Registered charity · Pottington Business Park
Barnstaple Musical Comedy & Dramatic Society Limited
- 13 trustees
- Income £106k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Graham Paul RuhlemanChair
- Hayley Kathleen Christine CorkellTrustee · since 2023
- Kathryn Julie SnooksTrustee · since 2013
- Khadine RuhlemanTrustee · since 2026
- Marie Ann DavisTrustee · since 2016
- Mark Andrew HarrisTrustee · since 2024
- Miles Spencer CowleyTrustee · since 2016
- Olivia Susan EdwardsTrustee · since 2025
- Shannon Kent EdwardsTrustee · since 2025
- Simon Nigel WallisTrustee · since 2024
- Susan Jane SpiegelhalterTrustee
- Thomas HearnTrustee · since 2023
- Tracey WallisTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Devon
- Website
- www.barnstaplemusicalcomedy.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Barnstaple Musical Comedy & Dramatic Society
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£106k£108k
- 2024£148k£140k
- 2023£126k£129k
Earlier years
- 2022£69k£60k
- 2021£43k£51k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS BY THE PROMOTION AND PUBLIC P[PERFORMANCE OF PLAYS, DRAMA, COMEDY AND OTHER DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL WORK. B) TO APPLY SUCH PART OF THE INCOME RAISED BY SUCH PUBLIC PERFORMANCE S FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. THE COMPANY SHALL APPLY ITS FUNDS SOLELY FOR ITS DECLARED OBJECTS.IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Graham Paul Ruhleman Chair
- Hayley Kathleen Christine Corkell since 2023
- Kathryn Julie Snooks since 2013
- Khadine Ruhleman since 2026
- Marie Ann Davis since 2016
- Mark Andrew Harris since 2024
- Miles Spencer Cowley since 2016
- Olivia Susan Edwards since 2025
- Susan Jane Spiegelhalter
- Shannon Kent Edwards since 2025
- Simon Nigel Wallis since 2024
- Thomas Hearn since 2023
- Tracey Wallis since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Kathryn Julie Snooks since 2013
- Marie Ann Davis since 2016
- Miles Spencer Cowley since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Graham Paul Ruhleman Chair
- Hayley Kathleen Christine Corkell since 2023
- Kathryn Julie Snooks since 2013
- Khadine Ruhleman since 2026
- Marie Ann Davis since 2016
- Mark Andrew Harris since 2024
- Miles Spencer Cowley since 2016
- Olivia Susan Edwards since 2025
- Susan Jane Spiegelhalter
- Shannon Kent Edwards since 2025
- Simon Nigel Wallis since 2024
- Thomas Hearn since 2023
- Tracey Wallis since 2021
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1113996
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 FEBRUARY 2006
- Companies House
- Company number 05712378 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01271 344658 · info@barnstaplemusicalcomedy.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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