Registered charity · Liverpool
The Comedy Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £103k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Gillian MillerChair
- Amina IsmailTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Marie CaslinTrustee · since 2024
- Freya Elizabeth JonesTrustee · since 2024
- Iain Duncan ChristieTrustee · since 2017
- Jane Vicky NuttallTrustee · since 2026
- Kevin DunnTrustee
- Mark FitzpatrickTrustee · since 2026
- Prof Matthew James AshtonTrustee · since 2026
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
- Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens and more
- Website
- www.thecomedytrust.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Comedy Trust
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£103k£102k
- 2024£95k£94k
- 2023£57k£83k
Earlier years
- 2022£65k£75k
- 2021£73k£58k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC OF LIVERPOOL OF WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, DISCUSSION FORUMS AND WRITING COMPETITIONS FOR SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHERWISE IN THE ART OF COMIC WRITING, PERFORMANCE AND MOVEMENT WHETHER BY LIVE PERFORMANCE, RADIO,CINEMA, TELEVISION OR ANY OTHER RELATED MEDIA
Grants received
13 grants · £215,426 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 Heritage Fund · £126,571 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £39,855 (6 grants)
- The Fore · £30,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
- Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside · £4,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Gillian Miller Chair
- Amina Ismail since 2026
- Dr Marie Caslin since 2024
- Freya Elizabeth Jones since 2024
- Iain Duncan Christie since 2017
- Jane Vicky Nuttall since 2026
- Kevin Dunn
- Mark Fitzpatrick since 2026
- Prof Matthew James Ashton since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Iain Duncan Christie since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Gillian Miller Chair
- Dr Marie Caslin since 2024
- Freya Elizabeth Jones since 2024
- Iain Duncan Christie since 2017
- Jane Vicky Nuttall since 2026
- Kevin Dunn
- Mark Fitzpatrick since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Amina Ismail since 2026
- Prof Matthew James Ashton since 2026
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1093264
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 APRIL 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 8 JULY 2002
- Companies House
- Company number 04420032 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0151 702 5893 · info@thecomedytrust.com
- 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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