The Criterion Theatre Trust

Registered charity 1014891 Registered since 1992

Operates: City Of Westminster

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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 trustees on the board

Stephen FRY Chair since 2012
Alan Banes
Imogen Edwards-Jones since 2023
Lily Louisa Bourne since 2022
Sally Greene since 2011
Stephen Rosen since 2020

8.4y median 6y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Stephen FRY Chair since 2012
Sally Greene since 2011

20.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Stephen FRY Chair since 2012
Alan Banes
Imogen Edwards-Jones since 2023
Lily Louisa Bourne since 2022
Sally Greene since 2011
Stephen Rosen since 2020

company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6General Charitable Purposes 6

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

Arts and leisure 18Business services 6Education 4

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£3.0m latest income

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.

11.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

38 from 26 in 2020

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.

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.

Also active in the same field

National Centre for Circus Arts Similar size; both Arts and culture
Artists Studio Company Similar size; both Arts and culture
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Trust Similar size; both Arts and culture
Longborough Festival Opera Similar size; both Arts and culture
S1: Artspace/Projects Similar size; both Arts and culture
Studio Wayne Mcgregor Limited Similar size; both Arts and culture

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.criterion-theatre.co.uk
Email	admin@criterion-theatre.co.uk
Phone	02078398811
Address	Criterion Theatre, 2 Jermyn Street, London, SW1Y 4XA

Finances

£4,431,316 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,949,525	£1,842,371
2022	£3,287,020	£2,749,016
2023	£3,312,510	£2,879,023
2024	£2,964,394	£3,196,606
2025	£4,431,316	£3,736,658

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, MUSIC, BALLET, OPERA, PUPPETRY, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, CINEMA, LITERATURE AND POETRY AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21ST OCTOBER 1992.

Trustees (6)

6trustees

72median age

3aged 70+

Stephen FRYage band 65-69 Chair since 2012
Alan Banesage band 80-84
Imogen Edwards-Jones since 2023
Lily Louisa Bourneage band 40-44 since 2022
Sally Greeneage band 70-74 since 2011
Stephen Rosenage band 75-79 since 2020

Linked company (Companies House)

The Criterion Theatre Trust · 02759117 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/10/1992

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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