The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Chicken Shed Theatre Trust

Registered charity 1012369 Registered since 1992

Operates: Enfield, Kensington And Chelsea

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6.1y median 6.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (16)

Portfolio (1)

16
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 17Education/training 17General Charitable Purposes 17

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 23Health and social care 17Finance 16

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.6 in 2021

115 from 91 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
32%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.chickenshed.org.uk
Emailinfo@chickenshed.org.uk
Phone02082162712
Address290 CHASE SIDE, SOUTHGATE, LONDON, N14 4PE

Finances

£4,533,510 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,350,542£2,917,613
2022£3,860,612£3,197,228
2023£3,939,734£3,449,540
2024£3,810,144£3,652,130
2025£4,533,510£4,253,390

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF FINE ARTS, HISTORY OF ART, ARCHITECTURE, DRAMA, OPERA, BALLET, MUSIC AND ANY OTHER PURELY CULTURAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED IT SHALL BE CHARITABLE PRINCIPALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PERSONS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THOSE WHO REQUIRE HELP WITH MOBILITY, COMMUNICATION, BEHAVIOUR OR SELF HELP SKILLS OR WITH SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH A VIEW TO EDUCATING THEM IN SUCH FIELDS, INTEGRATING THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ASSISTING THEM IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS FULL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. (2)THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TRUST MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8TH APRIL 1992

Trustees (17)

17trustees
60median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Chicken Shed Theatre Trust · 02705172 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/04/1992

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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