The Old Meeting House Trust

Active03200475 Private company limited by guarantee

What The Old Meeting House Trust say about themselves

“Helmsley Arts Centre is a thriving performance venue in the heart of Ryedale with a regular programme of theatre, cinema, music, comedy, dance and exhibitions. Ideal for the whole family”

— from helmsleyarts.co.uk
Incorporated
17 May 1996 (30 years)
Industry
Operation of arts facilities (90040)
Directors
Neil Bell
Harry Gascoyne
Controlled by
Nicola Jane Hutchinson
Neil Bell
Harry Gascoyne
Accounts type
Full
Region
Yorkshire
Address
The Old Meeting House
Meeting House Court
Helmsley York
YO62 5DW

Filing status

Accounts due
31 December 2026
Last accounts
31 March 2025
Conf. stmt due
2 June 2027
Last conf. stmt
19 May 2026

Officers 13 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 3 September 2026
Also at Hutch Cassidy Ltd
British
Born July 1985 (41)
Bell, Neil
Director · Appointed 3 September 2026
British
Born October 1943 (83)
Gascoyne, Harry
Director · Appointed 3 September 2026
British
Born September 2002 (24)
Collins, Duncan
Director · Appointed 3 September 2026
British
Born March 1946 (80)
Director · Appointed 3 September 2026
Also at Fox & Rabbit Holiday Cottages Limited
British
Born December 1965 (60)
Vernon, Nicholas Lee
Director · Appointed 20 October 2024
British
Born July 1970 (56)
Gilbert, Angela
Director · Appointed 1 April 2024
British
Born December 1968 (57)
Garbutt, Gill
Director · Appointed 12 September 2022
British
Born December 1956 (69)
Director · Appointed 10 June 2021
Also at Areté Learning Trust
English
Born April 1947 (79)
Director · Appointed 28 September 2010
Also at 40 Earlham Street Limited, 40 Earlham Street Property Limited · more companies
British
Born January 1955 (71)
Duncombe, Jake Barnaby, The Hon
Director · Appointed 10 March 2010
British
Born March 1972 (54)
Director · Appointed 17 May 2007
British
Born August 1946 (80)
Director · Appointed 17 May 1996
Also at Wilkin Chapman LLP, RFB Trustees Three Limited, RFB Trustees Four Limited · more companies
British
Born August 1963 (63)
Officer history (89 former)
3 September 2026
Appointed Hutchinson, Nicola Jane as Director
3 September 2026
Appointed Bell, Neil as Director
3 September 2026
Appointed Gascoyne, Harry as Director
3 September 2026
Appointed Collins, Duncan as Director
3 September 2026
Appointed Hamilton, Adrian as Director
19 May 2026
Resigned Andrews, Nicholas as Director
19 May 2026
Resigned Andrews, Nicholas Anthony Stuart as Secretary
26 March 2026
Resigned Jones, Rhys Lewis Jones as Director
19 May 2025
Resigned Sheridan, Wendy Jean as Director
19 May 2025
Appointed Jones, Rhys Lewis Jones as Director
1 November 2024
Resigned Sheridan, Wendy Jean as Secretary
1 November 2024
Appointed Sheridan, Wendy Jean as Director
1 November 2024
Appointed Andrews, Nicholas Anthony Stuart as Secretary
20 October 2024
Appointed Vernon, Nicholas Lee as Director
5 September 2024
Resigned Butcher, Neil as Director
29 May 2024
Resigned Gardner, Joanna as Director
1 April 2024
Appointed Gilbert, Angela as Director
1 April 2024
Appointed Andrews, Nicholas as Director
30 November 2023
Resigned Linley, Heather as Director
30 November 2023
Resigned Sheard, Helen as Director
6 January 2023
Resigned Simmonds, Julia Mary Scott as Director
5 January 2023
Resigned Kershaw, Jean as Director
12 September 2022
Appointed Gardner, Joanna as Director
12 September 2022
Appointed Garbutt, Gill as Director
12 September 2022
Resigned Hart, Anelay Colton Wright as Director
12 September 2022
Resigned Nicoll, Paul as Director
22 May 2022
Appointed Sheridan, Wendy Jean as Secretary
22 May 2022
Resigned Linley, Heather Louise as Secretary
20 September 2021
Appointed Linley, Heather Louise as Secretary
24 June 2021
Resigned Nicoll, Paul as Secretary
10 June 2021
Appointed Belsom, Christopher George Henry as Director
11 May 2021
Resigned Warnock-Smith, Kate as Director
7 December 2020
Appointed Linley, Heather as Director
14 November 2020
Resigned Spink, Mandy Elizabeth as Director
24 September 2019
Appointed Warnock-Smith, Kate as Director
24 September 2019
16 August 2019
Resigned O'Loughlin, Patrick Hugh Edmond as Director
1 July 2019
Resigned Lee, Jeffery Hayden as Director
31 October 2018
Resigned Sheard, Helen as Director
30 September 2018
Appointed Sheard, Helen as Director
30 September 2018
Appointed Sheard, Helen as Director
1 November 2017
Resigned Aldous-Ball, Victoria as Director
1 September 2017
Resigned Robinson, Timothy James, Rev as Director
1 September 2017
Resigned Jones, Anne Elizabeth as Director
1 September 2017
Resigned Gunn, Gordon James as Director
1 September 2017
Resigned Birch, Cate as Director
12 May 2017
Resigned Bryan, Judith Anne as Director
2 February 2017
Appointed Nicoll, Paul as Director
2 February 2017
Appointed Nicoll, Paul as Secretary
2 February 2017
Appointed Birch, Cate as Director
27 September 2016
Appointed O'Loughlin, Patrick Hugh Edmond as Director
27 September 2016
Appointed Lee, Jeffery Hayden as Director
27 September 2016
Resigned Cairncross, Margaret Ann as Director
16 February 2016
17 November 2015
Resigned Plummer, Judyth Ann as Director
29 September 2015
Appointed Bryan, Judith Anne as Director
29 September 2015
Resigned Gaunt, Nicholas as Director
29 September 2015
Resigned Trent, Martin Francis as Director
29 September 2015
Resigned Burnell, Ann as Director
18 February 2015
Appointed Aldous-Ball, Victoria as Director
30 September 2014
Resigned Grove, Tabitha May as Director
23 September 2014
Appointed Spink, Mandy Elizabeth as Director
15 April 2014
Appointed Gunn, Gordon James as Director
15 April 2014
Appointed Robinson, Timothy James, Rev as Director
14 January 2014
Resigned Grant, Jessica as Director
24 September 2013
Resigned Crane, Richard as Director
16 April 2013
Appointed Grove, Tabitha May as Director
25 September 2012
Resigned Sigsworth, George Robert as Director
25 September 2012
Resigned Priest, Jane Elizabeth as Director
25 September 2012
Resigned Tilley, John Edward as Director
25 September 2012
Resigned Chambers, Hector Patrick Maurice as Director
25 September 2012
20 September 2011
20 September 2011
Resigned Anderson, Irene as Director
20 September 2011
Resigned Small, Peter Leslie as Director
20 September 2011
Appointed Grant, Jessica as Director
20 September 2011
Appointed Butcher, Neil as Director
20 September 2011
Appointed Crane, Richard as Director
4 February 2011
Resigned Greener, June Barbara as Director
1 November 2010
Resigned Long, Valerie Marion as Director
28 September 2010
Appointed Vander Weyer, Martin Laurence as Director
27 April 2010
Appointed Burnell, Ann as Director
10 March 2010
Appointed Duncombe, Jake Barnaby, The Hon as Director
26 January 2010
Resigned Arnold, Valerie Margaret as Director
26 January 2010
Appointed Priest, Jane Elizabeth as Director
1 October 2009
Resigned Kitchin, Malcolm Jeffray as Director
15 September 2009
Resigned Kitchin, Malcolm Jeffray as Secretary
15 September 2009
Resigned Linsley, Philip Mark as Director
15 September 2009
Resigned Burnell, Ann as Director
15 September 2009
Resigned Clough, Margaret Ann Hay as Director
15 September 2009
Appointed Tilley, John Edward as Director
15 September 2009
Appointed Trent, Martin Francis as Director
23 September 2008
Resigned Davidson, Rachel More as Director
23 September 2008
Appointed Greener, June Barbara as Director
23 September 2008
Resigned Rowe, Patricia as Director
23 September 2008
Appointed Long, Valerie Marion as Director
23 September 2008
Resigned Weyer, Martin Laurence Vander as Director
27 May 2008
28 October 2007
Resigned Anderson, Pamela as Director
22 May 2007
Appointed Anderson, Pamela as Director
17 May 2007
Appointed Arnold, Stephen, Cllr as Director
16 May 2007
Appointed Anderson, Irene as Director
4 May 2007
Resigned Anderson, Irene as Director
4 May 2007
Resigned Anderson, Pamela as Director
26 September 2006
Appointed Simmonds, Julia Mary Scott as Director
26 September 2006
Resigned Radcliffe, Paul as Director
26 September 2006
Appointed Cairncross, Margaret Ann as Director
26 September 2006
Appointed Linsley, Philip Mark as Director
18 May 2006
18 May 2006
Appointed Anderson, Pamela as Director
27 September 2005
Appointed Davidson, Rachel More as Director
27 September 2005
Resigned Whitfield, Emily as Director
27 September 2005
Appointed Gaunt, Nicholas as Director
27 September 2005
Appointed Denning, Marguerite Vere Michele as Director
27 September 2005
Appointed Anderson, Irene as Director
22 March 2005
Resigned Stockbridge, Cal Jane as Director
28 September 2004
Resigned Zarb, Erica as Director
23 September 2003
Resigned Shaw, Mary Jeannette Robinson as Director
23 September 2003
Resigned Smith, Ruth as Director
23 September 2003
Appointed Rowe, Patricia as Director
23 September 2003
Resigned Toynbee, Frances Veronica, Dr as Director
23 September 2003
Resigned Bryan, Peter Nigel as Director
22 July 2003
Resigned Buffoni, John Peter as Director
15 May 2003
Resigned Anderson, Pamela as Director
15 May 2003
Appointed Murray Wells, Richard James Toby as Director
24 September 2002
Resigned Needham, Janet as Director
24 September 2002
Appointed Burnell, Ann as Director
24 September 2002
Appointed Chambers, Hector Patrick Maurice as Director
24 September 2002
Resigned Heron, Helen Elizabeth as Director
24 September 2002
Resigned Burns, Anthony as Director
24 September 2002
Appointed Radcliffe, Paul as Director
25 September 2001
Appointed Buffoni, John Peter as Director
25 September 2001
Appointed Hart, Anelay Colton Wright as Director
25 September 2001
Appointed Arnold, Valerie Margaret as Director
25 September 2001
Resigned Price, Glyn Albert as Director
25 September 2001
Appointed Zarb, Erica as Director
25 September 2001
Appointed Stockbridge, Cal Jane as Director
28 August 2001
Resigned Rowe, Patricia as Director
18 September 2000
Resigned Weyer, Martin Laurence Vander as Secretary
18 September 2000
Appointed Kitchin, Malcolm Jeffray as Director
18 September 2000
Resigned Williams-Bird, Elaine as Director
18 September 2000
Appointed Smith, Ruth as Director
18 September 2000
Resigned Andrews, Hilary Fullforth as Director
18 September 2000
Appointed Toynbee, Frances Veronica, Dr as Director
18 September 2000
Resigned Needham, Thomas Francis as Director
18 September 2000
Appointed Kitchin, Malcolm Jeffray as Secretary
27 September 1999
Resigned Allen, John Piers as Director
27 September 1999
Resigned Walters, Elizabeth Jane as Director
27 September 1999
Appointed Heron, Helen Elizabeth as Director
27 September 1999
27 September 1999
Resigned Allen, Margaret Dorothy as Director
27 September 1999
Appointed Whitfield, Emily as Director
20 May 1999
Appointed Anderson, Pamela as Director
3 May 1999
15 March 1999
21 September 1998
Appointed Small, Peter Leslie as Director
21 September 1998
Appointed Rowe, Patricia as Director
21 September 1998
Appointed Clough, Margaret Ann Hay as Director
21 September 1998
Resigned De Quincy, Penelope as Director
29 September 1997
Appointed Williams-Bird, Elaine as Director
29 September 1997
Resigned Plummer, Leo as Director
30 September 1996
Appointed Andrews, Hilary Fullforth as Director
30 September 1996
Resigned Hague, Stuart as Director
30 September 1996
Appointed De Quincy, Penelope as Director
30 September 1996
30 September 1996
30 September 1996
Resigned Balme, Maurice as Director
30 September 1996
Appointed Walters, Elizabeth Jane as Director
30 September 1996
30 September 1996
Appointed Plummer, Judyth Ann as Director
30 September 1996
Resigned Balme, Sarah as Director
30 September 1996
Resigned Lane, Katrina Lorraine as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Hague, Stuart as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Shaw, Mary Jeannette Robinson as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Balme, Sarah as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Burns, Anthony as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Weyer, Martin Laurence Vander as Secretary
17 May 1996
Appointed Needham, Janet as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Needham, Thomas Francis as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Bryan, Peter Nigel as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Balme, Maurice as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Price, Glyn Albert as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Allen, Margaret Dorothy as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Weyer, Martin Laurence Vander as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Allen, John Piers as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Sigsworth, George Robert as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Lane, Katrina Lorraine as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Jones, Anne Elizabeth as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Plummer, Leo as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Kershaw, Jean as Director
17 May 1996
Appointed Lane, John Richard as Director

Ownership 12 active

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

Individual · Notified 3 September 2026
Has significant influence or control
British
Born July 1985 (41)
Neil Bell
Individual · Notified 3 September 2026
Has significant influence or control
British
Born October 1943 (83)
Harry Gascoyne
Individual · Notified 3 September 2026
Has significant influence or control
British
Born September 2002 (24)
Duncan Collins
Individual · Notified 3 September 2026
Has significant influence or control
British
Born March 1946 (80)
Individual · Notified 3 September 2026
Has significant influence or control
British
Born December 1965 (60)
Angela Gilbert
Individual · Notified 1 April 2024
Has significant influence or control
British
Born December 1968 (57)
Gill Garbutt
Individual · Notified 12 September 2022
Has significant influence or control
British
Born December 1956 (69)
Individual · Notified 25 May 2022
Has significant influence or control
English
Born April 1947 (79)
Individual · Notified 28 May 2019
Has significant influence or control
British
Born August 1963 (63)
The Hon Jake Barnaby Duncombe
Individual · Notified 28 May 2019
Has significant influence or control
British
Born March 1972 (54)
Individual · Notified 28 May 2019
Has significant influence or control
British
Born August 1946 (80)
Martin Laurence Vander Weyer
Individual · Notified 28 May 2019
Has significant influence or control
British
Born January 1955 (71)
Former controllers (15)
19 May 2026
Ceased Nicholas Andrews — Has significant influence or control
26 March 2026
Ceased Rhys Lewis Jones Jones — Has significant influence or control
19 May 2025
Ceased Neil Butcher — Has significant influence or control
29 May 2024
Ceased Joanna Gardner — Has significant influence or control
30 November 2023
Ceased Heather Linley — Has significant influence or control
30 November 2023
Ceased Helen Sheard — Has significant influence or control
6 January 2023
Ceased Julia Mary Scott Simmonds — Has significant influence or control
5 January 2023
Ceased Jean Kershaw — Has significant influence or control
12 September 2022
Ceased Anelay Colton Wright Hart — Has significant influence or control
12 September 2022
Ceased Paul Nicoll — Has significant influence or control
11 May 2021
Ceased Kate Warnock-Smith — Has significant influence or control
9 November 2020
Ceased Mandy Elizabeth Spink — Has significant influence or control
24 September 2019
Ceased Chairman Of Trustees David Lawrence Powley — Has significant influence or control (as a trust)
29 July 2019
Ceased Patrick Hugh Edmond O'Loughlin — Has significant influence or control
1 July 2019
Ceased Jeffrey Hayden Lee — Has significant influence or control

Financials

Balance sheet as at 31 March 2025 · full accounts

Net Assets
£2,299,107
Cash
£21,057
Employees
7
Debt Ratio
2%
Current Ratio
100.0x

Trend

Net Assets
£0 £2.0M £4.0M 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 £486,572 £535,115 £533,586 £476,097 £455,163 £2,299,107
Balance sheet detail
202520242023202220212020
Fixed Assets£483,175£437,246£453,452£443,777£404,084£415,761
Current Assets£1,868,247£46,683£54,790£120,919£180,251£97,554
Debtors£1,845,945£4,242£3,180£2,229£3,881£16,837
Cash£21,057£17,550£18,257£32,641£36,259£4,758
Creditors (< 1 year)£18,690£28,766£32,145£31,110£48,320£24,943
Creditors (> 1 year)£0£900£1,800
Net Current Assets£1,849,557£17,917£22,645£89,809£131,931£72,611
Net Assets£2,299,107£455,163£476,097£533,586£535,115£486,572

Filings 325

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
18 September 2026Appointment of a director
18 September 2026Notification of a person with significant control
16 September 2026Appointment of a director
16 September 2026Appointment of a director
16 September 2026Appointment of a director
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