Registered charity · Northumberland
Novo Theatre Ltd
- 8 trustees
- Income £164k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher Richard FoxonTrustee · since 2021
- Fiona Clare WhitehurstTrustee · since 2021
- Helen Clare FussellTrustee · since 2022
- Jill Elizabeth ReadTrustee · since 2023
- Johanna Louise DarbyTrustee · since 2023
- John Anthony BeattieTrustee · since 2023
- Lauren ReganTrustee · since 2023
- Mark QuigleyTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.novotheatre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Novo Theatre LTD.
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£164k£249k
- 2024£237k£184k
- 2023£194k£183k
Earlier years
- 2022£235k£235k
- 2021£178k£169k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 81%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE DRAMATIC ARTS
Grants received
17 grants · £318,393 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £102,530
- Northern Rock Foundation · £69,440 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £58,449 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000 (3 grants)
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust · £23,675
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
Board analysis
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Christopher Richard Foxon since 2021
- Fiona Clare Whitehurst since 2021
- Helen Clare Fussell since 2022
- Jill Elizabeth Read since 2023
- Johanna Louise Darby since 2023
- John Anthony Beattie since 2023
- Lauren Regan since 2023
- Mark Quigley since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Christopher Richard Foxon since 2021
- Fiona Clare Whitehurst since 2021
- Helen Clare Fussell since 2022
- Jill Elizabeth Read since 2023
- Johanna Louise Darby since 2023
- John Anthony Beattie since 2023
- Lauren Regan since 2023
- Mark Quigley since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1016172
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/05/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/11/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/11/1995AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/10/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/10/2014 as amended on 16 Jun 2025 as amended on 08 Aug 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 02612362 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01670 457808 · info@novotheatre.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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