The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Artichoke Trust

Registered charity 1112716 Registered since 2006

Operates: Northern Ireland, Ireland, 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.

6.9y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

9
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 10Education/training 10Economic/community Development/employment 2General Charitable Purposes 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 16Construction 2Health and social care 2

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£1.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.3 in 2021

17 from 19 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.artichoke.uk.com
Emailemily.lake@artichoke.uk.com
Phone02076507611
AddressArtichoke Trust, Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, LONDON, E1 6AB

Finances

£1,149,034 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£782,351£1,497,896
2022£5,151,124£4,517,590
2023£1,094,137£2,101,755
2024£3,417,931£5,000,270
2025£1,149,034£1,850,556

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC, SPEECH, DRAMA AND DANCE, IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES AND IN PARTICULAR BY PUBLIC PERFORMANCES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19 APRIL 2005

Trustees (10)

10trustees
64median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Artichoke Trust · 05429030 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/04/2005

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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