Registered charity · Manchester
The Audience Agency
- 8 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.theaudienceagency.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Audience Agency
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024£2.7m£3.1m
- 2023£3.4m£3.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.2m£3.0m
- 2021£2.8m£2.5m
Charitable objects
THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO:1. PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF THE RESOURCES BY CHARITABLE AND NON-CHARITABLE BODIES FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:1.1 THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, TRAINING AND INFORMATION TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS; AND/OR1.2 THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES TO IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS AND ASSIST IN PROMOTING AND ADVANCING THE PRACTICE, PRESENTATION, PRODUCTION AND STUDY OF ALL FORMS OF THE ARTS; AND/OR1.3 THE PROVISION OF OTHER ASSISTANCE WHICH IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE QUALITY AND LEVEL OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE ARTS AND TO DEVELOP EXPERTISE AND GOOD PRACTICE IN RELATION TO THIS; AND/OR2. FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE (TOGETHER THE “OBJECTS”).
Board analysis for researchers
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Ben Keen since 2024
- Dr Orian Brook since 2023
- Dr Pardaad Chamsaz since 2025
- Erin Casali since 2024
- Katherine Parry since 2024
- Professor Louise Mansfield since 2025
- Richard Bruce Paterson since 2019
- Robert West since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Bruce Paterson since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Ben Keen since 2024
- Dr Orian Brook since 2023
- Dr Pardaad Chamsaz since 2025
- Erin Casali since 2024
- Katherine Parry since 2024
- Professor Louise Mansfield since 2025
- Richard Bruce Paterson since 2019
- Robert West since 2025
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
1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1149979
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 JUN 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05/12/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/06/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 08117915 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01612342956 · hello@theaudienceagency.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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