Registered charity · London
Alra
- 6 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Wandsworth, Wigan
- Website
- www.alra.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Alra
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024--
- 2023--
Earlier years
- 2022--
- 2021--
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS BY PROVIDING A SCHOOL FOR THE TEACHING OF ACTING ON THE STAGE OR FOR TELEVISION, FILM AND RADIO, STAGE MANAGEMENT, MUSICAL THEATRE AND DANCE SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES, AND THE TEACHING OF ALL OTHER SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES CONNECTED WITH THE THEATRE AND DRAMATIC AND RECORDED ARTS.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Harry Alan Cowd Chair
- Jane Anderson since 2019
- Kevin Shaw since 2019
- Michelle Nicholson since 2019
- Tony Bradshaw Mr since 2012
- Phillip Hirst MBE since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Jane Anderson since 2019
- Kevin Shaw since 2019
- Michelle Nicholson since 2019
- Tony Bradshaw Mr since 2012
- Phillip Hirst MBE since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Jane Anderson since 2019
- Kevin Shaw since 2019
- Phillip Hirst MBE since 2018
Portfolio (3)
- Harry Alan Cowd Chair
- Michelle Nicholson since 2019
- Tony Bradshaw Mr 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1090724
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 17TH OCTOBER 2001. as amended on 24 Jun 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 04306353 · Liquidation
- Contact on the register
- 020 8870 6475 · info@alra.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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