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Blue Elephant Theatre Limited
Blue Elephant Theatre Limited is a registered charity (number 1077161) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Paul Langton. Latest income £109k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Blue Elephant Theatre (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £109k (2025)
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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
- Southwark, Lancashire, Lambeth
- Website
- www.blueelephanttheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Blue Elephant Theatre Limited
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£109k£171k
- 2024£146k£135k
- 2023£185k£257k
Earlier years
- 2022£276k£241k
- 2021£224k£196k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND IN FILM AND THEATRE BY WAY OF WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND PRODUCTIONS OF WORK AND IN SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.
Grants received
24 grants · £439,964 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
- London Borough of Southwark · £186,648 (16 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £116,905 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £79,688
- Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund · £30,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £23,223 (2 grants)
Most recent
- London Borough of Southwark
- London Borough of Southwark
- London Borough of Southwark
- London Borough of Southwark
- 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.
4 trustees on the board
- Paul Langton Chair
- Brian Alistair Beaton since 2019
- Derrick Aaron Oko Tawiah since 2023
- Matthew Craig since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Brian Alistair Beaton since 2019
- Matthew Craig since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Paul Langton Chair
- Brian Alistair Beaton since 2019
- Derrick Aaron Oko Tawiah since 2023
- Matthew Craig since 2012
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1077161
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2ND MARCH 1999
- Companies House
- Company number 03724349 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07398945810 · info@blueelephanttheatre.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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