The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Ashton Group Theatre

Registered charity 1103877 Registered since 2004

Operates: Cumbria, Lancashire

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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.

6 trustees on the board

2.3y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.3y
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

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.theatrefactory.org
Emailinfo@theatrefactory.org
Phone01229430636
AddressTHE ASHTON GROUP THEATRE, 1ST FLOOR, THE COOKE'S STUDIOS, 104 ABBEY ROAD, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, CUMBRIA

Finances

£335,771 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£186,094£159,251
2022£178,720£193,409
2023£195,383£197,121
2024£266,079£270,674
2025£335,771£261,768

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 OCTOBER 2003

Trustees (6)

6trustees
68median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Ashton Group Theatre · 04941112 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/10/2003

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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