Opera North Limited

Active01550778 Private company limited by guarantee

Incorporated: 13 March 1981 (45 years)
Industry: Performing arts (90010)
Directors: Merran Mcrae
Laura Frances Canning
Anthony Peter Freud
all 13 directors
Accounts type: Group
Region: Yorkshire
Address: Howard Opera Centre
8 Harrison Street
Leeds
LS1 6PA

Filing status

Accounts due: 31 December 2027
Last accounts: 31 March 2026
Conf. stmt due: 29 December 2026
Last conf. stmt: 15 December 2025

Charges

Total: 3
Outstanding: 3
Part satisfied: 0
Satisfied: 0

Officers 14 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Browne, Edward Anthony

Secretary · Appointed 17 August 2026

Mcrae, Merran

Director · Appointed 28 July 2026

Also at Yorkshire Sculpture Park · more companies

British

Born January 1962 (64)

Canning, Laura Frances

Director · Appointed 19 May 2025

Also at Opera North Trading Limited, National Opera Studio

British

Born October 1974 (52)

Freud, Anthony Peter

Director · Appointed 23 July 2024

British

Born October 1957 (69)

Gardiner, Kaley Victoria

Director · Appointed 23 July 2024

Also at Opera North Trading Limited, Ruby Digital Consulting Limited

British

Born March 1973 (53)

Kaprekar, Aniruddha Dinanath

Director · Appointed 23 July 2024

Also at Rifco Arts · more companies

British

Born September 1968 (58)

Wharton, Victoria Emma Louise

Director · Appointed 15 December 2022

British

Born March 1969 (57)

Abedin, Minhazul

Director · Appointed 24 March 2022

British

Born April 1998 (28)

Wallis, Dominic Laurence Carden

Director · Appointed 16 December 2021

Also at Uppingham School, Uppingham School (Asia) Ltd, Uppingham School Endowment · more companies

British

Born May 1969 (57)

Elwell, Rachel Louisa

Director · Appointed 16 December 2021

Also at Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Limited · more companies

British

Born September 1974 (52)

Hall, Sarah Elizabeth

Director · Appointed 16 December 2021

Also at The Landmark Trustee Company Limited, The Discerning Eye Ltd, The Landmark Trust (Auchinleck) Limited · more companies

British

Born March 1962 (64)

Gatiss, Howard Charles

Director · Appointed 12 December 2019

British

Born April 1958 (68)

Millard, Rosemary Harriet

Director · Appointed 15 January 2018

British

Born April 1965 (61)

Jowitt, Henrietta

Director · Appointed 12 January 2018

Also at Opera North Trading Limited, True Potential Administration LLP · more companies

British

Born July 1959 (67)

Officer history (66 former)

25 September 2026

Resigned Lee, Paul Anthony as Director

17 August 2026

Appointed Browne, Edward Anthony as Secretary

17 August 2026

Resigned Bullen, Kirsten Jean as Secretary

28 July 2026

Appointed Mcrae, Merran as Director

17 December 2025

Resigned Roberts-Cherry, Caroline as Director

17 December 2025

Resigned Pryor, Jonathan David as Director

19 May 2025

Appointed Canning, Laura Frances as Director

23 July 2024

Appointed Freud, Anthony Peter as Director

23 July 2024

Appointed Gardiner, Kaley Victoria as Director

23 July 2024

Appointed Kaprekar, Aniruddha Dinanath as Director

13 December 2023

Resigned Anderson, Edmund John Seward as Director

2 December 2023

Resigned Mantle, Richard John, Sir as Director

16 June 2023

Resigned Hunt, Renee as Director

5 January 2023

Resigned Warnett, John Irving as Director

5 January 2023

Resigned Maniura, Peter Dominic as Director

15 December 2022

Appointed Roberts-Cherry, Caroline as Director

15 December 2022

Appointed Wharton, Victoria Emma Louise as Director

24 March 2022

Appointed Abedin, Minhazul as Director

16 December 2021

Resigned Armour, Mark Henry as Director

16 December 2021

Appointed Hall, Sarah Elizabeth as Director

16 December 2021

Appointed Elwell, Rachel Louisa as Director

16 December 2021

Appointed Wallis, Dominic Laurence Carden as Director

11 December 2020

Resigned Brentnall, Nicola Christine as Director

12 December 2019

Resigned Kellett, Liza Miranda Ryerson as Director

12 December 2019

Resigned Poovaya-Smith Obe, Nima, Dr as Director

12 December 2019

Appointed Gatiss, Howard Charles as Director

1 June 2019

Appointed Hunt, Renee as Director

13 September 2018

Resigned Lloyd, Clive Roland as Director

13 September 2018

Resigned Bywater, John Andrew as Director

13 September 2018

Resigned Weyer, Martin Laurence Vander as Director

20 August 2018

Appointed Bullen, Kirsten Jean as Secretary

20 August 2018

Resigned Dobson, Helen Margaret as Secretary

15 June 2018

Resigned Baverstock, Paul Antony as Director

15 January 2018

Appointed Millard, Rosemary Harriet as Director

12 January 2018

Appointed Jowitt, Henrietta as Director

12 January 2018

Appointed Kellett, Liza Miranda Ryerson as Director

22 September 2017

Resigned Dillon, Paula Marie as Director

11 January 2017

Appointed Brentnall, Nicola Christine as Director

5 February 2016

Appointed Pryor, Jonathan David as Director

18 September 2015

Resigned Wakefield, Keith Ivor as Director

31 July 2014

Resigned Netherton, Derek Nigel Donald as Director

12 May 2014

Appointed Lee, Paul Anthony as Director

12 May 2014

Appointed Anderson, Edmund John Seward as Director

14 April 2014

Appointed Baverstock, Paul Antony as Director

13 September 2013

Resigned Bishop, Ann as Director

13 September 2013

Appointed Warnett, John Irving as Director

13 September 2013

Resigned Gibney, Vivien Murray as Director

13 September 2013

Resigned Arthur, Michael James Paul, Professor as Director

13 September 2013

Resigned Blake, Judith Vivienne, Councillor as Director

13 September 2013

Appointed Wakefield, Keith Ivor as Director

13 September 2013

Resigned Potter, Geoffrey as Director

13 September 2013

Appointed Maniura, Peter Dominic as Director

13 September 2013

Resigned Bowser, Wayne as Director

7 September 2012

Resigned Sparling, Peter Norman as Director

18 April 2012

Appointed Mantle, Richard John, Sir as Director

5 January 2012

Appointed Armour, Mark Henry as Director

9 December 2011

Resigned Eccles Of Moulton, Diana Catherine, Lady as Director

9 December 2011

Resigned Mackinlay, Jack Lindsay as Director

16 September 2011

Resigned Heller, John Henry Godfrey as Director

16 September 2011

Appointed Bowser, Wayne as Director

26 November 2010

Resigned Cowell, Raymond, Professor as Director

13 August 2010

Resigned Beverley, Michael as Director

11 June 2010

Appointed Netherton, Derek Nigel Donald as Director

1 July 2009

Appointed Poovaya-Smith Obe, Nima, Dr as Director

30 June 2009

Resigned Mcmillan, Ronald Thomas as Director

25 June 2009

Resigned Green, Christopher Gowland as Director

22 August 2008

Appointed Dillon, Paula Marie as Director

22 August 2008

Appointed Weyer, Martin Laurence Vander as Director

22 August 2008

Appointed Lloyd, Clive Roland as Director

22 August 2008

Appointed Bywater, John Andrew as Director

1 December 2006

Appointed Arthur, Michael James Paul, Professor as Director

1 December 2006

Resigned Duckworth, Roger Peter Terence as Director

22 May 2006

Resigned Feldman, Ronald David, Mr (Councillor) as Director

17 February 2006

Resigned Lascelles, George Henry Hubert, The Right Hon.The Earl Of Harewood as Director

17 February 2006

Appointed Green, Christopher Gowland as Director

9 December 2005

Resigned Barstow, Josephine Clare as Director

13 June 2005

Resigned Widdows, Angela Hermione, The Hon as Director

27 August 2004

Appointed Feldman, Ronald David, Mr (Councillor) as Director

27 August 2004

Resigned Atha, Bernard Peter, Honorary Alderman as Director

6 February 2004

Resigned Hemming, Penelope Julia as Director

5 December 2003

Appointed Duckworth, Roger Peter Terence as Director

5 December 2003

Resigned Neocosmos, Sally Christine as Director

24 October 2003

Appointed Gibney, Vivien Murray as Director

24 October 2003

Appointed Mcmillan, Ronald Thomas as Director

24 October 2003

Appointed Bishop, Ann as Director

24 October 2003

Appointed Widdows, Angela Hermione, The Hon as Director

24 October 2003

Appointed Potter, Geoffrey as Director

24 October 2003

Appointed Blake, Judith Vivienne, Councillor as Director

22 August 2003

Resigned Port, Lynn as Director

7 July 2003

Resigned Murray, Thomas as Director

6 December 2002

Resigned Leach, Clive William as Director

6 December 2002

Resigned Graham, John Alistair, Sir as Director

6 December 2002

Resigned Lovell, David John as Director

7 December 2001

Resigned Gunnell, William John as Director

24 July 2001

Appointed Heller, John Henry Godfrey as Director

20 October 2000

Resigned Lee, Paul Anthony as Director

17 May 2000

Appointed Cowell, Raymond, Professor as Director

5 January 2000

Resigned Walker, Antony Kenneth Frederick, Sir as Director

3 December 1999

Appointed Murray, Thomas as Director

3 December 1999

Appointed Dobson, Helen Margaret as Secretary

3 December 1999

Resigned Neocosmos, Sally Christine as Secretary

18 June 1999

Appointed Neocosmos, Sally Christine as Secretary

18 June 1999

Resigned Hogan, George Martin Winton David as Secretary

4 December 1998

Resigned Pratt, George Malcolm, Professor as Director

25 September 1998

Appointed Walker, Antony Kenneth Frederick, Sir as Director

25 September 1998

Appointed Eccles Of Moulton, Diana Catherine, Lady as Director

25 September 1998

Appointed Barstow, Josephine Clare as Director

19 June 1998

Resigned Linacre, John Gordon Seymour, Sir as Director

27 March 1998

Appointed Mackinlay, Jack Lindsay as Director

5 December 1997

Resigned Gilmore, Rosalind Edith Jean as Director

14 March 1997

Appointed Lee, Paul Anthony as Director

7 March 1997

Resigned Shindler, Geoffrey Arnold as Director

6 December 1996

Resigned Bullock, Matthew Peter Dominic, The Hon as Director

20 September 1996

Appointed Lovell, David John as Director

9 December 1995

Appointed Port, Lynn as Director

8 December 1995

Resigned Mcdonald, Tom, Sir as Director

20 March 1995

Appointed Neocosmos, Sally Christine as Director

20 January 1995

Appointed Hemming, Penelope Julia as Director

20 December 1994

Appointed Shindler, Geoffrey Arnold as Director

2 December 1994

Resigned Mcdonald, Tom, Sir as Secretary

2 December 1994

Appointed Hogan, George Martin Winton David as Secretary

2 December 1994

Resigned Adsetts, William Norman, Sir as Director

2 December 1994

Resigned Heinitz, Chris Alan, Councillor as Director

3 December 1993

Appointed Gilmore, Rosalind Edith Jean as Director

14 May 1993

Resigned Taylor, Russell Young Willis as Director

4 December 1992

Appointed Leach, Clive William as Director

4 December 1992

Appointed Pratt, George Malcolm, Professor as Director

4 December 1992

Resigned Worsley, George Oliver as Director

4 December 1992

Resigned Tapp, Anthony Clement as Director

27 January 1992

Appointed Mcdonald, Tom, Sir as Secretary

27 January 1992

Resigned Heinitz, Chris Alan, Councillor as Director

27 January 1992

Appointed Heinitz, Chris Alan, Councillor as Director

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Holdings 1

Companies where Opera North Limited is registered as a person with significant control

Opera North Trading Limited

Owns 75–100% of shares

Active

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

Date	Description	Made Up To	PDF
9 November 2026	Memorandum and Articles of Association		—
9 November 2026	Memorandum and Articles of Association		—
9 November 2026	Resolutions		—
9 November 2026	Resolutions		—
17 September 2026	Group of companies' accounts	31 March 2026