Registered charity (CIO) · York
OUT of Character
OUT of Character is a registered charity (number 1161399) based in York, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Juliet Forster since 2009. Latest income £40k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £40k (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
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Leeds City, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and more
- Website
- outofcharactertheatre.squarespace.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£40k£37k
- 2024£27k£31k
- 2023£38k£31k
Earlier years
- 2022£9k£18k
- 2021£22k£14k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, BY REASON OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- PROVIDING THEATRE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADULTS WHO USE OR HAVE USED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES- PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL ILLNESS THROUGH THE USE OF THEATRE.
Grants received
13 grants · £104,273 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £47,658 (4 grants)
- People's Health Trust · £20,334
- Two Ridings Community Foundation · £15,820 (5 grants)
- The Baring Foundation · £12,000
- The Shears Foundation · £5,500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Juliet Forster Chair since 2009
- Matthew Harper since 2017
- Nick Rowe since 2009
- Professor Dianne Willcocks since 2025
- Simon Procter since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Juliet Forster Chair since 2009
- Matthew Harper since 2017
- Nick Rowe since 2009
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Juliet Forster Chair since 2009
- Matthew Harper since 2017
- Nick Rowe since 2009
- Professor Dianne Willcocks since 2025
- Simon Procter since 2024
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
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1161399
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 23 Apr 2015
- Contact on the register
- 01904652252 · n.rowe@yorksj.ac.uk
- 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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