Registered charity · Cardiff
Taking Flight Theatre Company
- 9 trustees
- Income £648k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Aisling LammondTrustee · since 2026
- Alan Chappell-WilliamsTrustee · since 2023
- Andrew TinleyTrustee · since 2020
- Benjamin Owen- JonesTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Marta MinierTrustee · since 2020
- Elizabeth Sarah PriceTrustee · since 2025
- Lisa De BenedictisTrustee · since 2023
- Omoregie David OmoruyiTrustee · since 2026
- Simon WhittamTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Taking Flight Theatre Company
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£648k£482k
- 2024£317k£361k
- 2023£467k£474k
Earlier years
- 2022£465k£273k
- 2021£229k£153k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF DRAMA AND THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES BY RUNNING WORKSHOPS, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, RESIDENTIAL OR OTHERWISE WHICH MAY INCLUDE DRAMA, FILM, SCRIPTWRITING, MUSIC, DANCE, PUPPETRY, MASK, PHYSICAL THEATRE AND DEVISING ACTIVITIES.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES TO THE PERFORMING ARTS
Grants received
14 grants · £290,115 total360Giving 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
- BBC Children in Need · £137,185 (4 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £75,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £34,890 (5 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
- Postcode Community Trust · £15,000
Most recent
- Postcode Community 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Aisling Lammond since 2026
- Alan Chappell-Williams since 2023
- Andrew Tinley since 2020
- Benjamin Owen- Jones since 2020
- Dr Marta Minier since 2020
- Elizabeth Sarah Price since 2025
- Lisa De Benedictis since 2023
- Omoregie David Omoruyi since 2026
- Simon Whittam since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Tinley since 2020
- Benjamin Owen- Jones since 2020
- Dr Marta Minier since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Aisling Lammond since 2026
- Alan Chappell-Williams since 2023
- Andrew Tinley since 2020
- Benjamin Owen- Jones since 2020
- Elizabeth Sarah Price since 2025
- Lisa De Benedictis since 2023
- Omoregie David Omoruyi since 2026
- Simon Whittam since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Marta Minier since 2020
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
5.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1131762
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 SEPTEMBER 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 22 AUGUST 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 06690647 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02920230020 · elise@takingflighttheatre.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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