The Friends of Shakespeare's Church
Registered charity 1097403 Registered since 2003
Operates: Warwickshire
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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.
11 trustees on the board
- Gillian Ann Cawley Chair since 2023
- Catherine Fannin Peel since 2022
- David Frank Austin since 2018
- Dr Diana Jane Owen since 2020
- Julia Woodhouse since 2024
- Michael James Anthony Warrillow since 2019
- Professor Lindsay Macdonald since 2023
- Rev Dr Paul Matthew Francis Edmondson since 2021
- Rev Patrick James Taylor since 2014
- Richard Hyde since 2025
- Timothy Charles Raistrick since 2023
4.9y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- David Frank Austin since 2018
- Michael James Anthony Warrillow since 2019
- Rev Patrick James Taylor since 2014
9.2y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Gillian Ann Cawley Chair since 2023
- Catherine Fannin Peel since 2022
- Julia Woodhouse since 2024
- Professor Lindsay Macdonald since 2023
- Richard Hyde since 2025
Portfolio (6)
- David Frank Austin since 2018
- Dr Diana Jane Owen since 2020
- Michael James Anthony Warrillow since 2019
- Rev Dr Paul Matthew Francis Edmondson since 2021
- Rev Patrick James Taylor since 2014
- Timothy Charles Raistrick since 2023
2
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 11Religious Activities 11Environment/conservation/heritage 8Education/training 3
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 1Education 1Property 1
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.
incomespending£17k latest income
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.
Related organisations
Connected through a shared trustee
- The British Shakespeare Association 1 shared trustee
- The Stratford-Upon-Avon Chamber Choir 1 shared trustee
- Denne Gilkes Memorial Fund 1 shared trustee
- Stratford-on-Avon Music Festival 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of ST Helen's Church 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.shakespeareschurch.co.uk |
| enquiries@shakespeareschurch.co.uk | |
| Phone | 01789266316 |
| Address | THE TRUSTEES, THE FRIENDS OF SHAKESPEARE'S CHURCH, HOLY TRINITY CHURCH PARISH OFFICE, OLD TOWN, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, CV37 6BG |
Finances
£17,450 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £406,795 | £17,260 |
| 2021 | £6,433 | £162,569 |
| 2022 | £7,223 | £13,935 |
| 2023 | £20,837 | £18,473 |
| 2024 | £17,450 | £32,051 |
What it does
What
Religious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, OLD TOWN, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON IN THE DIOCESE OF COVENTRY (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE CHURCH'), AND OF THE MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS, FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN THE CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO THE CHURCH.
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 OCTOBER 2002 AS AMENDED 9 APRIL 2003
Trustees (11)
11trustees
57median age
0aged 70+
- Gillian Ann Cawley Chair since 2023
- Catherine Fannin Peel since 2022
- David Frank Austin since 2018
- Dr Diana Jane Owen since 2020
- Julia Woodhouse since 2024
- Michael James Anthony Warrillow since 2019
- Professor Lindsay Macdonald since 2023
- Rev Dr Paul Matthew Francis Edmondsonage band 50-54 since 2021
- Rev Patrick James Taylor since 2014
- Richard Hyde since 2025
- Timothy Charles Raistrickage band 60-64 since 2023
Connected charities (13)
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Stratford-Upon-Avon 2 shared trustees
- The Stratford-Upon-Avon Chamber Choir 1 shared trustee
- Municipal Charities of Stratford-Upon-Avon 1 shared trustee
- 1217327 1 shared trustee
- Denne Gilkes Memorial Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Stratford Upon Avon Chamber Music Society 1 shared trustee
- The British Shakespeare Association 1 shared trustee
- The Friends of ST Helen's Church 1 shared trustee
- Clifford Chambers Relief in Need Charities 1 shared trustee
- Holy Trinity Charities 1 shared trustee
- Stratford Literary Festival 1 shared trustee
- The Grammar School of King Edward VI AT Stratford-Upon-Avon 1 shared trustee
- Stratford-on-Avon Music Festival 1 shared trustee
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