Registered charity (CIO) · Crook
Empire Electric Palace Theatre (Crook)
- 4 trustees
- Income £3k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Helen WoodTrustee · since 2017
- Malcolm Christopher ReadTrustee · since 2019
- Mark EversedgeTrustee · since 2023
- Paula ButlerTrustee · since 2023
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, 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
- Helen Wood since 2017
- Malcolm Christopher Read since 2019
- Mark Eversedge since 2023
- Paula Butler since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Helen Wood since 2017
- Malcolm Christopher Read since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Helen Wood since 2017
- Malcolm Christopher Read since 2019
- Mark Eversedge since 2023
- Paula Butler since 2023
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
- 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
- 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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