The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Stagetext

Registered charity 1084300 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

10 trustees on the board

1.9y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

10
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 10

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 10Tech and media 3Health and social care 2

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.

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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£999k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.2 in 2021

9 from 8 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.stagetext.org
Emailfinance@stagetext.org
Phone02073770540
AddressMercury Theatre, Balkerne Gate, COLCHESTER, CO1 1PT

Finances

£999,116 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£819,055£735,062
2022£978,690£956,647
2023£877,786£915,703
2024£950,306£920,650
2025£999,116£947,030

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE BY PROMOTING ACCESS TO ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF OR SUFFER FROM HEARING LOSS BY THE PROVISION OF TEXT-GENERATION SYSTEMS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 MAY 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 30 NOVEMBER 2000, 31 JULY 2006 AND 29 APRIL 2009

Trustees (10)

10trustees
45median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Stagetext · 03995686 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/05/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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