Registered charity · Warwickshire
The British Shakespeare Association
The British Shakespeare Association is a registered charity (number 1123867) based in Warwickshire, governed by 15 trustees and chaired by Dr Jose Alberto Perez Diez since 2016. Latest income £31k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 15 trustees
- Income £31k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Dr Jose Alberto Perez DiezChair · since 2016
- Dr Alexander Douglas ThomTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Andrea Michaela SmithTrustee · since 2022
- Dr CJ Turner-McmullanTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Cornelis Pieter Albert HeijesTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Jessica Keiko ChibaTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Karen McgivernTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Katherine Joan Edith HipkissTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Maria ShmygolTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Oliver Edward Livingston JonesTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Thea BuckleyTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Thomas Oliver RutterTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Brett Daniel Greatley-HirschTrustee · since 2022
- Professor Deborah Jayne CartmellTrustee · since 2022
- Rev Dr Paul Matthew Francis EdmondsonTrustee · since 2013
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, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.britishshakespeare.ws (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The British Shakespeare Association
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£31k£24k
- 2024£22k£24k
- 2023£51k£39k
Earlier years
- 2022£5k£5k
- 2021£5k£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ( THE OBJECTS) ARE TO EDUCATE, PROMOTE, AND FOSTER A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SHAKESPEARE AND HIS WORKS IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH AN EDUCATIONAL CHARITY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE; AND BENEFITING THOSE INDIVIDUALS, MEMBERS, CHARITIES, OR INSTITUTIONS WITH AN EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE TOWARD THE STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Dr Jose Alberto Perez Diez Chair since 2016
- Dr Alexander Douglas Thom since 2023
- Dr Andrea Michaela Smith since 2022
- Dr CJ Turner-Mcmullan since 2023
- Dr Cornelis Pieter Albert Heijes since 2019
- Dr Jessica Keiko Chiba since 2025
- Dr Karen Mcgivern since 2022
- Dr Katherine Joan Edith Hipkiss since 2022
- Dr Maria Shmygol since 2019
- Dr Oliver Edward Livingston Jones since 2022
- Dr Thea Buckley since 2020
- Dr Thomas Oliver Rutter since 2023
- Professor Deborah Jayne Cartmell since 2022
- Professor Brett Daniel Greatley-Hirsch since 2022
- Rev Dr Paul Matthew Francis Edmondson since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Jose Alberto Perez Diez Chair since 2016
- Dr Cornelis Pieter Albert Heijes since 2019
- Dr Maria Shmygol since 2019
- Rev Dr Paul Matthew Francis Edmondson since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Dr Alexander Douglas Thom since 2023
- Dr Andrea Michaela Smith since 2022
- Dr CJ Turner-Mcmullan since 2023
- Dr Cornelis Pieter Albert Heijes since 2019
- Dr Jessica Keiko Chiba since 2025
- Dr Karen Mcgivern since 2022
- Dr Katherine Joan Edith Hipkiss since 2022
- Dr Oliver Edward Livingston Jones since 2022
- Dr Thea Buckley since 2020
- Dr Thomas Oliver Rutter since 2023
- Professor Brett Daniel Greatley-Hirsch since 2022
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Jose Alberto Perez Diez Chair since 2016
- Dr Maria Shmygol since 2019
- Professor Deborah Jayne Cartmell since 2022
- Rev Dr Paul Matthew Francis Edmondson since 2013
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
- 1123867
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 DECEMBER 2007
- Companies House
- Company number 06446230 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0755 557 4058 · britishshakespeareassociation@gmail.com
- 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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