The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The British Shakespeare Association

Registered charity 1123867 Registered since 2008

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

5.1y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
5.9y
average years in governance
12
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 15Education/training 15Religious Activities 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.

Education 13Property 1Retail and trade 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£22k latest income
34 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

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.

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Contact

Websitewww.britishshakespeare.ws
Emailbritishshakespeareassociation@gmail.com
Phone0755 557 4058
AddressThe Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Administrative Offices, 38 Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6QW

Finances

£21,603 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£7,891£4,592
2021£5,038£8,180
2022£5,368£5,207
2023£50,520£39,073
2024£21,603£23,804

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 DECEMBER 2007

Trustees (15)

15trustees
48median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The British Shakespeare Association · 06446230 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/12/2007

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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