Registered charity · Sheffield
Forced Entertainment Limited
Forced Entertainment Limited is a registered charity (number 1049574) based in Sheffield, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by David Micklem since 2023. Latest income £724k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £724k (2025)
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Who leads it
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
- Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City
- Website
- www.forcedentertainment.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Forced Entertainment Limited
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£724k£708k
- 2024£500k£582k
- 2023£519k£556k
Earlier years
- 2022£562k£649k
- 2021£683k£439k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 35%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA
Grants received
3 grants · £331,096 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 · £254,091
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £77,005 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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
- David Micklem Chair since 2023
- DR Frances Babbage
- Daniel Joseph Kok since 2019
- Dr Thomas Samuel Payne since 2023
- Inga Hirst since 2019
- Lauren Nicole Whitter since 2021
- Reena Kalsi since 2023
- Timothy Norwood since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Daniel Joseph Kok since 2019
- Inga Hirst since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- David Micklem Chair since 2023
- DR Frances Babbage
- Daniel Joseph Kok since 2019
- Dr Thomas Samuel Payne since 2023
- Inga Hirst since 2019
- Lauren Nicole Whitter since 2021
- Reena Kalsi since 2023
- Timothy Norwood 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
5.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1049574
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 SEPTEMBER 1987 AS AMENDED BY A SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 21 AUGUST 1995 AND BY A CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25 SEPTEMBER 1995
- Companies House
- Company number 02170819 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01142798977 · fe@forcedentertainment.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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