Registered charity · Hoddesdon
Hoddesdon Players Amateur Dramatic Society
- 7 trustees
- Income £21k (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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.hoddesdonplayers.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£21k£22k
- 2024£18k£17k
- 2023£12k£15k
Earlier years
- 2022£8k£8k
- 2021£2k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 34%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND TO FURTHER PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS BY PRESENTING FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, A BALANCED RANGE OF PLAYS OF ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL MERIT AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- John Martin Elson Chair since 2012
- Alison Mary Kent Gordon since 2015
- Christine Lorraine Holt since 2016
- Hilary Fiona Burke Marsh since 2012
- Ian Ellis-Hall since 2023
- JOY Margery Teresa Mather since 2012
- Vicki Avril Avery since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- John Martin Elson Chair since 2012
- Alison Mary Kent Gordon since 2015
- Christine Lorraine Holt since 2016
- Hilary Fiona Burke Marsh since 2012
- JOY Margery Teresa Mather since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Christine Lorraine Holt since 2016
- Ian Ellis-Hall since 2023
- JOY Margery Teresa Mather since 2012
- Vicki Avril Avery since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- John Martin Elson Chair since 2012
- Alison Mary Kent Gordon since 2015
- Hilary Fiona Burke Marsh since 2012
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1149056
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25 MAR 2012AS AMENDED ON 18/09/2012
- Contact on the register
- 01992460838 · Johnelson@hotmail.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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