Registered charity · Exeter
Cygnet Training Theatre & Cygnet Research Library
- 4 trustees
- Income £91k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Devon
- Website
- www.cygnettheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Cygnet Training Theatre & Cygnet Research Library
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£91k£118k
- 2024£92k£116k
- 2023£97k£98k
Earlier years
- 2022£115k£151k
- 2021£139k£103k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 35%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF STUDENTS OF THE DRAMATIC ARTS SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO REACH THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE.(B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF DRAMA.
Grants received
3 grants · £34,500 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 · £20,000
- Backstage Trust · £12,500
- Devon Community 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.
4 trustees on the board
- Gail Parfitt since 2012
- Lucy Hermione Vanner Corley since 2024
- Nigel Damien Paul since 2022
- Rosalind Mary Williams
Trustees past 6 years
- Gail Parfitt since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Gail Parfitt since 2012
- Lucy Hermione Vanner Corley since 2024
- Nigel Damien Paul since 2022
- Rosalind Mary Williams
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
- 1081824
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 JANUARY 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 17 JUNE 2000, 28 NOVEMBER 2006 AND 18 FEBRUARY 2007.
- Companies House
- Company number 03905769 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01392277189 · info@cygnettheatre.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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