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The Spennymoor Youth Theatre Group
- 13 trustees
- Income £25k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Louise DeftyChair · since 2014
- Abbie NewmanTrustee · since 2023
- Amy Jane LowesTrustee · since 2023
- Dede LyleTrustee · since 2023
- Donna GillowayTrustee · since 2022
- Dorothy PattonTrustee · since 2020
- Lesley Jane McdermottTrustee · since 2023
- Margaret Ethel JohnsonTrustee · since 2014
- Megan DeftyTrustee · since 2022
- Natasha WittonTrustee · since 2025
- Rhys byeTrustee · since 2023
- Trudy CowanTrustee · since 2018
- Victoria DaviesTrustee · since 2025
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
- Durham
- Website
- sytg@spennymoorsettlement.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£25k£29k
- 2024£25k£20k
- 2023£25k£28k
Earlier years
- 2022£15k£12k
- 2021£2k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS
Grants received
2 grants · £6,300 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,300
- The Greggs Foundation · £2,000
Most recent
- 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.
13 trustees on the board
- Louise Defty Chair since 2014
- Abbie Newman since 2023
- Amy Jane Lowes since 2023
- Dede Lyle since 2023
- Donna Gilloway since 2022
- Dorothy Patton since 2020
- Lesley Jane Mcdermott since 2023
- Margaret Ethel Johnson since 2014
- Megan Defty since 2022
- Natasha Witton since 2025
- Trudy Cowan since 2018
- Victoria Davies since 2025
- Rhys bye since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Louise Defty Chair since 2014
- Dorothy Patton since 2020
- Margaret Ethel Johnson since 2014
- Trudy Cowan since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Louise Defty Chair since 2014
- Abbie Newman since 2023
- Amy Jane Lowes since 2023
- Dede Lyle since 2023
- Donna Gilloway since 2022
- Dorothy Patton since 2020
- Lesley Jane Mcdermott since 2023
- Margaret Ethel Johnson since 2014
- Megan Defty since 2022
- Natasha Witton since 2025
- Trudy Cowan since 2018
- Victoria Davies since 2025
- Rhys bye since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 1061919
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16 JANUARY 1997 AS AMENDED 20 FEBRUARY 1997
- Contact on the register
- 07773009774 · sytg@spennymoorsettlement.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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