Registered charity · Ipswich
The NEW Wolsey Theatre Company Limited
The NEW Wolsey Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity (number 1082016) based in Ipswich, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £3.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as The New Wolsey, The New Wolsey Theatre (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £3.4m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Alice Louise HardakerTrustee · since 2023
- Colm Gerard James SeeleyTrustee · since 2024
- Jamie Elliot BeddardTrustee · since 2025
- Jason John Webbsmall-EghanTrustee · since 2025
- Laura HerbertTrustee · since 2023
- Louise ClarkTrustee · since 2025
- Marc Edward BradbrookTrustee · since 2023
- Sarah Nicola SheppardTrustee · since 2023
- Wendy Jane HerberTrustee · since 2024
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
- Suffolk
- Website
- www.wolseytheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The NEW Wolsey Theatre Company Limited
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.4m£3.3m
- 2024£3.3m£3.2m
- 2023£3.5m£3.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.9m£3.7m
- 2021£3.0m£1.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 35%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, SINGING AND MUSIC, AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFORE PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.
Grants received
9 grants · £1,987,638 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,906,656 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000
- Suffolk Community Foundation · £22,745 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £18,237 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Alice Louise Hardaker since 2023
- Colm Gerard James Seeley since 2024
- Jamie Elliot Beddard since 2025
- Jason John Webbsmall-Eghan since 2025
- Laura Herbert since 2023
- Louise Clark since 2025
- Marc Edward Bradbrook since 2023
- Sarah Nicola Sheppard since 2023
- Wendy Jane Herber since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alice Louise Hardaker since 2023
- Colm Gerard James Seeley since 2024
- Jamie Elliot Beddard since 2025
- Jason John Webbsmall-Eghan since 2025
- Laura Herbert since 2023
- Louise Clark since 2025
- Marc Edward Bradbrook since 2023
- Sarah Nicola Sheppard since 2023
- Wendy Jane Herber since 2024
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
3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1082016
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/04/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/03/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/11/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 03982202 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01473295900 · info@wolseytheatre.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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