Registered charity · Derby
Signed Performance in Theatre
- 5 trustees
- Income £3k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Sula GleesonChair
- David Maxwell PerkinsTrustee · since 2013
- Sarah GatfordTrustee · since 2019
- Simon John ThackerTrustee · since 2019
- Stephen Martin HawkinsTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.signedculture.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3k£2k
- 2024£3k£5k
- 2023£470£2k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£2k
- 2021£2k£1k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF DEAF PERSONS IN THE ARTS,ESPECIALLY THE ART OF THEATRE AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCE,PARTICULARLY BY INCREASING ACCESS TO THE ARTS FOR SUCH PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES INCLUDING BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE AND OTHER SUBSTITUTED MEANS OF COMMUNICATION FOR PERFORMANCE
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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.
5 trustees on the board
- Sula Gleeson Chair
- David Maxwell Perkins since 2013
- Stephen Martin Hawkins
- Sarah Gatford since 2019
- Simon John Thacker since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- David Maxwell Perkins since 2013
- Sarah Gatford since 2019
- Simon John Thacker since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Sula Gleeson Chair
- David Maxwell Perkins since 2013
- Stephen Martin Hawkins
- Sarah Gatford since 2019
- Simon John Thacker since 2019
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1038247
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/05/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/02/2012
- Contact on the register
- 01332913010 · admin@signedculture.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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