The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Lantern Arts Centre

Registered charity 1098680 Registered since 2003

Operates: Merton

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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.

10 trustees on the board

6y median 4y
average tenure
17y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 10Religious Activities 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 8Arts and leisure 2Manufacturing 2

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£178k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.lanternarts.org
Emaillac@lanternarts.org
Phone02089445794
AddressLANTERN ARTS CENTRE, TOLVERNE ROAD, LONDON, SW20 8RA

Finances

£177,787 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£106,167£86,636
2022£134,700£125,036
2023£151,928£148,690
2024£174,955£162,278
2025£177,787£171,219

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

The Lantern Arts Centre exists to promote the advancement of the arts and culture for the benefit of the public, particularly but not exclusively within the Raynes Park community of south west London. Having a strong Christian ethos, and working in a mutually beneficial partnership with Raynes Park Methodist Church, it seeks to include members of the local community, of all ages and abilities, as cast, crew and audience members in theatre, music, film, dance, exhibitions and other forms of artistic expression.’

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 OCTOBER 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 24 JUNE 2003 as amended on 04 May 2022

Trustees (10)

10trustees
63median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Lantern Arts Centre · 04556232 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/10/2002

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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