The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company CIO

Registered charity 1170354 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Northumberland, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

7 trustees on the board

Miles John Henderson Chair since 2025
Dean Barnes since 2025
Lisa Jacqueline Kelly since 2022
Una Mcnicholl since 2016
Veronica MAY Dougherty since 2016
Victoria Eleanor Mary Smith since 2022
Zoe Jennifer Hull since 2025

4.4y median 4y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Una Mcnicholl since 2016
Veronica MAY Dougherty since 2016

7.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

Miles John Henderson Chair since 2025
Una Mcnicholl since 2016
Zoe Jennifer Hull since 2025

company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Education 1Health and social care 1

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£383k latest income

37%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Love, Amelia 1 shared trustee
Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited 1 shared trustee
Soul Food Spaces 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Springboard Chippenham Similar size; both Disability
Handicapped Childrens Action Group Similar size; both Disability
Magpie Dance Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.thetwistingducks.co.uk
Email	thetwistingducks@gmail.com
Phone	07925167775
Address	Office D1f, Milburn house, Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1LF

Finances

£383,048 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£179,853	£134,064
2022	£205,514	£184,385
2023	£286,137	£245,240
2024	£242,644	£273,613
2025	£383,048	£337,547

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES AND BY ASSISTING PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO OBTAIN THEIR RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS AS EQUAL CITIZENS.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY RAISING AWARENESS IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 24 NOV 2016AMENDED ON 26 MAR 2025 as amended on 26 Mar 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees

56median age

0aged 70+

Miles John Hendersonage band 55-59 Chair since 2025
Dean Barnes since 2025
Lisa Jacqueline Kellyage band 50-54 since 2022
Una Mcnicholl since 2016
Veronica MAY Dougherty since 2016
Victoria Eleanor Mary Smith since 2022
Zoe Jennifer Hull since 2025

Connected charities (3)

Love, Amelia 1 shared trustee
Scotswood Natural Community Garden Limited 1 shared trustee
Soul Food Spaces 1 shared trustee

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