jane ACTIVE	Director	05 Oct 2022		England	May 1962	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
DORFMAN, Lloyd Marshall ACTIVE	Director	10 Feb 2015		England	August 1952	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
FREISE, Philipp Roland ACTIVE	Director	07 Dec 2023		United Kingdom	July 1973	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
GOLANT, Farah Ramzan ACTIVE	Director	10 Dec 2024		England	May 1964	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
HYTNER, Nicholas Robert, Sir ACTIVE	Director	01 Jan 2026		United Kingdom	May 1956	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
ISON, Daniel Alexander ACTIVE	Director	01 Sep 2024		England	April 1977	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
LUCAS, Stephen ACTIVE	Director	01 Sep 2024		England	December 1968	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
MCCALL, Carolyn Julia, Dame ACTIVE	Director	10 Dec 2024		England	September 1961	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
STANTON, Alan William ACTIVE	Director	08 Oct 2024		England	April 1944	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
STREETEN, Joanna ACTIVE	Director	21 May 2024		England	August 1967	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
SUMMERS, Alistair Gerald ACTIVE	Director	08 Oct 2024		United Kingdom	May 1965	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
SUSSKIND, Janis Elizabeth ACTIVE	Director	05 Oct 2022		England	November 1952	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
BURGER, Lisa RESIGNED	Secretary	24 Jun 1996	30 Jun 1997			30 Christchurch Street, London, SW3 4AR
CAWTHRA, Richard RESIGNED	Secretary	07 Jan 2011	04 May 2011			Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
DAFFERN, Ivan Luke RESIGNED	Secretary	01 Oct 2018	08 Oct 2019			Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
HALL, Anthony William, Lord RESIGNED	Secretary	12 Jun 2001	19 Feb 2002			The Bishop's House, 55 New Street, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2BP
HALL, Richard John Jeaffreson RESIGNED	Secretary	01 Jul 1997	26 Feb 1998			3 Erskine Hill, London, NW11 6HA
JONES, Philip Charles RESIGNED	Secretary		31 Aug 1993			4 Dellcroft Way, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2NG
KAISER, Michael RESIGNED	Secretary	16 Dec 1998	12 Jun 2001			17-19 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6HA
LE ROY, Fiona Mary Noel RESIGNED	Secretary	04 May 2011	30 Sep 2018			Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
MORTLOCK, John Samuel RESIGNED	Secretary	22 Jan 2008	07 Jan 2011			34 Ryland Road, London, NW5 3EH
SEEKINGS, John Charles RESIGNED	Secretary	19 Feb 2002	22 Jan 2008			Clarenden, Swanley Village Road, Old Swanley Village, Kent, BR8 7NF
TIMMS, Clive RESIGNED	Secretary	01 Sep 1993	24 Jun 1996			12 Forest Drive, London, E12 5DF
WALL, Liam Anthony RESIGNED	Secretary	08 Apr 1998	16 Dec 1998			9 Denny Crescent, London, SE11 4UY
ALEXANDER, Alex Sandor, Sir RESIGNED	Director		31 Aug 1992		November 1916	47 South Street, London, W1Y 5PD
ALLEN, Thomas Boaz RESIGNED	Director	31 Mar 1999	31 Mar 2002	United Kingdom	September 1944	28 Quarrendon Street, London, SW6 3SU
ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER, Robert Temple, Lord RESIGNED	Director		31 Aug 1993	United Kingdom	March 1927	House Of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
BENSON, Christopher John, Sir RESIGNED	Director		31 Aug 1992	United Kingdom	July 1933	Flat 2, 50 South Audley Street, London, W1K 2QE
BERKELEY, Michael Fitzhardinge RESIGNED	Director	25 Mar 1996	30 Aug 2002	United Kingdom	May 1949	49 Blenheim Crescent, London, W11 2EF
BIRKIN, John Derek, Sir RESIGNED	Director	01 Sep 1993	31 Aug 1997		September 1929	The Clock House Painshill, Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1DJ
BLACKSTONE, Tessa Ann Vosper, Baroness RESIGNED	Director	06 Oct 2009	07 Jul 2014	United Kingdom	September 1942	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
BLACKSTONE, Tessa Ann Vosper, Baroness RESIGNED	Director		12 May 1997		September 1942	2 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6DP
BUTLER, James, Sir RESIGNED	Director	01 Jan 1994	25 Mar 1998	England	March 1929	Littleton House, Crawley, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 2QF
CHICHESTER, June Marjike, The Countess RESIGNED	Director	20 Sep 2001	31 Jul 2014	United Kingdom	June 1948	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
CLEMENTI, David Cecil, Sir RESIGNED	Director	01 Jul 2006	31 Jul 2014	England	February 1949	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
COMPAGNONI, Marco RESIGNED	Director	01 Mar 2002	31 Dec 2007	United Kingdom	May 1962	10 Great James Street, London, WC1N 3DH
COOPER, Kirstine Ann RESIGNED	Director	04 Oct 2016	25 Aug 2024	United Kingdom	August 1964	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
CRUDDAS, Peter Andrew RESIGNED	Director	02 Mar 2012	31 Jul 2016	United Kingdom	September 1953	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
CZYZAK-DANNENBAUM, Peggy Scott RESIGNED	Director	01 Jul 2006	31 Jul 2010	United Kingdom	March 1947	4 Douro Place, London, W8 5PH
DAVIES, Genevieve Rachel, Dr RESIGNED	Director	01 Aug 2013	01 Sep 2021	England	November 1971	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
DAVIS, Peter John, Sir RESIGNED	Director	08 Sep 1999	31 Aug 2005	England	December 1941	41 Bloomfield Terrace, London, SW1W 8PQ
DUFFIELD, Vivien Louise, Dame RESIGNED	Director	17 Oct 2014	01 Sep 2022	Switzerland	March 1946	Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom
DUFFIELD, Vivien Louise, Dame RESIGNED	Director		01 Feb 2001	Switzerland	March 1946	39 Quai Wilson, Geneva, 1201, Switzerland
EATWELL, John Leonard, Lord RESIGNED	Director	29 Jan 1998	31 Jan 2006	United Kingdom	February 1945	President's Lodge, Queens College, Cambridge, CB3 9ET
FORMAN, John Denis, Sir RESIGNED	Director		31 Dec 1991		October 1917	The Mill House Howe Street, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 1BG
FORSYTH, Andrew Hamish RESIGNED	Director	03 Oct 2017	11 Dec 2018	England	May 1969	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
GASCOIGNE, Bamber RESIGNED	Director		31 Dec 1995	United Kingdom	January 1935	1 St Helena Terrace, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1NR
GAVRON OF HIGHGATE, Robert, Lord RESIGNED	Director	24 Mar 1992	21 Jan 1998	United Kingdom	September 1930	The White House, 2 Millfield Place, London, N6 6JP
GREER, Bonnie RESIGNED	Director	01 Mar 2002	23 May 2006		November 1948	Flat2, 39 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 1RU
GREY, Beryl RESIGNED	Director	08 Sep 1999	30 Nov 2002		June 1927	Fernhill Priory Road, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JE
GUMMER, Peter Selwyn, The Rt Hon The Lord Chadlington RESIGNED	Director	01 Jul 1996	04 Dec 1997		August 1942	Dean Manor, Charlbury, Oxfordshire
HEMMINGS, Peter William RESIGNED	Director	31 Mar 1999	04 Jan 2002		April 1934	51 Queens Gate Gardens, London, SW7 5NF
HEYWOOD, Suzanne Elizabeth, Lady RESIGNED	Director	02 Mar 2012	28 Aug 2022	United Kingdom	February 1969	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
HOYLE, Susan Linda RESIGNED	Director	28 Aug 2017	31 Aug 2025	England	April 1953	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
HYTNER, Nicholas Robert, Sir RESIGNED	Director	07 Oct 2008	01 Sep 2021	United Kingdom	May 1956	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
ISAACS, Jeremy Israel RESIGNED	Director		31 Aug 1997		September 1932	80 New Concordia Wharf, Mill Street, London, SE1 2BB
JACOMB, Martin Wakefield, Sir RESIGNED	Director		01 Mar 1992		November 1929	Ebbgate House, Swan Lane, London, EC4R 3TN
KINGMAN, John RESIGNED	Director	04 Feb 2014	01 Sep 2021	England	April 1969	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
KINGORI, Vanessa RESIGNED	Director	05 Oct 2022	21 Mar 2024	England	October 1979	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
LEES, David Bryan, Sir RESIGNED	Director	25 Feb 1998	31 Aug 2008	United Kingdom	November 1936	Oakhurst, Uffington, Shrewsbury, Salop, SY4 4SN
LIPTON, Stuart Anthony, Sir RESIGNED	Director	25 Feb 1998	28 Feb 2006	England	November 1942	40 Queens Grove, London, NW8 6HH
LOMAX, John Kevin RESIGNED	Director	20 Sep 2001	25 Jan 2005		December 1948	Hawling Manor, Hawling, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 5TA
LOWE, Christopher John RESIGNED	Director	01 Sep 1993	31 Aug 1997		July 1937	The Brampton Riverside Close, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4DN
LOWE, Frank Budge, Sir RESIGNED	Director	01 Mar 2002	31 Jul 2010	United Kingdom	August 1941	Chalet Gin Gin, 3780 Gstaad, Switzerland, FOREIGN
LYNCH, Thomas Gerard RESIGNED	Director	30 Sep 2001	31 Jul 2010	United Kingdom	July 1956	Amarin Corporation Plc, 7 Curzon Street, London, W1J 5HG
MACGIBBON, Ross Arthur RESIGNED	Director	31 Mar 1999	31 Mar 2002	United Kingdom	January 1955	41 St Georges Square, London, SW1V 3QN
MACMILLAN, Deborah Millicent, Lady RESIGNED	Director	01 Sep 1993	04 Dec 1994	England	July 1944	11 Spencer Park, London, SW18 2SX
MADEN, Margaret, Professor RESIGNED	Director	01 Mar 2002	31 Jul 2011	England	April 1940	12 Dale Close, Saint Ebbes, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1TU
MANDUELL, John, Sir RESIGNED	Director		31 Aug 1995		March 1928	Chesham, High Bentham, Lancaster, LA2 7JY
MAYHEW JONAS, Judith Charles, Dame RESIGNED	Director	01 Mar 2003	31 Aug 2008	England	October 1948	25 Victoria Avenue, London, SW1W 0RB
MCMAHON, Christopher RESIGNED	Director		31 Aug 1997	United Kingdom	July 1927	Old House, Burleigh Lane, Minchinhampton, Stroud, GL5 2PQ
METHERELL, Julian RESIGNED	Director	01 Aug 2013	28 Aug 2022	England	June 1963	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
MIRZA, Dr Munira, Dr RESIGNED	Director	07 Oct 2014	10 Dec 2019	United Kingdom	May 1978	Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom
MORRELL, Paul Dring RESIGNED	Director	01 Aug 2016	25 Aug 2024	United Kingdom	February 1948	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
MUELLER, Rudolf Gottfried RESIGNED	Director	25 Mar 1996	14 Jan 1998	United Kingdom	May 1934	8 Cumberland Terrace, Regents Park, London, NW1 4HS
NEARS, Colin Gray RESIGNED	Director	24 Apr 1995	16 Jan 1998	United Kingdom	March 1933	16 Ashchurch Terrace, London, W12 9SL
NEWBIGGING, Carolyn RESIGNED	Director	27 Feb 1997	31 Dec 2001	United Kingdom	November 1941	119 Old Church Street, London, SW3 6EA
PLASTOW, David Arnold Stuart, Sir RESIGNED	Director	01 Jan 1992	04 Mar 1993	United Kingdom	May 1932	Danes Garden House, Awbridge, Hampshire, SO51 0GF
PRETTEJOHN, Nicholas Edward Tucker RESIGNED	Director	01 Jul 2005	31 Jul 2013	United Kingdom	July 1960	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
RABBATTS, Heather Victoria, Dame RESIGNED	Director	20 Jan 2009	31 Aug 2017	England	December 1955	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
ROBERTSON, Simon Manwaring, Sir RESIGNED	Director	01 Mar 2002	31 Jul 2012	United Kingdom	March 1941	8 Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ
ROBEY, Simon Christopher Townsend, Sir RESIGNED	Director	14 May 2021	28 Aug 2022	United Kingdom	July 1960	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
ROBEY, Simon Christopher Townsend, Sir RESIGNED	Director	01 Jul 2006	31 Jul 2016	United Kingdom	July 1960	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
RONSON, Gail, Dame RESIGNED	Director	20 Sep 2001	31 Jul 2014	United Kingdom	July 1946	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
ROSS, David Peter John RESIGNED	Director	01 Sep 2020	13 May 2021	England	July 1965	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
RUBASINGHAM, Indhu RESIGNED	Director	01 Sep 2020	25 Aug 2024	England	February 1970	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
RUDD, Roland Dacre RESIGNED	Director	02 Feb 2011	31 Aug 2017	England	April 1961	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
SAINSBURY, Anya, Lady RESIGNED	Director	01 Dec 2002	10 Jul 2007		January 1933	9 The Boltons, London, SW10 9TD
SAINSBURY, John Davan, Lord RESIGNED	Director		31 Aug 1991	United Kingdom	November 1927	9, The Boltons, London, SW10 9TD
SALZ, Anthony Michael Vaughan, Sir RESIGNED	Director	07 Oct 2008	31 Jul 2016	United Kingdom	June 1950	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
SOUTHGATE, Colin Grieve, Sir RESIGNED	Director	15 Jan 1998	31 Jul 2003		July 1938	Northbury Farm, Castle End Road Ruscombe, Reading, Berkshire, RG10 9XJ
SPOONER, James Douglas, Sir RESIGNED	Director		31 Dec 1997		July 1932	52 Clarendon Road, London, W11 2HH
STIRLING, Angus Duncan Aeneas, Sir RESIGNED	Director		31 Aug 1996		December 1933	25 Ladbroke Grove, London, W11 3AY
STREET, Susan Ruth, Dame RESIGNED	Director	01 Sep 2007	31 Jul 2015	United Kingdom	August 1949	Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

HURST, Leah ACTIVE
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 08 Oct 2019
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

BADAWI-MALIK, Zeinab Mohammed-Khair ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 08 Oct 2019
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: October 1959
Address: 2, Glenloch Road, London, NW3 4BU, England

BRITTON, Caroline Louise ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 14 Dec 2021
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: February 1965
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

BROWNE OF MADINGLEY, John, Lord ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 2020
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: February 1948
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

BULL, Deborah, Baroness ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: March 1963
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

BUNTING, Timothy Brian ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 03 Oct 2017
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: August 1963
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

BURGER, Lisa Jane ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Oct 2022
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1962
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

DORFMAN, Lloyd Marshall ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 10 Feb 2015
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: August 1952
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

FREISE, Philipp Roland ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 07 Dec 2023
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1973
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

GOLANT, Farah Ramzan ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 10 Dec 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1964
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

HYTNER, Nicholas Robert, Sir ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jan 2026
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1956
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

ISON, Daniel Alexander ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1977
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

LUCAS, Stephen ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: December 1968
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

MCCALL, Carolyn Julia, Dame ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 10 Dec 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: September 1961
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

STANTON, Alan William ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 08 Oct 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1944
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

STREETEN, Joanna ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 21 May 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: August 1967
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

SUMMERS, Alistair Gerald ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 08 Oct 2024
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1965
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

SUSSKIND, Janis Elizabeth ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Oct 2022
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: November 1952
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

BURGER, Lisa RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 24 Jun 1996
Resigned on: 30 Jun 1997
Address: 30 Christchurch Street, London, SW3 4AR

CAWTHRA, Richard RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 07 Jan 2011
Resigned on: 04 May 2011
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

DAFFERN, Ivan Luke RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 01 Oct 2018
Resigned on: 08 Oct 2019
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

HALL, Anthony William, Lord RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 12 Jun 2001
Resigned on: 19 Feb 2002
Address: The Bishop's House, 55 New Street, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2BP

HALL, Richard John Jeaffreson RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 01 Jul 1997
Resigned on: 26 Feb 1998
Address: 3 Erskine Hill, London, NW11 6HA

JONES, Philip Charles RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1993
Address: 4 Dellcroft Way, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2NG

KAISER, Michael RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 16 Dec 1998
Resigned on: 12 Jun 2001
Address: 17-19 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6HA

LE ROY, Fiona Mary Noel RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 04 May 2011
Resigned on: 30 Sep 2018
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

MORTLOCK, John Samuel RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 22 Jan 2008
Resigned on: 07 Jan 2011
Address: 34 Ryland Road, London, NW5 3EH

SEEKINGS, John Charles RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 19 Feb 2002
Resigned on: 22 Jan 2008
Address: Clarenden, Swanley Village Road, Old Swanley Village, Kent, BR8 7NF

TIMMS, Clive RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 01 Sep 1993
Resigned on: 24 Jun 1996
Address: 12 Forest Drive, London, E12 5DF

WALL, Liam Anthony RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 08 Apr 1998
Resigned on: 16 Dec 1998
Address: 9 Denny Crescent, London, SE11 4UY

ALEXANDER, Alex Sandor, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1992
Date of birth: November 1916
Address: 47 South Street, London, W1Y 5PD

ALLEN, Thomas Boaz RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 Mar 1999
Resigned on: 31 Mar 2002
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: September 1944
Address: 28 Quarrendon Street, London, SW6 3SU

ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER, Robert Temple, Lord RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1993
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: March 1927
Address: House Of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

BENSON, Christopher John, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1992
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1933
Address: Flat 2, 50 South Audley Street, London, W1K 2QE

BERKELEY, Michael Fitzhardinge RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 25 Mar 1996
Resigned on: 30 Aug 2002
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1949
Address: 49 Blenheim Crescent, London, W11 2EF

BIRKIN, John Derek, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 1993
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1997
Date of birth: September 1929
Address: The Clock House Painshill, Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1DJ

BLACKSTONE, Tessa Ann Vosper, Baroness RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 06 Oct 2009
Resigned on: 07 Jul 2014
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: September 1942
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

BLACKSTONE, Tessa Ann Vosper, Baroness RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 12 May 1997
Date of birth: September 1942
Address: 2 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6DP

BUTLER, James, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jan 1994
Resigned on: 25 Mar 1998
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: March 1929
Address: Littleton House, Crawley, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 2QF

CHICHESTER, June Marjike, The Countess RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 20 Sep 2001
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2014
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: June 1948
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

CLEMENTI, David Cecil, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jul 2006
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2014
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: February 1949
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

COMPAGNONI, Marco RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Mar 2002
Resigned on: 31 Dec 2007
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1962
Address: 10 Great James Street, London, WC1N 3DH

COOPER, Kirstine Ann RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 04 Oct 2016
Resigned on: 25 Aug 2024
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: August 1964
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

CRUDDAS, Peter Andrew RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 02 Mar 2012
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2016
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: September 1953
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

CZYZAK-DANNENBAUM, Peggy Scott RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jul 2006
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2010
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: March 1947
Address: 4 Douro Place, London, W8 5PH

DAVIES, Genevieve Rachel, Dr RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Aug 2013
Resigned on: 01 Sep 2021
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: November 1971
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

DAVIS, Peter John, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 08 Sep 1999
Resigned on: 31 Aug 2005
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: December 1941
Address: 41 Bloomfield Terrace, London, SW1W 8PQ

DUFFIELD, Vivien Louise, Dame RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 17 Oct 2014
Resigned on: 01 Sep 2022
Country of Residence: Switzerland
Date of birth: March 1946
Address: Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

DUFFIELD, Vivien Louise, Dame RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 01 Feb 2001
Country of Residence: Switzerland
Date of birth: March 1946
Address: 39 Quai Wilson, Geneva, 1201, Switzerland

EATWELL, John Leonard, Lord RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Jan 1998
Resigned on: 31 Jan 2006
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: February 1945
Address: President's Lodge, Queens College, Cambridge, CB3 9ET

FORMAN, John Denis, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Dec 1991
Date of birth: October 1917
Address: The Mill House Howe Street, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 1BG

FORSYTH, Andrew Hamish RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 03 Oct 2017
Resigned on: 11 Dec 2018
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1969
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

GASCOIGNE, Bamber RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Dec 1995
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: January 1935
Address: 1 St Helena Terrace, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1NR

GAVRON OF HIGHGATE, Robert, Lord RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 24 Mar 1992
Resigned on: 21 Jan 1998
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: September 1930
Address: The White House, 2 Millfield Place, London, N6 6JP

GREER, Bonnie RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Mar 2002
Resigned on: 23 May 2006
Date of birth: November 1948
Address: Flat2, 39 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 1RU

GREY, Beryl RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 08 Sep 1999
Resigned on: 30 Nov 2002
Date of birth: June 1927
Address: Fernhill Priory Road, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JE

GUMMER, Peter Selwyn, The Rt Hon The Lord Chadlington RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jul 1996
Resigned on: 04 Dec 1997
Date of birth: August 1942
Address: Dean Manor, Charlbury, Oxfordshire

HEMMINGS, Peter William RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 Mar 1999
Resigned on: 04 Jan 2002
Date of birth: April 1934
Address: 51 Queens Gate Gardens, London, SW7 5NF

HEYWOOD, Suzanne Elizabeth, Lady RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 02 Mar 2012
Resigned on: 28 Aug 2022
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: February 1969
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

HOYLE, Susan Linda RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Aug 2017
Resigned on: 31 Aug 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1953
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

HYTNER, Nicholas Robert, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 07 Oct 2008
Resigned on: 01 Sep 2021
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1956
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

ISAACS, Jeremy Israel RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1997
Date of birth: September 1932
Address: 80 New Concordia Wharf, Mill Street, London, SE1 2BB

JACOMB, Martin Wakefield, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 01 Mar 1992
Date of birth: November 1929
Address: Ebbgate House, Swan Lane, London, EC4R 3TN

KINGMAN, John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 04 Feb 2014
Resigned on: 01 Sep 2021
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1969
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

KINGORI, Vanessa RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Oct 2022
Resigned on: 21 Mar 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: October 1979
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

LEES, David Bryan, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 25 Feb 1998
Resigned on: 31 Aug 2008
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: November 1936
Address: Oakhurst, Uffington, Shrewsbury, Salop, SY4 4SN

LIPTON, Stuart Anthony, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 25 Feb 1998
Resigned on: 28 Feb 2006
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: November 1942
Address: 40 Queens Grove, London, NW8 6HH

LOMAX, John Kevin RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 20 Sep 2001
Resigned on: 25 Jan 2005
Date of birth: December 1948
Address: Hawling Manor, Hawling, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 5TA

LOWE, Christopher John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 1993
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1997
Date of birth: July 1937
Address: The Brampton Riverside Close, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4DN

LOWE, Frank Budge, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Mar 2002
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2010
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: August 1941
Address: Chalet Gin Gin, 3780 Gstaad, Switzerland, FOREIGN

LYNCH, Thomas Gerard RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 Sep 2001
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2010
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1956
Address: Amarin Corporation Plc, 7 Curzon Street, London, W1J 5HG

MACGIBBON, Ross Arthur RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 Mar 1999
Resigned on: 31 Mar 2002
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: January 1955
Address: 41 St Georges Square, London, SW1V 3QN

MACMILLAN, Deborah Millicent, Lady RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 1993
Resigned on: 04 Dec 1994
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: July 1944
Address: 11 Spencer Park, London, SW18 2SX

MADEN, Margaret, Professor RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Mar 2002
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2011
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1940
Address: 12 Dale Close, Saint Ebbes, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1TU

MANDUELL, John, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1995
Date of birth: March 1928
Address: Chesham, High Bentham, Lancaster, LA2 7JY

MAYHEW JONAS, Judith Charles, Dame RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Mar 2003
Resigned on: 31 Aug 2008
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: October 1948
Address: 25 Victoria Avenue, London, SW1W 0RB

MCMAHON, Christopher RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1997
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1927
Address: Old House, Burleigh Lane, Minchinhampton, Stroud, GL5 2PQ

METHERELL, Julian RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Aug 2013
Resigned on: 28 Aug 2022
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: June 1963
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

MIRZA, Dr Munira, Dr RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 07 Oct 2014
Resigned on: 10 Dec 2019
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1978
Address: Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

MORRELL, Paul Dring RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Aug 2016
Resigned on: 25 Aug 2024
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: February 1948
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

MUELLER, Rudolf Gottfried RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 25 Mar 1996
Resigned on: 14 Jan 1998
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1934
Address: 8 Cumberland Terrace, Regents Park, London, NW1 4HS

NEARS, Colin Gray RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 24 Apr 1995
Resigned on: 16 Jan 1998
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: March 1933
Address: 16 Ashchurch Terrace, London, W12 9SL

NEWBIGGING, Carolyn RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 27 Feb 1997
Resigned on: 31 Dec 2001
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: November 1941
Address: 119 Old Church Street, London, SW3 6EA

PLASTOW, David Arnold Stuart, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jan 1992
Resigned on: 04 Mar 1993
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1932
Address: Danes Garden House, Awbridge, Hampshire, SO51 0GF

PRETTEJOHN, Nicholas Edward Tucker RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jul 2005
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2013
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1960
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

RABBATTS, Heather Victoria, Dame RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 20 Jan 2009
Resigned on: 31 Aug 2017
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: December 1955
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

ROBERTSON, Simon Manwaring, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Mar 2002
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2012
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: March 1941
Address: 8 Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ

ROBEY, Simon Christopher Townsend, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 14 May 2021
Resigned on: 28 Aug 2022
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1960
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

ROBEY, Simon Christopher Townsend, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jul 2006
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2016
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1960
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

RONSON, Gail, Dame RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 20 Sep 2001
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2014
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1946
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

ROSS, David Peter John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 2020
Resigned on: 13 May 2021
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: July 1965
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

RUBASINGHAM, Indhu RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 2020
Resigned on: 25 Aug 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: February 1970
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

RUDD, Roland Dacre RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 02 Feb 2011
Resigned on: 31 Aug 2017
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1961
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

SAINSBURY, Anya, Lady RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Dec 2002
Resigned on: 10 Jul 2007
Date of birth: January 1933
Address: 9 The Boltons, London, SW10 9TD

SAINSBURY, John Davan, Lord RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1991
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: November 1927
Address: 9, The Boltons, London, SW10 9TD

SALZ, Anthony Michael Vaughan, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 07 Oct 2008
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2016
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: June 1950
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

SOUTHGATE, Colin Grieve, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 15 Jan 1998
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2003
Date of birth: July 1938
Address: Northbury Farm, Castle End Road Ruscombe, Reading, Berkshire, RG10 9XJ

SPOONER, James Douglas, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Dec 1997
Date of birth: July 1932
Address: 52 Clarendon Road, London, W11 2HH

STIRLING, Angus Duncan Aeneas, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Aug 1996
Date of birth: December 1933
Address: 25 Ladbroke Grove, London, W11 3AY

STREET, Susan Ruth, Dame RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Sep 2007
Resigned on: 31 Jul 2015
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: August 1949
Address: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Filing history

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Charges

Created	Status	Filings
20 May 2015	Outstanding	Registration of a charge (MR01) (opens in a new tab)
05 Jul 2013	Outstanding	Registration of a charge (MR01) (opens in a new tab)
05 Jul 2013	Outstanding	Registration of a charge (MR01) (opens in a new tab)
10 May 2011	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (MG01) (opens in a new tab)Satisfaction of a charge (MR04) (opens in a new tab)
01 Jun 2010	Outstanding	Registration of a charge (MG01) (opens in a new tab)
01 Jun 2010	Outstanding	Registration of a charge (MG01) (opens in a new tab)
24 May 2007	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (MG02) (opens in a new tab)
29 Jun 2005	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (MG02) (opens in a new tab)
06 Mar 1995	Satisfied	Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
06 Mar 1995	Satisfied	Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
06 Mar 1995	Satisfied	Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
28 Sep 1993	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
28 Sep 1993	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
13 Dec 1991	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
13 Dec 1991	Satisfied	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
30 Mar 1989	Satisfied	Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
20 Oct 1988	Satisfied	Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
23 Dec 1986	Satisfied	Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)
11 Apr 1983	Satisfied
25 Apr 1961	Satisfied	Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)

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