The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Open Clasp Theatre Company

Registered charity 1108000 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England

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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

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
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 10Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 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.

Arts and leisure 12Other services 2Professional 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£396k 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.openclasp.org.uk
Emailinfo@openclasp.org.uk
Phone01912724063
AddressOPEN CLASP THEATRE COMPANY, THE STEPHENSON BUILDING, 173 ELSWICK ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 6SQ

Finances

£396,357 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£242,046£227,095
2022£385,414£324,116
2023£375,201£362,478
2024£396,802£473,031
2025£396,357£366,300

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY BY ENCOURAGING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC, AND TO OFFER OTHER ARTS EXPERIENCES WHICH ASSIST IN DEVELOPING SELF AND SOCIAL AWARENESS, SELF CONFIDENCE AND EMPOWERMENT, IN PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN (INCLUDING YOUNG WOMEN BETWEEN 12 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE) WHO LIVE IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOCIAL INCLUSION, TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS THAT DENY COMMUNITIES ACCESS TO, AND PARTICIPATION IN, THE "LIVE ARTS"..

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 MAY 2004 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 31 JANUARY 2005.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 JUN 2016 as amended on 15 Oct 2020

Trustees (10)

10trustees
47median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Open Clasp Theatre Company · 05137687 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/05/2004

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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