Registered charity · Tyne and Wear
The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company
- 7 trustees
- Income £276k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Gateshead
- Website
- www.lawnmowerstheatre.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£276k£271k
- 2024£314k£280k
- 2023£245k£272k
Earlier years
- 2022£330k£341k
- 2021£296k£284k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF PLAYS AND DRAMAS IN ORDER THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED
Grants received
21 grants · £1,922,613 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 · £1,452,444 (9 grants)
- Northern Rock Foundation · £295,661 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £124,240 (2 grants)
- Community Foundation North East · £16,268 (4 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £14,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- 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.
7 trustees on the board
- Dr Charlotte Marie Thomas Chair since 2016
- Hilary Patricia Florek since 2019
- Ian Leonard Briggs since 2023
- Kathaleen Murphy since 2025
- Lucy Wareing since 2025
- Richard Ramsden since 2024
- Steve Gilroy since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Charlotte Marie Thomas Chair since 2016
- Hilary Patricia Florek since 2019
- Steve Gilroy since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr Charlotte Marie Thomas Chair since 2016
- Hilary Patricia Florek since 2019
- Ian Leonard Briggs since 2023
- Kathaleen Murphy since 2025
- Lucy Wareing since 2025
- Richard Ramsden since 2024
- Steve Gilroy 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.
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
- 1084229
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 MAY 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 29 NOVEMBER 2000 AND 5 FEBRUARY 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 03995521 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01914789200 · hello@lawnmowerstheatre.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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