The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Northampton Theatres Trust Limited

Registered charity 1075741 Registered since 1999

Operates: Northamptonshire

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2.6y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

12
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 11Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2Recreation 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 17Professional services 5Education 4

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£10.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

166 from 140 in 2021
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.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.royalandderngate.co.uk
Emailbox.office@royalandderngate.co.uk
Phone01604 655744
AddressNorthampton Theatres Trust Ltd, c/o Royal & Derngate, Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP

Finances

£10,202,263 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,133,843£4,321,138
2022£8,724,512£8,790,666
2023£9,710,985£10,939,285
2024£9,410,245£10,930,312
2025£10,202,263£11,558,751

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE TRUST'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROVIDE A CULTURAL EXPERIENCE WHICH WILL ENLIGHTEN, ENTERTAIN, EDUCATE AND STIMULATE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE RESIDENTS OF NORTHAMPTON AND THE EAST MIDLANDS BY:2.1 PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF QUALITY ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WHETHER ON THE PREMISES BELONGING TO THE TRUST AT GUILDHALL ROAD, NORTHAMPTON ("THE CENTRE") OR ELSEWHERE; AND2.2 PROVIDING AN EXTENSIVE INTERLINKED INTERPRETATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMME AT THE CENTRE OR ELSEWHERE; AND2.3 OPERATING THE CENTRE AS A PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE SPACE; AND2.4 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/09/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/04/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/01/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/05/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/05/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 03/05/2011

Trustees (12)

12trustees
60median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Northampton Theatres Trust Limited · 03640915 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/09/1998

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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