Registered charity · Canterbury
The Marlowe Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £18m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Abdur-Rehman Ismael MiaTrustee · since 2020
- Atri Rohan BanerjeeTrustee · since 2025
- Colin CarmichaelTrustee · since 2022
- David Terence Digby Harrel LLBTrustee · since 2018
- Guy HollawayTrustee · since 2020
- Kerry Dawn Jordan-DausTrustee · since 2025
- Nigel John CrippsTrustee · since 2023
- Pamel Jane BaxterTrustee · since 2025
- William Morris BushTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- marlowetheatre.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Marlowe Trust
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£18m£17m
- 2024£15m£15m
- 2023£16m£16m
Earlier years
- 2022£12m£11m
- 2021£4.9m£4.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:2.1.1 THE PROMOTION OF ARTS AND CULTURE, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY), BY PROMOTING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO, PERFORMANCES OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN THE PERFORMANCES OF, THEATRE AND DRAMATIC ARTS, AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES;2.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY), IN RELATION TO THEATRE AND DRAMATIC ARTS, AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES;2.1.3 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH THEATRE AND DRAMATIC ARTS, AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEED OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY; AND2.1.4 TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO THEM IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS IN LIFE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE “SOCIALLY EXCLUDED” MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: HEALTH, DISABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT, YOUTH OR OLD AGE, DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT.
Grants received
4 grants · £5,473,836 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £4,950,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £500,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £23,836 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Abdur-Rehman Ismael Mia since 2020
- Atri Rohan Banerjee since 2025
- Colin Carmichael since 2022
- David Terence Digby Harrel LLB since 2018
- Guy Hollaway since 2020
- Kerry Dawn Jordan-Daus since 2025
- Nigel John Cripps since 2023
- Pamel Jane Baxter since 2025
- William Morris Bush since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Abdur-Rehman Ismael Mia since 2020
- David Terence Digby Harrel LLB since 2018
- Guy Hollaway since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Abdur-Rehman Ismael Mia since 2020
- Atri Rohan Banerjee since 2025
- Guy Hollaway since 2020
- Kerry Dawn Jordan-Daus since 2025
- Nigel John Cripps since 2023
- Pamel Jane Baxter since 2025
- William Morris Bush since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Colin Carmichael since 2022
- David Terence Digby Harrel LLB since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1179882
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05 FEB 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10 SEP 2018 as amended on 07 Dec 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 11188407 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01227862268 · info@marlowetheatre.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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