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Registered charity (CIO) · Newcastle upon Tyne

The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company CIO

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £383k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Disability
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northumberland, Gateshead and more
Website
www.thetwistingducks.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£383k£338k
  • 2024£243k£274k
  • 2023£286k£245k
Earlier years
  • 2022£206k£184k
  • 2021£180k£134k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 15% · Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

31 grants · £486,387 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

Most recent

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.

7 trustees on the board

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1170354
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 24 NOV 2016AMENDED ON 26 MAR 2025 as amended on 26 Mar 2025
Contact on the register
07925167775 · thetwistingducks@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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