Registered charity · Brighton
Blast Theory
- 6 trustees
- Income £367k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Austria, Brazil and more
- Website
- www.blasttheory.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Blast Theory
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£367k£367k
- 2024£321k£370k
- 2023£421k£478k
Earlier years
- 2022£351k£436k
- 2021£355k£417k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND VISUAL ARTS, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE USE OF NEW, EXPERIMENTAL AND POPULAR MODES OF PRESENTATION.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Anthony Lilley OBE Chair since 2016
- Charlotte Christesen since 2021
- Iris Maor since 2014
- Laura Mcdermott since 2016
- Sarah Lau since 2019
- Simon Wiliams since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthony Lilley OBE Chair since 2016
- Iris Maor since 2014
- Laura Mcdermott since 2016
- Sarah Lau since 2019
- Simon Wiliams since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Anthony Lilley OBE Chair since 2016
- Charlotte Christesen since 2021
- Iris Maor since 2014
- Laura Mcdermott since 2016
- Sarah Lau since 2019
- Simon Wiliams 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
- 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
- 1053343
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21ST FEBRUARY 1996.
- Companies House
- Company number 03162239 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01273413455 · info@blasttheory.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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