Registered charity · Leicester
The National Student Drama Festival Limited
- 9 trustees
- Income £95k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Benjamin CanningTrustee · since 2023
- Catherine Lousie Longman-JonesTrustee · since 2026
- Emma KendallTrustee · since 2019
- Ishan Sanjay DeshpandeTrustee · since 2024
- Javairya Naz KhanTrustee · since 2024
- Layla MadanatTrustee · since 2024
- Lois May ZonnenbergTrustee · since 2024
- Rachel LeipacherTrustee · since 2023
- Stuart Neil BurgessTrustee · since 2024
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, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.nsdf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The National Student Drama Festival LTD
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£95k£92k
- 2024£94k£79k
- 2023£100k£107k
Earlier years
- 2022£166k£214k
- 2021£219k£210k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 61%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT (IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS) KNOWLEDGE OF AND EDUCATION IN THE ARTS
Grants received
5 grants · £146,883 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
- Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation · £75,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £57,583
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £14,300 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Benjamin Canning since 2023
- Catherine Lousie Longman-Jones since 2026
- Emma Kendall since 2019
- Ishan Sanjay Deshpande since 2024
- Javairya Naz Khan since 2024
- Layla Madanat since 2024
- Lois May Zonnenberg since 2024
- Rachel Leipacher since 2023
- Stuart Neil Burgess since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Emma Kendall since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Benjamin Canning since 2023
- Catherine Lousie Longman-Jones since 2026
- Emma Kendall since 2019
- Ishan Sanjay Deshpande since 2024
- Javairya Naz Khan since 2024
- Layla Madanat since 2024
- Lois May Zonnenberg since 2024
- Rachel Leipacher since 2023
- Stuart Neil Burgess since 2024
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
- 1054121
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 SEPTEMBER 1995 as amended on 19 Sept 1995
- Companies House
- Company number 03103602 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07539768087 · info@nsdf.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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