Registered charity (CIO) · Rotherham
The Dearne Playhouse
- 5 trustees
- Income £133k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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, Recreation
- Where
- Barnsley
- Website
- www.dearneplayhouse.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£133k£119k
- 2024£120k£115k
- 2023£84k£95k
Earlier years
- 2022£117k£140k
- 2021£105k£79k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE DEARNE VALLEY COMMUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY (1) THE PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE AND PROMOTION OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, MUSIC AND SINGING, AND (2) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A THEATRE KNOWN AS THE DEARNE PLAYHOUSE ON PREMISES KNOWN AS THE MINERS' RECREATION OR PLEASURE GROUND AT FURLONG ROAD, GOLDTHORPE, FORMERLY THE BOLTON MUNICIPAL SPORTS GROUND;2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE DEARNE VALLEY COMMUNITIES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND RETRAINING AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE;3. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DEARNE VALLEY COMMUNITIES THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID COMMUNITIES.WHERE DEARNE VALLEY COMMUNITIES SHALL MEAN THE PEOPLE LIVING AND/OR WORKING IN THE WARDS OF DEARNE NORTH AND DEARNE SOUTH INCLUDING GOLDTHORPE, BOLTON UPON DEARNE, THURNSCOE, DARFIELD, GREAT HOUGHTON, WOMBWELL, WATH UPON DEARNE, SWINTON, KILNHURST, MEXBOROUGH, DENABY MAIN, CONISBROUGH, MIDDLECLIFFE, AND ADWICK UPON DEARNE.
Grants received
1 grant · £9,620 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 · £9,620
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Mike Lawrence Chair since 2018
- Beverley Foster since 2015
- Daniel Glover since 2025
- Kay Kilner since 2026
- Paul Alfred Davies since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Mike Lawrence Chair since 2018
- Beverley Foster since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Mike Lawrence Chair since 2018
- Beverley Foster since 2015
- Daniel Glover since 2025
- Kay Kilner since 2026
- Paul Alfred Davies since 2024
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1163202
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 19 Aug 2015
- Contact on the register
- 01709894128 · juliemedlam@dearneplayhouse.co.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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