The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Livewire Trust

Registered charity 1104838 Registered since 2004

Operates: Essex

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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.

9 trustees on the board

8.1y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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 9Education/training 9

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

Health and social care 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£82k 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.livewiretheatre.co.uk
Emaillivewiretheatre@live.com
Phone079174241647
AddressThe Livewire Trust, Harlow Playhouse, Playhouse Square, HARLOW, Essex, CM20 1LS

Finances

£82,119 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£58,751£56,930
2022£68,908£79,025
2023£90,913£80,169
2024£108,071£90,620
2025£82,119£86,627

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX BY THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES CONNECTED TO THEATRE AND DRAMA SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES, THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 10 JUNE 2004

Trustees (9)

9trustees
49median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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