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Registered charity · Stratford-upon-Avon

The Friends of Shakespeare's Church

The Friends of Shakespeare's Church is a registered charity (number 1097403) based in Stratford-upon-Avon, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Gillian Ann Cawley since 2023. Latest income £30k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £30k (2025)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Warwickshire
Website
www.shakespeareschurch.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£30k£18k
  • 2024£17k£32k
  • 2023£21k£18k
Earlier years
  • 2022£7k£14k
  • 2021£6k£163k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable 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.

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.

4.9y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (6)

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£17k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1097403
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 OCTOBER 2002 AS AMENDED 9 APRIL 2003
Contact on the register
01789266316 · enquiries@shakespeareschurch.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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