Registered charity · Nottingham
Nottingham Playhouse Trust Limited
Nottingham Playhouse Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 1109342) based in Nottingham, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Amanda Margaret Farr since 2021. Latest income £8.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
5 The Charity’s objects are specifically restricted to the advancement of education by: 5.1 The production of plays, ballets, operas, musicals, shows, digital content and other productions of artistic or educational value;5.2 The encouragement of...
- 14 trustees
- Income £8.7m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Amanda Margaret FarrChair · since 2021
- Alexander BayleyTrustee · since 2018
- Amanda WhittingtonTrustee · since 2023
- Bethan WakefieldTrustee · since 2024
- Cathryn SmithTrustee · since 2023
- Claire BookTrustee · since 2025
- Danielle RussellTrustee · since 2018
- David BarterTrustee · since 2024
- Janette Alvarado-CruzTrustee · since 2025
- Paul HandleyTrustee · since 2026
- Pavlos KotsonisTrustee · since 2025
- Rebecca ValentineTrustee · since 2024
- Roger HarcourtTrustee · since 2023
- Shobna BazzazTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Nottingham Playhouse Trust Limited
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.7m£8.2m
- 2024£6.0m£6.1m
- 2023£6.8m£6.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.1m£4.6m
- 2021£4.1m£3.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
5 The Charity’s objects are specifically restricted to the advancement of education by: 5.1 The production of plays, ballets, operas, musicals, shows, digital content and other productions of artistic or educational value;5.2 The encouragement of artistic understanding and appreciation;5.3 The promotion of education and training in and about the arts; and5.4 The advancement of public knowledge and understanding of the artsParticularly (but not exclusively) in relation to drama, literature, music, singing and dancing.
Grants received
9 grants · £4,593,610 total360Giving 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,759,470 (2 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £1,379,735
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £290,750
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £110,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £48,655 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Amanda Margaret Farr Chair since 2021
- Alexander Bayley since 2018
- Amanda Whittington since 2023
- Bethan Wakefield since 2024
- Cathryn Smith since 2023
- Claire Book since 2025
- Danielle Russell since 2018
- David Barter since 2024
- Janette Alvarado-Cruz since 2025
- Paul Handley since 2026
- Pavlos Kotsonis since 2025
- Rebecca Valentine since 2024
- Roger Harcourt since 2023
- Shobna Bazzaz since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Alexander Bayley since 2018
- Danielle Russell since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Amanda Margaret Farr Chair since 2021
- Alexander Bayley since 2018
- Amanda Whittington since 2023
- Bethan Wakefield since 2024
- Cathryn Smith since 2023
- Claire Book since 2025
- Danielle Russell since 2018
- David Barter since 2024
- Janette Alvarado-Cruz since 2025
- Pavlos Kotsonis since 2025
- Roger Harcourt since 2023
- Shobna Bazzaz since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Paul Handley since 2026
- Rebecca Valentine since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1109342
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 07 MARCH 2005 as amended on 28 Jun 2018 as amended on 24 Jan 2019 as amended on 18 Feb 2019 as amended on 28 Sep 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 05384418 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0115 947 4361
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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