# Laidlaw Opera Trust

## Details

- **Company number:** [10780520](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10780520)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- **Incorporated:** 19 May 2017
- **Registered office:** THE CLEMENT ROOMS, 217 STRAND, TEMPLE, LONDON, WC2R 1AT
- **Nature of business:** [96090](/sic/96090) Other service activities n.e.c.


## Previous names

- The Laidlaw Foundation (until 10 Oct 2017)
- Laidlaw Foundation (until 30 May 2025)
- The Irvine Laidlaw Foundation (until 21 Aug 2020)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAN MELLAERTS, Julien Amand | director | 11 Dec 2025 |  |
| KEMPE, Susanna Victoria | director | 2 Apr 2025 |  |
| LOMBERG, Catherine Mary Gray | director | 30 Jul 2024 |  |
| HADDON-CAVE, Amanda Charlotte, Lady | director | 12 Sep 2023 |  |
| HADDON-CAVE, Charles Anthony, The Right Honourable Sir | director | 12 Sep 2023 |  |
| YOUNG, Anne Marabini | director | 12 Sep 2023 |  |
| LAIDLAW, Irvine Alan Stewart, Lord | director | 19 May 2017 |  |
| EVANS, Bryan | director | 12 Sep 2023 | 8 Jan 2024 |
| DOYLE, Linda | director | 13 Jan 2022 | 14 Sep 2023 |
| RICHARDSON, Louise Mary, Professor Dame | director | 20 Oct 2020 | 14 Sep 2023 |
| CARTER, David Anthony | director | 9 Sep 2019 | 14 Sep 2023 |
| MAYBURY, Chris | director | 19 May 2017 | 14 Sep 2023 |
| DIETEL, Steffen | director | 19 May 2017 | 13 Jan 2022 |
| FAIR OBE, Peter | director | 19 May 2017 | 31 Aug 2019 |
| HARRISON, Brian | director | 19 May 2017 | 2 Apr 2019 |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord   Irvine Alan Stewart Laidlaw | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 19 May 2017 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Employees |
|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | 0 |
| 31 Jul 2024 | 3 |
| 31 Jul 2023 | 4 |




## Controls

- [Rothiemay Trading Limited](/company/11313777) (11313777)



## Directors' other companies

- [KEMPE, Susanna Victoria](/person/6828016) - director at [Flying Trumpets Limited](/company/06684563)