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Harwich Electric Palace Trust

Harwich Electric Palace Trust is a registered charity (number 1174807) based in Harwich, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £128k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £128k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Essex
Website
www.electricpalace.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£128k£89k
  • 2023£62k£117k
  • 2022£226k£246k
Earlier years
  • 2021£0£0
  • 2020£0£0

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 49%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ELECTRIC PALACE AT HARWICH PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT ALTERATIONS TO THE SAID PREMISES NECESSARY FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE NEXT FOLLOWING OBJECT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE PROHIBITED BY THIS OBJECT. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF FILM, THEATRE AND MUSIC BY PRESENTATION OF PERFORMANCES AT THE RESTORED ELECTRIC PALACE.

Grants received

7 grants · £453,078 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £300,000
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £137,893 (4 grants)
  • Essex Community Foundation · £8,840
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £6,345

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £6,3452023-04-01
  • Essex Community Foundation £8,8402023-02-23
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £116,0602021-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £7,1312021-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £2,9522020-04-01
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.

8 trustees on the board

3y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

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 7Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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£128k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1174807
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 25 Sep 2017 as amended on 17 Jun 2024
Contact on the register
01255553333 · contact@electricpalace.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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