Registered charity · Preston
Preston Little Theatre Company Limited
- 13 trustees
- Income £102k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dennis YardleyChair
- Allan GreenTrustee · since 2018
- Carol CaineTrustee · since 2023
- Christopher Bruce GayTrustee · since 2026
- Jacqueline Elizabeth StopyraTrustee · since 2024
- Jane TudorTrustee
- John BracewellTrustee
- Mark Stuart HowardTrustee · since 2025
- Mary Jeanette DawsonTrustee · since 2008
- Maureen Marian NicksonTrustee · since 2024
- Michael John TaylorTrustee · since 2016
- Paul Christopher ArmittTrustee · since 2020
- Ruth Anne FraserTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Lancashire
- Website
- www.prestonplayhouse.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Preston Little Theatre Company Limited
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£102k£101k
- 2024£121k£105k
- 2023£94k£81k
Earlier years
- 2022£75k£54k
- 2021£37k£33k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE GENERAL EDUCATION IN THE ART OF DRAMA AND TO DEVELOP PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART BY THE PROVISION OF A THEATRE TO PROVIDE AMATEUR DRAMATICS.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Dennis Yardley Chair
- Allan Green since 2018
- Carol Caine since 2023
- Christopher Bruce Gay since 2026
- Jane Tudor
- John Bracewell
- Jacqueline Elizabeth Stopyra since 2024
- Mary Jeanette Dawson since 2008
- Mark Stuart Howard since 2025
- Maureen Marian Nickson since 2024
- Michael John Taylor since 2016
- Paul Christopher Armitt since 2020
- Ruth Anne Fraser since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Allan Green since 2018
- Mary Jeanette Dawson since 2008
- Michael John Taylor since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Dennis Yardley Chair
- Allan Green since 2018
- Carol Caine since 2023
- Christopher Bruce Gay since 2026
- Jane Tudor
- John Bracewell
- Jacqueline Elizabeth Stopyra since 2024
- Mary Jeanette Dawson since 2008
- Mark Stuart Howard since 2025
- Maureen Marian Nickson since 2024
- Michael John Taylor since 2016
- Paul Christopher Armitt since 2020
- Ruth Anne Fraser since 2021
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
- 1045182
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 JANUARY 1995
- Companies House
- Company number 03008235 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01772252288 · secretary@prestonplayhouse.co.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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