Registered charity · Rugby
Rugby Theatre
- 12 trustees
- Income £323k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher NewsonTrustee · since 2026
- David Frederick RatcliffeTrustee · since 2019
- Debbie HibberdTrustee · since 2015
- Emma Louise BrightTrustee · since 2014
- Gemma Louise KettleTrustee · since 2025
- Mark Anthony Paul TolchardTrustee · since 2015
- Mark RumseyTrustee · since 2023
- Matthew Joseph Peter CraddockTrustee · since 2019
- Paul Anthony LeonardTrustee · since 2019
- Philip John KettleTrustee · since 2020
- Richard Player GrainTrustee · since 2017
- Wendy KayTrustee · 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire
- Website
- www.rugbytheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Rugby Theatre
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£323k£270k
- 2024£315k£268k
- 2023£193k£178k
Earlier years
- 2022£21k£79k
- 2021£51k£99k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 70%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE FOUNDATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A REPERTORY THEATRE IN RUGBY AND/OR SUCH OTHE PLACE OR PLACES IN ENGLAND AND WITH OR WITHOUT SUCH ANCILLARY SCHOOLS OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY, ART AND PRACTICE OF THE DRAMA BY MEANS OF PERFORMANCES OF PLAYS, LECTURES AND SUCH OTHER METHODS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME FIT.
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Christopher Newson since 2026
- David Frederick Ratcliffe since 2019
- Debbie Hibberd since 2015
- Emma Louise Bright since 2014
- Gemma Louise Kettle since 2025
- Mark Anthony Paul Tolchard since 2015
- Mark Rumsey since 2023
- Matthew Joseph Peter Craddock since 2019
- Paul Anthony Leonard since 2019
- Philip John Kettle since 2020
- Richard Player Grain since 2017
- Wendy Kay since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- David Frederick Ratcliffe since 2019
- Debbie Hibberd since 2015
- Emma Louise Bright since 2014
- Mark Anthony Paul Tolchard since 2015
- Matthew Joseph Peter Craddock since 2019
- Paul Anthony Leonard since 2019
- Philip John Kettle since 2020
- Richard Player Grain since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Christopher Newson since 2026
- Debbie Hibberd since 2015
- Emma Louise Bright since 2014
- Gemma Louise Kettle since 2025
- Mark Anthony Paul Tolchard since 2015
- Mark Rumsey since 2023
- Matthew Joseph Peter Craddock since 2019
- Paul Anthony Leonard since 2019
- Philip John Kettle since 2020
- Richard Player Grain since 2017
- Wendy Kay since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- David Frederick Ratcliffe since 2019
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
- 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
- 1154359
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 JAN 2013
- Companies House
- Company number 08363016 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01788541234 · secretary1@rugbytheatre.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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