Equal Arts Ltd.

Active01992359 Private company limited by guarantee

What Equal Arts say about themselves

“dementia-friendly activities in Newcastle and Gateshead - Equal Arts, providing arts activities for older people and those with dementia.”

— from equalarts.org.uk
Incorporated
21 February 1986 (40 years)
Previously known as
Northern Shape (until 8 January 2024)
Industry
Operation of arts facilities (90040)
Directors
Andrew Newman
Lyn Chapman
Harriet Bendelow
Accounts type
Total exemption full
Region
North East
Address
Level 3
Newcastle City Library
33 New Bridge Street West
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 8AX

Filing status

Accounts due
31 December 2026
Last accounts
31 March 2025
Conf. stmt due
24 December 2026
Last conf. stmt
10 December 2025

Officers 5 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Newman, Andrew, Prof
Director · Appointed 28 December 2023
British
Born March 1960 (66)
Chapman, Lyn
Director · Appointed 18 October 2023
English
Born September 1960 (66)
Bendelow, Harriet
Director · Appointed 23 November 2021
British
Born April 1989 (37)
Beeley, John
Director · Appointed 8 December 2020
British
Born March 1967 (59)
Franks, Karen, Dr
Director · Appointed 20 March 2018
British
Born June 1973 (53)
Officer history (49 former)
24 August 2026
Resigned Walton, Anne as Director
24 June 2025
Resigned Connelly, John as Director
28 December 2023
Appointed Newman, Andrew, Prof as Director
18 October 2023
Appointed Chapman, Lyn as Director
12 October 2023
Resigned Mcdermott-Shields, Patricia Anne as Director
2 January 2023
Resigned Peel, Irena Dawn as Director
23 November 2021
Resigned Begum, Syeda as Director
23 November 2021
Appointed Bendelow, Harriet as Director
23 November 2021
Resigned Charlton, Marilyn as Director
8 December 2020
Appointed Connelly, John as Director
8 December 2020
Appointed Beeley, John as Director
8 December 2020
Appointed Begum, Syeda as Director
25 August 2020
Resigned Smith, Deborah as Director
7 July 2020
Resigned Cook, Glenda as Director
28 January 2020
Resigned Conway, Hugh Dolan as Director
28 January 2020
Resigned Barrett, Margaret as Director
17 September 2019
Resigned Wiseman, Alice Katherine as Director
16 July 2019
Appointed Walton, Anne as Director
23 April 2019
Appointed Peel, Irena Dawn as Director
20 March 2018
Appointed Franks, Karen, Dr as Director
20 March 2018
Appointed Barrett, Margaret as Director
21 November 2017
Resigned Winskell, Cyril as Director
21 November 2017
Appointed Wiseman, Alice Katherine as Director
21 November 2017
Resigned Wiper, Pauline as Director
2 February 2017
Resigned Oliver, Ann as Secretary
30 November 2016
Appointed Smith, Deborah as Director
29 September 2015
Resigned Elliott, Janet as Director
28 April 2015
Resigned Read, Lillian as Director
26 November 2013
Resigned Watson, Rachael as Director
26 November 2013
Resigned Mclellan, Alison as Director
28 November 2012
Appointed Charlton, Marilyn as Director
28 November 2012
Resigned Chatterjee, Amit as Director
28 November 2012
Appointed Read, Lillian as Director
28 October 2012
Appointed Cook, Glenda as Director
13 August 2012
Resigned Burdis, Elizabeth Ellen as Director
20 January 2012
Resigned Oneil, Elisabeth Siobhan as Director
28 October 2011
Resigned Hogg, John Thomas Edward as Director
20 July 2011
Resigned Siddall, Anna as Director
23 February 2011
Appointed Watson, Rachael as Director
24 November 2010
Appointed Elliott, Janet as Director
24 November 2010
Appointed Wiper, Pauline as Director
25 November 2009
Appointed Conway, Hugh Dolan as Director
22 September 2008
Resigned Taylor, Jean as Director
22 September 2008
Resigned Graham, Gail Louise as Director
21 April 2008
Resigned Hardy, Suzanne as Director
21 April 2008
Appointed Graham, Gail Louise as Director
21 April 2008
Appointed Taylor, Jean as Director
20 November 2006
Resigned Usher, Jeffrey John as Director
20 November 2006
Appointed Oneil, Elisabeth Siobhan as Director
20 November 2006
Appointed Siddall, Anna as Director
20 November 2006
Appointed Mclellan, Alison as Director
1 December 2005
Resigned Forster, Elizabeth as Director
25 April 2005
Resigned Scaife, Sarah Jane as Director
22 November 2004
Appointed Scaife, Sarah Jane as Director
12 May 2004
Resigned Pritchard, Emma as Director
24 February 2003
Appointed Pritchard, Emma as Director
20 November 2002
Appointed Chatterjee, Amit as Director
20 November 2002
Appointed Winskell, Cyril as Director
19 September 2001
Appointed Usher, Jeffrey John as Director
2 May 2001
Resigned Goodbarn, Margaret Jean as Director
1 June 2000
Resigned Keightley, Dawn as Director
29 September 1999
Appointed Forster, Elizabeth as Director
25 September 1997
Appointed Keightley, Dawn as Director
25 September 1997
Appointed Hogg, John Thomas Edward as Director
10 July 1997
Resigned Mcevoy, Marjorie as Director
18 April 1996
Resigned Lawton, Marisa as Director
18 April 1996
Appointed Mcdermott-Shields, Patricia Anne as Director
31 March 1996
Resigned Barrass, Craig as Director
5 February 1996
Resigned Saeed, Kirin as Director
30 November 1995
Resigned Phizacklea, Peter as Director
7 February 1995
Resigned Greenwell, Paula as Director
30 November 1994
Appointed Barrass, Craig as Director
30 November 1994
Appointed Oliver, Ann as Secretary
30 November 1994
Appointed Burdis, Elizabeth Ellen as Director
30 November 1994
Appointed Mcevoy, Marjorie as Director
30 November 1994
Appointed Saeed, Kirin as Director
30 November 1994
30 November 1994
Appointed Hardy, Suzanne as Director
30 November 1994
Resigned Mcphillips, Penelope Jane Saville as Secretary
31 January 1994
Resigned Gover, Paul William John as Director
21 July 1993
Resigned Heatlie, Stanley Victor as Director
3 June 1993
Resigned Nicolls, Joanne Angela as Director
18 December 1992
Resigned Burdus, David James Matthew as Director
18 November 1992
Resigned Ramsay, Edward as Director
18 November 1992
Resigned Nelson, Bryan Hedley as Director
18 November 1992
Resigned Kelly, Mary as Director
18 November 1992
Resigned Cooper, Robert James, Reverend as Director
18 November 1992
Resigned Obrien, Frances as Secretary
14 October 1992
Appointed Burdus, David James Matthew as Director
14 October 1992
Appointed Lawton, Marisa as Director
14 October 1992
Appointed Greenwell, Paula as Director
14 October 1992
Appointed Mcphillips, Penelope Jane Saville as Director
14 October 1992
Appointed Mcphillips, Penelope Jane Saville as Secretary
14 October 1992
Appointed Gover, Paul William John as Director
24 February 1992
Appointed Nicolls, Joanne Angela as Director
13 November 1991
Appointed Goodbarn, Margaret Jean 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.
Former controllers (1)
21 November 2017
Ceased Pauline Wiper — Has significant influence or control

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
7 September 2026Termination of appointment of a director
23 December 2025Total exemption full accounts31 March 2025
11 December 2025Confirmation statement with no updates10 December 2025
27 June 2025Termination of appointment of a director
13 January 2025Confirmation statement with no updates10 December 2024
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