Registered charity · Worksop
Acorn Community Theatre Limited
Acorn Community Theatre Limited is a registered charity (number 1115847) based in Worksop, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £69k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
The Charity’s object[s] are:To provide and promote the Acorn Theatre as a venue for the performing and visual arts for the benefit of the people in Worksop, Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areasTo promote maintain, improve and advance education...
- 9 trustees
- Income £69k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Clare Elizabeth BiddleTrustee · since 2025
- Craig HawesTrustee · since 2026
- Dr IAN Richard MckeerTrustee · since 2015
- Hayla Alison HawesTrustee · since 2005
- Janet HurstTrustee · since 2006
- Janet MarshallTrustee · since 2025
- Jeanette AdamsTrustee · since 2022
- MS Gill WengerTrustee · since 2005
- Shaun Ian DavenportTrustee · since 2026
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
- Where
- Nottinghamshire
- Website
- www.acorntheatre.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Acorn Community Theatre Limited
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£69k£47k
- 2024£54k£48k
- 2023£62k£36k
Earlier years
- 2022£38k£37k
- 2021£37k£18k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The Charity’s object[s] are:To provide and promote the Acorn Theatre as a venue for the performing and visual arts for the benefit of the people in Worksop, Nottinghamshire and the surrounding areasTo promote maintain, improve and advance education in the performing 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. For the purpose of social inclusion and participation in the live arts.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Clare Elizabeth Biddle since 2025
- Craig Hawes since 2026
- Dr IAN Richard Mckeer since 2015
- Hayla Alison Hawes since 2005
- Janet Hurst since 2006
- Janet Marshall since 2025
- Jeanette Adams since 2022
- MS Gill Wenger since 2005
- Shaun Ian Davenport since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr IAN Richard Mckeer since 2015
- Hayla Alison Hawes since 2005
- Janet Hurst since 2006
- MS Gill Wenger since 2005
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Clare Elizabeth Biddle since 2025
- Craig Hawes since 2026
- Hayla Alison Hawes since 2005
- Janet Hurst since 2006
- MS Gill Wenger since 2005
Portfolio (4)
- Dr IAN Richard Mckeer since 2015
- Janet Marshall since 2025
- Jeanette Adams since 2022
- Shaun Ian Davenport since 2026
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1115847
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 MAY 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS 10 JUNE 2005, 11 NOVEMBER 2005, 8 DECEMBER 2005, 17 FEBRUARY 2006 AND CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF NAME 29 APRIL 2006 as amended on 14 Oct 2019 as amended on 13 Jan 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 05453546 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01909 501817 · info@acorntheatre.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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