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Registered charity (CIO) · Halstead

Empire Theatre Trust CIO

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £273k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
General Charitable Purposes, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Essex
Website
www.empire-theatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£273k£248k
  • 2024£135k£169k
  • 2023£110k£142k
Earlier years
  • 2022£92k£103k
  • 2021£42k£54k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ESTABLISH AND RUN A THEATRE AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE HALSTEAD AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS THE PROVISION TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PARTICULARLY TO EDUCATE THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE ARTS & SCIENCES OF THE FILM AND THEATRE AND INCLUDING THE ARTS AND DRAMA, MIME, DANCING, SINGING AND MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF PERFORMANCES AT THE THEATRE, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Grants received

6 grants · £16,340 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.

4 trustees on the board

4.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

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.

General Charitable Purposes 4Other Charitable Purposes 4Recreation 4

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£135k 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
1178975
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Jun 2018
Contact on the register
07778025490 · secretary@empire-theatre.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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