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Registered charity (CIO) · Crook

Empire Electric Palace Theatre (Crook)

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £3k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Durham
Website
www.empirecrook.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£3k£4k
  • 2023£2k£11k
  • 2022£1k£12k
Earlier years
  • 2021£22k£2k
  • 2020£0£130
Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR OF PERSONS WHO LIVE OR WORK INCOUNTY DURHAM IN THE ARTS, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE ARTS OF FILM, TELEVISION, DRAMA,BALLET, MIME, DRAMA, MUSIC, SINGING AND OPERA, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSE TO ESTABLISH, OPERATE,MANAGE AND ADMINISTER THE EMPIRE ELECTRIC PALACE THEATRE IN THE DISTRICT OF CROOK IN COUNTYDURHAM AND TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN AND ENCOURAGE SCHEMES FOR THE USE THEREOF.”THE OBJECTIVES WILL BE MET BY• SEEKING, DEVELOPING OPERATING AND MAINTAINING PREMISES (MAINLY BUT NOTNECESSARILY WHOLLY OR IN PART THE EMPIRE ELECTRIC PALACE THEATRE PREMISES)WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF CROOK, COUNTY DURHAM• ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING OTHER GROUPS IN DEVELOPING USE OF THE PREMISESWHICH FURTHER EDUCATIONAL, ARTISTIC, SPORTING OR RELATED ACTIVITIES SUITABLE TO THEPREMISES• SUPPORTING EMPLOYMENT BY PROVISION OF INTERNSHIP AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNINGOPPORTUNITIES ALONGSIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Board analysis for researchers

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

5.5y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
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 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1164008
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 16 Oct 2015
Contact on the register
01388764187 · info@empirecrook.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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