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Registered charity (CIO) · Totnes

Playback Theatre South West

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £133k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and more
Website
www.playbacktheatre-sw.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£133k£74k
  • 2024£44k£83k
  • 2023£92k£83k
Earlier years
  • 2022£60k£42k
  • 2021£3k£23k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1.TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE, OR AT RISK OF BECOMING, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM IN INTEGRATING INTO SOCIETY, TO INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES;2.TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY UNDERTAKING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND ENABLING PEOPLE OF ALL GENDERS TO ENGAGE WITH ISSUES OF GENDER DIFFERENCE AND INEQUALITY.IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR ENLIGHTENING STORIES, IDEAS, EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES, PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF PLAYBACK THEATRE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN DEVON AND BEYOND. PLAYBACK THEATRE IS A PARTICIPATORY IMPROVISATIONAL THEATRE FORM DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES, BUILD RESILIENCE AND ENABLE POSITIVE CHANGE.

Grants received

4 grants · £50,000 total

360Giving 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 · £50,000 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-04-04
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002022-03-04
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002018-08-31
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002016-08-11
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.

4 trustees on the board

11y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Education/training 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Agriculture 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£133k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1161665
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 14 May 2015
Contact on the register
07875097209 · admin@playbacktheatre-sw.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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