Registered charity · South Wing
Belarus Free Theatre
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Mark Foster BallChair · since 2020
- Alison StanleyTrustee · since 2012
- Baroness Helena Kennedy QCTrustee · since 2021
- Dame Maria Frances Lewis MillerTrustee · since 2014
- David Jude LAWTrustee · since 2012
- David LANTrustee · since 2012
- Laura WadeTrustee · since 2012
- Michael AttenboroughTrustee · since 2012
- Samuel WestTrustee · since 2012
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Poland, City Of Westminster
- Website
- www.belarusfreetheatre.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Belarus Free Theatre
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.4m£1.6m
- 2024£1.2m£2.1m
- 2023£1.5m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£953k
- 2021£827k£646k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF THE ART OF DRAMA
Grants received
4 grants · £354,728 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
- Backstage Trust · £200,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £130,000
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch · £15,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,728
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Mark Foster Ball Chair since 2020
- Alison Stanley since 2012
- Baroness Helena Kennedy QC since 2021
- David Jude LAW since 2012
- David LAN since 2012
- Dame Maria Frances Lewis Miller since 2014
- Laura Wade since 2012
- Michael Attenborough since 2012
- Samuel West since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark Foster Ball Chair since 2020
- Alison Stanley since 2012
- David Jude LAW since 2012
- David LAN since 2012
- Dame Maria Frances Lewis Miller since 2014
- Laura Wade since 2012
- Michael Attenborough since 2012
- Samuel West since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Mark Foster Ball Chair since 2020
- Baroness Helena Kennedy QC since 2021
- David Jude LAW since 2012
- Laura Wade since 2012
- Michael Attenborough since 2012
- Samuel West since 2012
Portfolio (3)
- Alison Stanley since 2012
- David LAN since 2012
- Dame Maria Frances Lewis Miller since 2014
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1147372
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04 JAN 2012
- Companies House
- Company number 07897118 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07546239568 · info@belarusfreetheatre.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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