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Registered charity · Barrow-in-Furness

The Ashton Group Theatre

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £336k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Cumbria, Lancashire
Website
www.theatrefactory.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Ashton Group Theatre
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£336k£262k
  • 2024£266k£271k
  • 2023£195k£197k
Earlier years
  • 2022£179k£193k
  • 2021£186k£159k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF DRAMA AND THE OTHER ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR TO ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER THE STUDY, PERFORMANCE, KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMA THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF DRAM PRODUCTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP PROGRAMMES. ALSO TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SONG, AND MUSIC, AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR, PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Grants received

14 grants · £760,244 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,8502025-09-30
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £50,0002024-05-02
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-09-15
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £148,7902022-10-13
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £148,7902022-10-13
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

2.3y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Education/training 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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 4Health and social care 1Other services 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£336k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1103877
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 OCTOBER 2003
Companies House
Company number 04941112 · Active
Contact on the register
01229430636 · info@theatrefactory.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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