The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Activate Performing Arts

Registered charity 1069622 Registered since 1998

Operates: Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole

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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.

7 trustees on the board

4.1y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 10Health and social care 1

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£642k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.2 in 2021

18 from 10 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
20%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.activateperformingarts.org.uk
Emailinfo@activateperformingarts.org.uk
Phone01305260954
AddressACTIVATE PERFORMING ARTS, 7-9 THE LITTLE KEEP, BARRACK ROAD, DORCHESTER, DORSET, DT1 1SQ

Finances

£641,613 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£461,620£364,291
2022£618,426£713,344
2023£550,455£546,132
2024£672,747£735,736
2025£641,613£488,186

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ARTS GENERALLY, AND MORE PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) DANCE, DRAMA, AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 25 SEPTEMBER 1997CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION GIVEN 25 SEPTEMBER 1997

Trustees (7)

7trustees
46median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Activate Performing Arts · 03439777 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/09/1997

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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