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Sherman Cymru

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £2.6m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.shermancymru.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sherman Cymru
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.6m£2.8m
  • 2024£2.6m£3.1m
  • 2023£2.4m£2.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.0m£2.3m
  • 2021£2.2m£1.9m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 51%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE ART AND IN PARTICULAR PERFORMING ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF NEW WRITING OR WORKS OF ANY FORM, THE PROVISION OF THEATRE FACILITIES AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS AND ADULTS BY PARTICIPATION IN THE EXPERIENCE OF THEATRE, DRAMA AND THE PERFORMING ARTS.3. AMCANION AMCANION YR ELUSEN YW HYRWYDDO AC ANNOG CELFYDDYD AC YN ENWEDIG CELFYDDYD PERFFORMIO AR GYFER BUDD Y CYHOEDD DRWY DDATBLYGU, CYNHYRCHU A CHYFLWYNO YSGRFENNU A GWEITHIAU NEWYDD O UNRHYW FATH, DARPARU CYFLEUSTERAU THEATR A HYRWYDDO ADDYSG PLANT, POBL IFANC AC OEDOLION DRWY GYMRYD RHAN YN Y PROFIAD O THEATR, DRAMA A'R CELYDDYDAU PERFFOMIO.

Grants received

15 grants · £1,361,384 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,5782026-02-24
  • Fenton Arts Trust £3,0002023-03-31
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £55,6072022-12-06
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,8072019-07-25
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation £317,0002018-12-17
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

3.9y median 3.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (4)

14
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 14Education/training 14Disability 2Environment/conservation/heritage 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 21Education 2Other services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£2.6m 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.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.7 in 2021

31 from 25 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1118364
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 NOVEMBER 2006.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 SEP 2016 as amended on 15 Dec 2025
Companies House
Company number 06002090 · Active
Contact on the register
02920646900 · boxoffice@shermantheatre.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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