Registered charity · Somerset
Taunton Theatre Association Limited
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- VAL Berry (Known AS VAL Hammond)Chair · since 2014
- Barry HavenhandTrustee · since 2025
- Camilla DE Bernhardt LaneTrustee · since 2023
- Carl WoodwardTrustee · since 2026
- Neil Richard GoodingTrustee · since 2026
- Paul Collins-SmithTrustee · since 2026
- Philip HawtinTrustee · since 2025
- Stewart Tudor-JackmanTrustee · since 2026
- Vicky DawsonTrustee · since 2021
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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and more
- Website
- www.tauntonbrewhouse.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Taunton Theatre Association LTD
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.6m
- 2024£1.6m£1.5m
- 2023£1.3m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£953k£1.2m
- 2021£625k£498k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, THE CREATIVE ARTS AND THE VISUAL ARTS BY SUCH MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL THINK FIT, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET.
Grants received
10 grants · £181,746 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £156,250 (2 grants)
- Somerset Community Foundation · £19,090 (7 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £6,406
Most recent
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
- VAL Berry (Known AS VAL Hammond) Chair since 2014
- Barry Havenhand since 2025
- Camilla DE Bernhardt Lane since 2023
- Carl Woodward since 2026
- Neil Richard Gooding since 2026
- Paul Collins-Smith since 2026
- Philip Hawtin since 2025
- Stewart Tudor-Jackman since 2026
- Vicky Dawson since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- VAL Berry (Known AS VAL Hammond) Chair since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- VAL Berry (Known AS VAL Hammond) Chair since 2014
- Barry Havenhand since 2025
- Camilla DE Bernhardt Lane since 2023
- Carl Woodward since 2026
- Neil Richard Gooding since 2026
- Paul Collins-Smith since 2026
- Philip Hawtin since 2025
- Stewart Tudor-Jackman since 2026
- Vicky Dawson since 2021
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
2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1156472
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/08/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21/08/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/12/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06/01/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 08658085 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01823 283244 · info@tauntonbrewhouse.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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