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Registered charity · Huddersfield

Dark Horse Theatre

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £187k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.darkhorsetheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Dark Horse Theatre
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£187k£211k
  • 2024£149k£148k
  • 2023£171k£169k
Earlier years
  • 2022£116k£155k
  • 2021£135k£111k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN MUSIC, DRAMA THEATRE AND THE PERFORMING ARTS.B) THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OR THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL OR ECOMONIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT.C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDING ART EXHIBITIONS PERFORMANCES OR DRAMA, MUSIC, OPERA AND BALLET, FILM SHOWS AND POETRY READINGS

Grants received

11 grants · £376,891 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • The Clothworkers Foundation £10,0002025-12-01
  • Rank Foundation £30,4422024-09-25
  • Postcode Neighbourhood Trust £20,0002024-07-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £126,9522023-07-31
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,9902022-02-25
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.

7 trustees on the board

5.1y median 2y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
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 7Disability 7Education/training 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 11Education 2

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£187k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1082267
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/06/2000AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/03/2012
Companies House
Company number 04015695 · Active
Contact on the register
01484484441 · info@darkhorsetheatre.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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