The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Chichester Festival Theatre

Registered charity 1088552 Registered since 2001

Operates: West Sussex

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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.

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (4)

11
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 13Education/training 13Environment/conservation/heritage 2General Charitable Purposes 1

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 30Education 6Tech and media 4

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£23.2m latest income
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.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 23.1 in 2021

184 from 138 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewww.cft.org.uk
Emailmarketing@cft.org.uk
Phone01243784437
AddressChichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester, PO19 6AP

Finances

£23,233,084 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,643,877£5,783,683
2022£11,162,261£12,274,766
2023£17,219,774£17,662,951
2024£17,473,688£17,642,185
2025£23,233,084£21,140,922

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:- TO ENCOURAGE THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF AESTHETIC EDUCATION AND THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TASTE IN DRAMA, OPERA, MUSIC, PAINTING AND THE OTHER ARTS BY PROVIDING, PRESENTING, PRODUCING, ORGANISING, MANAGING AND CONDUCTING PERFORMANCES OF PLAYS, OPERA, BALLET, FILMS, CONCERTS, CLASSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER SIMILAR EVENTS OF CULTURAL VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS SHALL BE THE MAIN OBJECT OF THE COMPANY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 2ND OF MAY 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 31ST OF AUGUST 2001 AND 19 SEPTEMBER 2005

Trustees (13)

13trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Chichester Festival Theatre · 04210225 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/05/2001

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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